WEST Coast's love affair with Adelaide Oval is turning from a fling into a full-blown romance, after holding off a fast-finishing Port Adelaide by 10 points on Saturday night.

Leading by 27 points in the early stages of the final term, the Eagles hung on for their fifth win of the season – 15.7 (97) to 12.15 (87) – in front of a crowd of 38,333.

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The Eagles have now won five of their six games at the venue, which has similar dimensions to Domain Stadium.

The narrow flanks were perfect for the Eagles to apply their suffocating defence and harass the Power any time they went inside the forward 50.

Midfielders Matt Priddis (26 possessions), Luke Shuey (26) and Andrew Gaff (25) found plenty of the ball, opportunist forward Mark LeCras booted four goals and defenders Tom Barrass (19 and nine marks) and Brad Sheppard were also influential.

Barrass grabbed everything in sight in the backline with his intercept marks shutting the Power down at every opportunity.

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Sheppard was given the tough task of marking Power star Robbie Gray, keeping him goalless.

"I'm really proud of our players and our backline in particular for handling 68 inside-50s," Eagles coach Adam Simpson said after the game.

"I don't think we gave up the lead, so we started well, which is important here, and we responded well when they scored.

"The start of the third quarter, when we jumped out of the blocks, set us up."

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Key forward Charlie Dixon had one of his best games for the Power since joining the club at the start of last season, presenting a strong target in the attacking 50 to finish with three goals and 22 possessions.

Chad Wingard's move from dangerous forward to exciting midfielder continues to reap dividends for the Power.

Brad Ebert – in his first game since becoming a father last Tuesday – crashed into plenty of packs and Paddy Ryder (42 hit-outs and 17 contested possessions) was dominant against the Eagles' second-string ruck combination.

The Eagles appeared to be home when Elliot Yeo – excellent off half-back with 27 possessions and 10 marks - extended the margin to 27 points in the first minute of the last quarter.

Goals to Travis Boak and Charlie Dixon narrowed the gap to 14 points, before Josh Kennedy responded immediately for the Eagles.

Power half-back flanker Matthew Broadbent then unleashed a bomb from 55m to bring the crowd to its feet. But Sheppard ran forward to restore a 19-point margin for the Eagles.

The Power continued to surge, Justin Westhoff converting from a set shot before Ebert took a great grab to bring his side back to within seven points at the 23-minute mark.

"West Coast played their game style better than we were able to play ours," Power coach Ken Hinkley said.

"We had plenty of opportunities, 68 entries to 39, to create better scoring, some of that was inaccurate kicking, some of that was their ability to mark and intercept the ball in our forward 50.

"That's their style of football they play and we weren't able to put enough scoreboard pressure on them."

The Eagles will now turn their attention to a clash with the reigning premiers, the Western Bulldogs on Friday night, while the Power are off to China to face Gold Coast in Shanghai next Sunday.

MEDICAL ROOM
Port Adelaide: The Power appear to have a clean bill of health ahead of next weekend's trip to China.

West Coast: Midfielder Liam Duggan was a late scratching after failing a fitness test on his injured quad. "His corkie bled a fair bit He trained yesterday and trained pretty well, but he was one knock away from being very sore, so we took the conservative approach. Our plan is to get him for training on Tuesday," said. Eagles coach Adam Simpson. Mark Hutchings took Duggan's place in the side. The Eagles didn't sustain any injuries during the game. 

NEXT UP
The Power will embark on their historic first game in China when they take on Gold Coast at Jiangwan Sports Stadium in Shanghai next Sunday at 1.15pm local time (3.15pm AEST). Meanwhile, the Eagles have a six-day turnaround before facing reigning premiers, the Western Bulldogs, at Domain Stadium on Friday at 6.10pm AWST. 

PORT ADELAIDE      2.3       5.7       7.13    12.15 (87)
WEST COAST            4.1       7.3       12.4    15.7 (97) 

GOALS
Port Adelaide: Dixon 3, Impey 2, Ryder, S.Gray, Wingard, Broadbent, Westhoff, Ebert, Boak
West Coast: LeCras 4, Hil, Darling, Kennedy 2, Masten, Sheed, Mutimer, Yeo, Sheppard

BEST
Port Adelaide: Dixon, Ryder, Wingard, Ebert, Jonas
West Coast: LeCras, Shuey, Yeo, Priddis, Hurn, Barrass, Sheppard

INJURIES
Port Adelaide: Nil
West Coast: Nil

Reports: Nil

Umpires: Donlon, Stevic, Mitchell

Official crowd: 38,333 at Adelaide Oval