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Power surge downs Eagles in Adelaide

Connor Rozee (left) has helped in-form Port Adelaide to a 40-point win over West Coast. (Michael Errey/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Connor Rozee has claimed his second successive Peter Badcoe VC Medal, propelling Port Adelaide to a clinical 40-point victory against West Coast at Adelaide Oval.

Rozee (29 disposals, two goals), Jeremy Finlayson (five goals) and Willem Drew (25 disposals, one goal) all starred as the Power made it three straight wins with their 16.13 (109) to 10.9 (69) triumph on Saturday afternoon.

The result was dampened by forward Todd Marshall suffering a concussion, while captain Tom Jonas faces a date with the match review officer following his bump on Jai Culley.

Marshall was substituted out midway through the second period after his head accidentally clashed with Liam Duggan's shoulder.

Shortly before halftime, Jonas collided heads with Culley after electing to bump the young Eagle.

Culley shrugged off the hit to slot three of his personal-best four goals after the main break.

Luckless Luke Shuey, back from a hamstring injury, was not so fortunate, the Eagles captain hurting his left ankle in an Ollie Wines tackle early in the game and eventually being substituted in the third quarter.

Behind Bailey Williams' centre-square grunt - in the air and on the deck - West Coast's seasoned campaigners Shuey, Tim Kelly and Andrew Gaff more than matched Port's engine room in the clinches.

But the Power were cleaner and had more contributors when it mattered, particularly during their match-winning 6.4-to-1.3 second term, which turned a slender five-point quarter-time edge into a commanding 36-point halftime cushion.

Finlayson slotted his fourth goal in the opening 90 seconds of the third period before dishing off to Sam Powell-Pepper moments later as Port pushed 48 points clear.

With Shuey's afternoon ending, Kelly's big third quarter piloted a belated rearguard before Ryan Burton crept forward, juggled a one-handed mark and converted expertly from the outer pocket to the River End.

The Eagles, as they did at the same venue six days earlier against Geelong in Gather Round, matched their opposition after halftime, but the damage had already been done.

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