Player ratings: Delayed flight? Port’s prelim no-shows
Port Adelaide’s season ended in Sydney on Friday night – and there will be a few big names who will like their time again. Every player rated as a star Swan heads towards greatness.
Port Adelaide’s season ended in Sydney on Friday night – and there will be a few big names who will like their time again. Every player rated as a star Swan heads towards greatness.
Logan Evans started 2023 as a highly-rated draft prospect. But in the space of two months, his life was turned upside down. The teenager was then hit with another blow in November – before the phone rang.
Ken Hinkley has decided on who to bring in for the injured Todd Marshall, while a defender has also made a comeback from injury to take on the Swans for a spot in the grand final. SEE THE FULL TEAMS
Kane Farrell’s bid for an unlikely return in Port Adelaide’s preliminary final has fallen short – but other big changes are looming large as the club eyes its first Grand Final since 2007.
Tom Rockliff has gone into bat for his old coach Ken Hinkley, calling the AFL’s $20,000 fine a ‘disgrace’ – and declaring the game has bigger problems than cracking down on characters.
Ryan Burton and Charlie Dixon are pressing their cases, as is the hamstrung Kane Farrell. However, concerns over Todd Marshall’s future are lingering. Catch all the news from Port Adelaide training.
Port fans pledged thousands via GoFundMe to help coach Ken Hinkley pay off his controversial fine on Friday, before the fundraiser was shut down.
Ken Hinkley has come under fire for his clash with Jack Ginnivan and James Sicily, but the Power’s boss has backed him to the hilt, saying his emotion is what the club loves about him.
The post-script of Hawthorn’s painful semi-final loss to Port Adelaide has taken another turn with James Sicily set to undergo surgery on the shoulder injury he carried for much of the year.
James Sicily defended teammate Jack Ginnivan on the field on Friday night and he’s done it again off it. But he did reveal one thing the provocative forward told the group during the week.
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