Power star Robbie Gray out of Port Adelaide intra-club match, AFLX with a knee injury

Port Adelaide star Robbie Gray is out of AFLX after reporting knee soreness, with teammate Tom Rockliff to replace him in Patrick Dangerfield’s Bolts team.

Tom Rockliff will replace injured Port Adelaide teammate Robbie Gray in AFLX. Picture: SIMON CROSS.

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PORT Adelaide star Robbie Gray is out of AFLX after reporting knee soreness.

The Power’s best player, and triple club champion and four-time All-Australian, has withdrawn from Patrick Dangerfield’s Bolts team and been replaced by club teammate Tom Rockliff.

The 30-year-old will also miss the Power’s intra-club match at Alberton Oval on Friday.

Robbie Gray and Brad Ebert in the gym during the Power’s preseason camp in Noosa. Gray has knee soreness and will miss the Power’s intra-club match on Friday as well as AFLX. Picture SARAH REED

Port insists Gray’s injury is only minor and that he is a chance to play in the club’s opening JLT Community Series match against Adelaide in Port Pirie on March 2.

Brilliant forward/midfielder Gray was selected by Bolts captain Dangerfield at pick 15 in last week’s inaugural AFLX draft.

Dangerfield requested Rockliff, who has recovered from end-of-season shoulder surgery, replace Gray in his 14-man team for this year’s AFLX tournament, which will be held at Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium on Friday, February 22.