
Essendon coach Ben Rutten has slammed his players' "embarrassing" effort in an 84-point thrashing from Port Adelaide that marked the heaviest defeat of his two-year tenure at the AFL club.
A run of nine consecutive Power goals from late in the first quarter to early in the third put the contest to bed before the visitors ran away with a dominant 23.8 (146) to 9.8 (62) win at Marvel Stadium on Sunday.