PORTLAND’ senior footballers have been left to continue searching for a full four-quarters of elite football after the final term of their match against Cobden brought them unstuck, with the Tigers eventually going down 15.10 (100) to 9.9 (63).

First quarters had been the bane of the Tigers’ existence so far this season, and the group was determined to not make it five out of six matches where they had given up a sizeable deficit by the first break.