WE can argue all day about who the most valuable player is for the Port Adelaide Power with Justin Westhoff, Hamish Hartlett or Chad Wingard all worthwhile candidates.  But in terms of the most valuable person at Port Adelaide goes that would have to be first year coach Ken Hinkley. And he is now set to

PORT Adelaide midfielder Ollie Wines has won the nomination of round one for the AFL Rising Star award. Wines, who was linked to Melbourne early in the draft, dominated against the Demons with 24 disposals including 16 contested, in the 79-point drubbing. On debut, Wines was brilliant but had also showed great form over the

ON the eve of the start of their 2013 season, the Port Adelaide Football Club has just announced that they have re-signed Alipate Carlile, Jackson Trengove, Andrew Moore and John Butcher. “With all four of these talented young players committing to the club together, it’s just a great show of faith in what we’re trying to

Guest contributor RowdyOne continues his series looking at each club’s best 22 players for the upcoming 2013 season.   Key Personnel Questions for the Power: Robbie Gray may be one of the Power’s most important players but can he successfully return from a knee reconstruction and play at the level that the club needs? Can Jay Schulz

IT’S an exciting time if you’re a Port Adelaide supporter. It may not seem like it, but it definitely is.

As a Collingwood supporter, I would know. What is happening at Alberton now is almost a carbon copy of the change that swept through Victoria Park towards the end of the previous century

WEST Coast suffered a shock loss at the hands of an underrated Port Adelaide by six points in their Round 3 NAB Cup match in Alice Springs last night. The Eagles led at the first break but after falling behind in the second term they were unable to put away a gritty Power squad that kept finding answers for everything the Eagles threw at them

                Team: Port Adelaide Coach: Ken Hinkley Player Losses: Retired: None Delisted: Jacob Surjan, Simon Phillips, Jarrad Irons, Daniel Webb, Mitch Curnow, Mitch Banner, Ben Jacobs, Steven Salopek Traded: David Rodan (Melbourne), Free Agency: Troy Chaplin (Richmond), Danyle Pearce (Fremantle) Deceased: John McCarthy Player Additions: Traded:  Angus Monfries

A GAME that was largely in their control for the whole day threatened to slip away from the Melbourne Football Club in the dying minutes of the fourth quarter

ITS win against St Kilda was Ken Hinkley’s first win as coach of Port Adelaide but more importantly it was a game that showed plenty of promise for the club and some of its draftees. Ollie Wines delivered in the midfield with poise and was outstanding in the clinches, mature age recruit Kane Mitchell, who

THE Crows want to win it, the Saints aren’t interested and the Power want to test their best squad out on the park during the NAB Cup round one series tonight. Three different scenarios show the different methods clubs come to the line to play with in the NAB Cup. Adelaide is an interesting one.

TALENTED but dogged by off-field issues, former Melbourne footballer Liam Jurrah has been charged with drink driving in Adelaide after an incident  on Monday night in Para Hills. He is alleged to have registered a blood alcohol level of almost 0.27, more than five times over the legal limit. Making matters worse is that Jurrah is

TROUBLED former Melbourne forward Liam Jurrah had been training with Port Adelaide for the last few weeks and while the Power were interested in signing him they have today announced that they will pass on him at tomorrow’s Draft. But they are keeping the door wide open. Port Adelaide General Manager – Football, Peter Rohde,

AFTER surprisingly going undrafted at last month’s National Draft, South Australian Sam Colquhoun has been training at two clubs over the last week and looks set to be picked up by Port Adelaide. Colquhoun was a standout performer at the Under 18s National Championships and was awarded the gong for South Australia’s most valuable player. But on draft

AFTER the Essendon Football Club revealed that they intend to re-draft Brent Prismall in the December pre-season draft, Port Adelaide has emerged as another possible landing spot for the injury-plagued midfielder

WE take a club by club look at this year’s draft and, where we have them, we link to our prospect profiles for more details and video of individual players

FOOTBALL NATION brings you the full list of retirements and delistings – club by club – and as they come to hand for

NEW Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley has said he will use the next few months to assess the players on his squad as he looks towards building a leadership group and, ultimately, announcing the captaincy for

AFTER trade period negotiations to get him to North Melbourne failed, Ben Jacobs has quit Port Adelaide today and nominated for the AFL Draft to be held on November 22. Just two years after being drafted by the Power with the 16th pick of the  2010 Draft, Jacobs, 20, was keen to return home to

                ROUND   DATE OPPONENT VENUE   TIME 1 Sunday, March 31 Melbourne MCG Away 1.10pm 2 Saturday, April 6 GWS GIANTS AAMI Stadium Home 7.10pm 3 Sunday, April 14 Adelaide Crows AAMI Stadium Home 4.10pm 4 Saturday, April 20 Gold Coast SUNS Metricon Stadium Away 7.40pm 5

THE final day of trading continues with it’s cracking pace, this time with the Sydney Swans trading injury-plagued defender Campbell Heath to Port Adelaide. The Swans have sent Heath and pick 85 to Port Adelaide in exchange for pick 72. Heath, 21, has struggled to stay on the field after a series of knee injuries

PORT ADELAIDE has snared forgotten Eagles defender Lewis Stevenson in a three way deal that provided David Rodan a new home at Melbourne today. West Coast received pick 88 in the deal, which is the pick that Port Adelaide acquired earlier in the day from the Demons for Rodan. Stevenson, 23 joined the Eagles as

MELBOURNE continues what has been an active trade period for them with a deal today that will see Port Adelaide midfielder David Rodan join the club. David Rodan tweets that he’s joining Melbourne Rodan, 29, took to Twitter and announced “nek minnit …im a demon. Can’t wait to get started #bringon2013 #thirdtimelucky #carnthedees!” The move comes

THE Port Adelaide Football Club has today broken the trade week deadlock by announcing a deal to acquire Jack Hombsch and Jake Neade from the GWS Giants in exchange for pick 29 in the forthcoming AFL Draft. The trade gives the Giants a bucketload of early draft picks as they now have selections 1,2,3, 12, 14 and

AMIDST the hectic trade period, Port Adelaide finally secured a senior coach Ken Hinkley along with key recruit Angus Monfries. Hinkley aims to bring a new direction for the Power, who are coming from a long way back in the lead up to next season. Hinkley has been an assistant at St Kilda, Geelong and

IN a deal that shows that the AFL still has some kinks to work out of the new free agency system, Essendon forward Angus Monfries has been traded to Port Adelaide for the Power’s third round draft pick. In a move that is sure to challenge the spirit of the rule if not the letter,

SEE the full list of all the club best and fairest winners for 2012 here as Sam Mitchell collects his fourth medal at the Hawks

AS we reported way back on September 15, Richmond was keen to get the services of Port Adelaide key defender Troy Chaplin and they have taken the first big step towards that by announcing late yesterday that they had tabled an offer to him under the new free agency rules. Chaplin is the second Power player to be offered

HAWTHORN assistant coach Leon Cameron is set to sign a three year deal to become Port Adelaide’s new senior coach. The Power are set to make the announcement this week as the Power lobby for some serious trading including for the likes of Essendon’s Angus  Monfries, Collingwood’s Sharrod Wellingham and Melbourne’s Brent Moloney. Cameron has

FREMANTLE has dived into the free agency market making a bid for out of contract Port Adelaide defender Danyle Pearce making him the first player to take advantage of the new rules managing player movement. The clock is now ticking for the Power who have just 72 hours to match the offer or lose the services of

CURRENT Hawthorn assistant coaches Leon Cameron and Adam Simpson are leading candidates for the Port Adelaide coaching role, as both former favourites Brett Ratten and Rodney Eade back away from the role. It means the Power will wait until after the AFL grand final between the Hawks and Swans before interviewing its two key candidates.

WITH favourites Brett Ratten and Rodney Eade pulling out of the Port Adelaide coaching race, it means Port’s attention will turn to senior assistant coaches Ken Hinkley, Alan Richardson and Peter Sumich. Leon Cameron and Scott Burns have also confirmed that they have withdrawn applications. Ratten, meanwhile, is weighing up whether he could join Gold Coast

JOHN McCarthy may well have been sending a message to the football world in heaven over the weekend with both of his former Victorian clubs, Collingwood and Sorrento, registering the same winning score on the weekend, 10.13 (73). To make it creepier, McCarthy, who’s funeral at Sorrento was held today in front of a packed

BRENDAN Fevola may not be lost to the AFL with rumours gaining some substance today that both Collingwood and Port Adelaide have shown some interest in selecting him as a rookie in the upcoming draft. While Fevola is still considered an outside chance to get onto a list, the prospect of him being looked at

JOHN McCarthy’s funeral is scheduled on Thursday in Sorrento, a day before Collingwood travel to take on Sydney in a preliminary final at ANZ Stadium. Collingwood players and club officials will attend the funeral to say goodbye to their former team-mate before flying off to Sydney in what will be another big week for the

BRETT Ratten has snared a job interview for the vacant senior coaching position at Port Adelaide ahead of the more established Rodney Eade and said he would be excited about the challenge. But it is believed a new candidate has come from the wilderness to be a serious challenger. That man is former Melbourne coach

The Port Adelaide Football Club has confirmed that one its players, John McCarthy, has passed away after a tragic accident in Las Vegas. McCarthy, 22, died after falling from a balcony at the Flamingo Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas where he was holidaying with team mates. The incident happened early on Sunday morning US time

REPORTS are circulating today that a Port Adelaide player has died in an incident while holidaying in Las Vegas. It is not yet known who the player is but Port players are being brief on the incident today. The report comes as a warning for many AFL players out of finals heading overseas for end of

FORMER Geelong champion Garry Hocking has undergone a dramatic change over the past two years in his professional life. Just two years ago, he was a postman delivering mail to residents in the Geelong area while being the Geelong Falcons coach in the TAC Cup. Now he is the Port Adelaide caretaker coach after Matthew

AN emotional outgoing Port Adelaide president Brett Duncanson addressed the media today as the Port crisis not only claimed him but also head coach Matthew Primus. Duncanson was highly emotional in saying that the board had given Primus the opportunity to coach out the rest of the season after telling him his contract would not be renewed,

FORMER Geelong champion Garry Hocking has taken the mantle as caretaker coach of Port Adelaide today after both coach Matthew Primus and president Brett Duncanson were told to leave. Primus ultimately was forced to walk away after its embarrassing loss to Greater Western Sydney on Saturday. Those in Adelaide including lead scribe Michelangelo Rucci was baying for Primus’

AFTER the completion of the 2012 AFL season the league will be revolutionised by the introduction of free agency. For eligible players this will give them the ability to leave their current club, bypassing the draft and trade periods, and essentially pick their next employer themselves. For the AFL, this will be an unprecedented change. In the lead

INJURED Port Adelaide forward Robbie Gray has successfully undergone knee surgery after tearing his ACL with less than 30 seconds left in the game against Collingwood that the Power lost by 24 points. While he is well and truly out for the rest of this season early reports indicate that he will be ready for the start

IT is the sort of injury that saddens fans and players alike. With less than 30 seconds left in the game against Collingwood, and trailing by 24 points, Port Adelaide’s star forward Robbie Gray seriously injured his knee and is now likely to miss the rest of season. The incident happened when Gray, 24,  hyper-extended and wrenched his

THE Port Adelaide Football Club has confirmed that defender Jackson Trengrove will miss the season opener against St Kilda with a hand injury. Trengrove, 21, had injured his finger against Melbourne in the first round of the NAB Cup and subsequent tests showed that he had sustained a fracture. Port Adelaide General Manager- Football Peter

PORT Adelaide’s Dom Cassisi has signed a contract extension with the club that, though the term has not been revealed, should see the club’s captain finish his playing career with the Power. Cassisi, 29, has had a long and productive career with the club that selected him with the 50th pick of the 200 Draft,

OUR season preview in a pocket series continues with Port Adelaide. We predict it to be another lack-lustre season for the Power and for Port to finish second last in 17th spot

ALL-Australian defender Chad Cornes could be on the radar of new AFL club, Greater Western Sydney, after industry sources suggest he wasn’t contemplating retirement. Cornes has been in a form slump with Port Adelaide this season and has been left out of the squad on several occasions because of being out of favour. It was

PORT Adelaide has surprised the competition by convincingly beating Adelaide by 32-points at AAMI Stadium on Saturday night. The Power, who have been touted as a bottom-placed team, were brilliant in disposing of the Crows in the Showdown. Conversely, Adelaide has been highly-regarded amongst tipsters after beating Hawthorn in the opening round. Melbourne smashed the

PORT ADELAIDE today forced long-serving coach Mark Williams to stand down after a tumultuous season which has ended in a club record seven consecutive game losing streak. Williams broke down at a press conference in Adelaide today. “I am leaving today because of illness and fatigue – the supporters have become sick and tired of

The Power seems to slowly fading out of Port Adelaide after year another weekend where the boys from Alberton suffered a defeat at the hands of a far from impressive opponent. Last week it was Melbourne who caused a major upset, winning in the wet in Darwin. This week is was Richmond who pulled off

A FINAL quarter surge from Port Adelaide has given it the points against Adelaide by 23 points in the showdown at AAMI Stadium on Saturday. The Power trailed by seven points at three quarter time and the winless Crows stopped in the final with the Power kicking five unanswered goals to win, 14.13 (97) to

GEELONG’S three prong forward attack worked wonders with James Podsiadly booting five goals and Steve Johnson booting six in its 95-point win over Port Adelaide at Skilled Stadium on Sunday. The Cats dominated the third term with 11.7 to 1.0 to demoralise the Power, 23.21 (159) to 10.4 (64). “I think it was about time

BRISBANE Lions proved to be the goods against Port Adelaide to win by 27-points at AAMI Stadium on Saturday, 16.12 (108) to 11.15 (81). Jonathan Brown and Brendan Fevola were again the keys with eight goals between them. Coach Michael Voss said: “To get that far in front (49 points), to come away from AAMI

PORT Adelaide held on to win by three points over West Coast at Subiaco Oval on Saturday night. Jason Davenport was dominant for the Power with four goals in the 13.11 (89) to 12.14 (86) win. “Jason Davenport had a pretty non-eventful game until the last quarter and kept missing goals when he had great

PORT ADELAIDE held off a fast finishing North Melbourne to win by 14-points at AAMI Stadium on Sunday. The Power led by 50-points in the third term before the Roos steamed home with nine goals in the 13.18 (96) to 12.10 (82) result. “We stuck at it all day. We smashed North at the inside-50s

We take a look at our final team in our club by club series – Port Adelaide. We analyse their list and predict where the Power will finish in

PORT Adelaide has put a high price on highly regarded midfielder Shaun Burgoyne, hoping it can secure a draft pick and an experienced player in return. Power football manager Peter Rohde said the club will wait until the end of the weekend, when it is expected Burgoyne will choose his destination out of Hawthorn, Essendon

Former Kangaroos coach Dean Laidley is set to help out at Port Adelaide, but Power coach Mark Williams has said there probably won’t be a fulltime appointment

Just seven wins and thirteenth position on the ladder would not have been Port Adelaide’s plan at the start of 2008, following a Grand Final appearance the previous year. The Power seems to have entered another rebuilding stage under veteran coach Mark Williams, with a huge turnover of players (eight senior list departures, seven senior