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It obviously isn't the biggest loss in AFL history, but Port Adelaide's terrible performance against the Western Bulldogs in the 2021 Preliminary Final, with the side coming into the match in good form, playing at home and with so much at stake was one of the worst losses I've seen in recent years. 

Sure, the Bulldogs were very good, but the way Port Adelaide failed to get into the contest at any stage from the opening bounce to the final siren was extraordinary.  It was like the performance of a 16th placed team in the final round that had nothing to lose or gain and didn't care whether they won or lost and just wanted to get onto Mad Monday and their end of season trip without any last round injuries, and almost surreal in the way it played out.