Crows claim epic after Freo defeats Dogs in the last moment with two goals in the last minute.

Another day, another epic set of matches in this crazy, crazy lead.

Fremantle and Adelaide the winners on paper tonight, but honestly, anyone who watched was the winner.

We’ll be back tomorrow afternoon for a set of four matches, beginning with Essendon hosting Brisbane at Docklands Stadium at 12:35pm AEST.

Luke Pentony will be the man on deck for tomorrow’s AFL coverage, and I will be back for Sunday’s double-header to wrap up Round 8.

Catch you all then!

You’re not wrong Martin, they made a fair few blues tonight and they’d be breathing a sigh of relief that those decisions didn’t end up costing Adelaide the four points in the end.

Andrew Dillon and Greg Swann were in the stands tonight and surely they’ve got to be worried at the standards.

Here’s how the final numbers looked after an absolute epic between Adelaide and Port Adelaide:

• Disposals: Port Adelaide 356-339
• Inside 50s: Adelaide 60-39
• Clearances: Port Adelaide 37-36
• Centre Clearances: Port Adelaide 13-11
• Contested Possessions: Adelaide 150-143
• Marks: Port Adelaide 103-78
• Tackles: Adelaide 80-68
• Tackles Inside 50: Adelaide 9-7
• One Percenters: Port Adelaide 42-35

And here were your top three players on the field:

1. Sam Berry (ADEL): 29 disposals, 19 tackles, seven intercepts, seven inside 50s, five clearances, 647m gained
2. Jordon Sweet (PA): 36 hitouts, 17 disposals, five clearances, five score involvements
3. Wayne Milera (ADEL): 29 disposals, 10 intercepts, six rebound 50s, four score involvements, 386m gained

We’ve avoided a major, major controversy with Adelaide winning after the Crows were docked two goals.

The first was that Jake Soligo snap in the third quarter which was overturned by the ARC despite there appearing to be a lack of conclusive video evidence.

They then had a late Wayne Milera goal chalked off as Josh Rachele’s shepherd on the goal line was deemed to be a push in the back.

That one was mystifying to me. You see that sort of shepherd a hundred times during a round of footy, and it’s never given as a free kick.

To award that at that moment of the game was certainly something from the umpires.

“Imagine if Adelaide had lost this game,” Hinkley says on Fox Footy.

“Remember those two moments? They got the goal over the post taken away and then the push down to the Riverbank end by Rachele to take another goal.

“I’m sure they would’ve been a bit grumpy in town about that.

“It would’ve been another one of those moments in Showdown history.”

If I hadn’t already shaved my head, I’d have no hair left after these last two nights.

Absolutely unbelievable games of footy. I’d say tonight’s was better than last night if I had to pick between the two, just because of the oscillating fortunes in that final minute.

SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE AT THE BACK DAVE!!!

Adelaide midfielder Sam Berry is named the Player of the Match.

Berry finished the match with 29 disposals, a ridiculous 19 tackles, seven intercepts, seven inside 50s and five clearances.

An absolutely monstrous midfield performance from Adelaide’s No.3.

“I thought we had it lost then,” Berry says on Fox Footy.

“If there was anyone who could kick it, it was Brayden Cook, he’s got the most incredible skills, he’s Mr. Clutch.

“It [the second-last centre bounce] didn’t go to plan, but Ranks won the free kick.”

ADELAIDE WINS IT RIGHT AT THE DEATH! WHAT A BLOODY SHOWDOWN! THE GOAT SHOWDOWN MAYBE? I’M CALLING IT!

Absolutely unbelievable scenes here at the Adelaide Oval as the final siren sounds.

Port thought they’d won it, Adelaide thought they’d won it, then Port thought they’d won it again, and then Adelaide finally won it.

Holy smokes. I need about seven margaritas after that one.

Even after the Cook goal, Port had a chance! Ollie Wines had a chance to soccer the ball inside 50 after the ball had trickled to Port’s half of the ground following the last centre bounce, but fresh-aired it, and the siren sounded.

“I have no idea, everything is just spinning,” Cook tells Fox Footy when asked what’s going through his head after his match-winner.

“I can’t even talk. That’s exactly why we practice our scenarios.

“All pre-season we’re practicing for these moments with five minutes out and one point down.”

Unbelievable stuff from Cook, who is a boyhood Crows fan. Imagine how many times he’d envisaged downing Port in a Showdown growing up in the backyard.

WHAT ON EARTH IS HAPPENING HERE IN ADELAIDE?!

BRAYDEN COOK DRILLS ONE ON THE RUN FROM 45 TO PUT ADELAIDE IN FRONT.

THERE ARE 12 SECONDS LEFT!

“I’m shaking and I’m not involved,” says Hinkley.

Izak Rankine sends Adelaide inside 50!

JOE BERRY OH MY GOODNESS!

Ollie Wines gets the handball out and Berry snaps it through on the left boot with 46 seconds left.

WHAT. A. FINISH.

The ball is locked in Port Adelaide’s forward 50 after repeat throw-ins.

We’ve got a ball-up with a minute to go around 35m out from goal.

Corey Durdin goes right on a snap from tight in the pocket.

Crows kick-out with 1:42 left. It’s a one-point game!

Draw anyone?!

OH MY GOODNESS!

Wayne Milera thinks he’s kicked the sealer, but the umpire awards a free kick to Port for a push in the back on the goal line!

I’m sorry, I cannot believe that call. You never see that happen.

James Borlase wins a big one-on-one with Mitch Georgiades at the top of the 50m arc!

The clock is down to 3:30. Adelaide clinging onto a two-point lead.

It’s officially sweaty palms time at the Adelaide Oval folks!

Could that overturned Soligo goal from the third quarter prove to be the difference?

Jack Whitlock takes two massive marks and the second of them is at the top of the goalsquare!

He goes back and drills the set shot from directly in front to cut the margin to two points with six even minutes left.

What an absolutely brilliant game of footy this has been!

Adelaide’s backline is undermanned with Jordon Butts injured, could it pay dividends for Port?

Port’s pressure factor up to 208 in the last 10 minutes after they fell behind by 21 points earlier in the quarter.

Port Adelaide aren’t prepared to let go of the rope just yet!

A lovely long kick inside 50 from Kane Farrell and Joe Berry takes a lovely mark under heavy pressure.

Sneaky stuff from Berry as he plays dead for a second and then catches the Crows defence napping by playing on and running into the open goal.

Margin down to eight points with eight minutes left.