Just who will front for Port Adelaide against Norwood in Sunday’s SANFL grand final?

RARELY has there been as much mystery hanging over an SANFL grand final line-up, with question marks over several Port Adelaide players.

LtoR: Ben Warren (Coach, Norwood) and Garry Hocking (Coach, Port Adelaide) at Adelaide Oval to promote the SANFL football final between Norwood and Port Adelaide, at Adelaide Oval. Picture: Stephen Laffer

RARELY has there been as much mystery hanging over an SANFL grand final line-up.

Just who will front for Port Adelaide in the premiership battle against Norwood at Adelaide Oval On Sunday is the question.

AFL commitments with the Power and injury concerns have added plenty of confusion to the final 21 and the side will not be revealed until team sheets are exchanged 30 minutes before the opening bounce.

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Under the rules of the competition, the Magpies must play their AFL-listed personnel before the state league contracted players and the two players to drop out must come from the five selected on the bench.

Magpies-contracted players Angus Bruggemann and Henry Slattery are both under injury clouds and have been named on the bench.

Ben Newton, Jarman Impey and Kane Mitchell are also on the bench. They are also the emergencies for the Power and have travelled to Melbourne for the preliminary final battle against Hawthorn on Saturday.

If they are not required they will play on Sunday. What happens, however, if the Power conquers the Hawks to earn a grand final berth and there are injury problems? Will Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley pull several players from the SANFL decider, not wanting to risk them six days before the MCG clash?

“It has been the routine for the coaching group and match committee throughout the year with who is in and who’s out,’’ Magpies coach Garry Hocking said.

“There are emergencies who need to be taken away.

“It is something that has always affected us that has probably previously affected the other SANFL clubs. We just pick the best 21.’’

There is doubt over John Butcher, who returns to the side after missing the first two finals because of a back problem.

Bruggemann hurt his shoulder in the preliminary final win over South Adelaide last weekend but is confident he will be fit for the grand final.

GRAND FINAL TEAMS

NORWOOD vs PORT ADELAIDE

ADELAIDE OVAL, SUNDAY, 2.40pm

REDLEGS

Backs: Forster, McGuinness, Bode

Half-backs: Kirwan, Chippendale, Roocke

Centre: Jefferies, Panos, Wilson

Half-forwards: Phillips, Davis, Smart

Forwards: Donohue, Newton, Dawe

Ruck: Baulderstone, Webber, Bartlett

Interchange (from): Murphy, Hughes, Allan, Persinos, Baldasso

In: Allan, Baldasso

MAGPIES

Backs: Krakouer, Clurey, Russell

Half-backs: Heath, Stevenson, Amon

Centre: Hitchcock, Summerton, Stewart

Half-forwards: Byrne-Jones, Young, Flynn

Forwards: Ah Chee, Harvey, J. Butcher

Ruck: Shaw, S. Gray, Logan

Interchange (from): Newton, Impey, Mitchell, Bruggemann, Slattery

In: Butcher, Slattery