North Melbourne are into their first AFL preliminary final since 2007 after holding off Geelong by six points in their semi-final last night at the MCG.
The Kangaroos will now play Sydney next Friday night at ANZ Stadium.
North veteran Brent Harvey is certain to come under match review panel scrutiny after Geelong captain Joel Selwood had to leave the field with a cut above his right eye in the second term.
Port completed the rout of favoured top four sides, sending Fremantle out in straight sets.
NORTH MELBOURNE 7.1 9.6 12.9 14.14 (98)
GEELONG 5.1 5.6 8.9 13.14 (92)
Goals: North Melbourne: D Petrie 4 L Thomas 3 J Ziebell 2 A Black B Harvey K Turner N Dal Santo T Goldstein. Geelong: T Hawkins 5 J Walker 3 C Enright J Bartel J Caddy M Blicavs M Duncan.
Best: North Melbourne: S Gibson N Dal Santo T Goldstein D Petrie B Harvey B Cunnington L McDonald. Geelong: J Selwood J Caddy T Hawkins M Duncan J Walker.
Injuries: North Melbourne: J MacMillan (hamstring). Geelong: J Rivers (calf).
Reports: Nil.
Umpires: Troy Pannell, Simon Meredith, Mathew Nicholls.
Official Crowd: 65,963 at MCG.
PORT ADELAIDE 2.2 3.5 9.9 15.15 (105)
FREMANTLE 3.5 6.11 8.13 11.17 (83)
Goals: Port Adelaide: C Wingard 4 R Gray 4 O Wines 3 A Monfries J Polec J Schulz M White. Fremantle: M Walters 3 H Crozier 2 M Barlow 2 N Fyfe 2 A Sandilands D Pearce.
Best: Port Adelaide: R Gray O Wines C Wingard H Hartlett J Westhoff. Fremantle: N Fyfe L Neale R Crowley S Hill Z Dawson.
Umpires: Justin Schmitt, Matt Stevic, Dean Margetts.
Official Crowd: 42,338 at Patersons Stadium.
SANFL
Port Adelaide will play Norwood in next week’s SANFL Grand Final after staving off a courageous South Adelaide by 20 points at Adelaide Oval on Sunday.
Port 1.3 4.5 10.10 13.12 (90)
South 2.2 7.4 7.7 10.10 (70)
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BEST – Port: Summerton, A. Young, Stevenson, Ah Chee, Gray, Byrne-Jones, Mitchell.
South: Cross, Liddle, Gotch, Eddy, Seccull, Crabb, C. Daniel.
GOALS – Port: Summerton, Stewart, Shaw, Mitchell, Ah Chee 2, Impey, A. Young, Amon.
South: Eddy 5, Veide 2, Overall, Brooksby, Cross.
UMPIRES – M. Avon, R. Hundertmark, A. Crosby.
CROWD – 8079 at Adelaide Oval.
