I haven't had time to write on the weekend, but hearty congratulations to Port Adelaide on their first AFL premiership.

It was good to see an all-non-Victorian grand final for the first time, but even better to see Brisbane, who have prospered under preferential treatment in the salary cap rules, having their colours lowered before winning four in a row.

It was a really classic encounter up till half time, and then the Power ran away with it. Poor Johnny Howard went for Brisbane because they were going for four premierships in a row, just like him. Hopefully that's an omen.

Let's do the paper rounds:
Paul Gough afl.com.au
Richard Hinds Sydney Morning Herald
Stacks of reports on The Age's Realfooty site
Patrick Smith in Monday's The Australian
unbylined AAP report
And of course there is the Port Adelaide FC website.

I found it amusing that HG and Roy's call of the game on TripleJ could not be webcast because the ABC did not have the rights to broadcast football commentary over the internet. A sign of the boys being accepted into the mainstream?