Trent Burgoyne, the eldest son of Port Adelaide premiership star Peter Burgoyne, eyes 2019 draft

TRENT Burgoyne – the eldest son of Power premiership star Peter Burgoyne – is hoping to get selected in the 2019 AFL National Draft.

Port Adelaide premiership player Peter Burgoyne (left), with his eldest son, Eagles under-18 player Trent, at Woodville Oval. Picture: AAP/Roy Van Der Vegt.

TRENT Burgoyne was two years old when his Dad, Peter, and uncle, Shaun, won an AFL premiership with Port Adelaide.

Now at 16, Trent is eyeing a flag of his own – with Woodville-West Torrens’ ladder-leading under-18s – and looking to also forge a career at the elite level.

The midfielder, who is eligible to be drafted next year, says he does not feel pressure to live up to external expectations.

Peter Burgoyne celebrates with Trent after winning the 2004 AFL grand final. Picture: News Corp.

“I guess everyone kind of expects and hopes for me to get drafted but for me, there’s no nerves or anything,” Trent, a Henley High Year 11 student, says.

“It’s just about going out there and playing footy well every week and then hopefully get drafted.

“It doesn’t matter what people think, it’s just about you and you want to make your own career.”

Peter, now 40, played 240 AFL matches for Port before retiring at the end of the 2009 season, while Shaun has continued playing for Hawthorn to become a 350-gamer.

Trent, who has chalked up 11 games for the Eagles this year, does not remember much about Peter’s playing days.

But he watches his “highlights reel” to help him improve.

“I do watch a fair bit of Dad’s games, (and) I do have a look and see if there’s anything I can take out of the way he used to play,” he says.

Trent, of Semaphore, is a member of Port’s AFL father/son academy, which gives him access to club coaches, its gym and has one-on-one sessions with players.

“I guess it would be pretty good to be picked up by Port with the family history, but I’d go to any AFL club,” he says.

Brothers Shaun (L) and Peter Burgoyne (R) kiss their premiership medals at the MCG after winning the 2004 AFL grand final with Port Adelaide against Brisbane. Picture: News Corp.

Trent’s brothers Jase, 14, and Rome, 11, are also members of the father-son academy.

Peter says Trent has potential.

“The big thing in Trent’s favour is he is probably more advanced than I was at 16,” says Peter, who is now the SA/NT indigenous strategy manager at recruitment and HR agency Chandler Macleod.

“He has the speed … but I don’t want to say because it’s up to Trent to work hard and see where he goes from here.”

The Eagles have an 11-2 record ahead of their away game against Sturt this Saturday.