CARLTON coach Mick Malthouse admits the Blues remain very much a work in progress after grinding their way to an 18-point win over a disappointing Port Adelaide at Etihad Stadium.

Carlton won a scrappy game 16.13 (109) to 14.7 (91), with captain Marc Murphy kicking three goals playing mostly as a forward in his 150th match, Jeff Garlett snaring four and Heath Scotland slotting two majors in his 250th game

CARLTON BLUES
vs
PORT ADELAIDE
Sunday May 19, 1:10pm, Etihad Stadium

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IN what was a classic crossroads game for Richmond, the Tigers reversed their three-game losing streak with a much needed road win over Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium yesterday afternoon.

The Tigers had begun the season with three straight wins before dropping the last three and had settled into their all too familiar ninth place spot on the ladder and a narrow loss to Fremantle two weeks ago almost demonstrating how in spit of improvements the club was not quite there yet

PORT ADELAIDE POWER
vs
RICHMOND TIGERS
Saturday 11th May, 1:15pm, AAMI Stadium
GAME OVER: RICHMOND 18.6 (114) def PORT ADELAIDE 10.13 (73)

WITH seniors coach Ken Hinkley back at home revovering from a viral infection that had seen him hospitalised just a few days ago, Port Adelaide faced North Melbourne in Hobart and came up just 10 points short.

For the Kangaroos it was a much needed victory, just their second for the season, and one that their supporters would have felt would have been easier to get

North Melbourne Kangaroos
vs
Port Adelaide Power

WHEN: Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 2:10pm AEST
WHERE: Blundstone Arena (TAS)
GAME OVER: North Melbourne 14.9.93 def Port Adelaide

North Melbourne Kangaroos
vs
Port Adelaide Power

WHEN: Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 2:10pm AEST
WHERE: Blundstone Arena (TAS)

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 came back from a 41 point deficit late in the third term to stun the West Coast Eagles by five points on Saturday night at AAMI Stadium.

It was vintage West Coast for the first half with the Eagles overwhelming the Power through the midfield and generating a lot of supply inside their forward half of the ground

Port Adelaide Power
vs
West Coast Eagles

WHEN: Saturday, April 27, 2013 at 7:15pm ACST
WHERE: AAMI Stadium (SA)
Final Score: PORT ADELAIDE 12.12 (84) def WEST COAST 10.19 (79)

Port Adelaide Power
vs
West Coast Eagles

WHEN: Saturday, April 27, 2013 at 7:15pm ACST
WHERE: AAMI Stadium (SA)

THE Gold Coast Suns started strongly, applying heaps of pressure early withstanding Port’s good start after the visitors kicked the opening two goals. However, The Suns, superbly led by Gary Ablett Jr with 15 first quarter touches, were able to apply some scoreboard pressure of their own to surprisingly lead at quarter time

Gold Coast Suns
vs
Port Adelaide Power

WHEN: Saturday, April 20, 2013 at 7:40pm EST
WHERE: Metricon Stadium (QLD)
Final Score: PORT ADELAIDE 16.8 (104) def GOLD COAST 9.12 (66)

Gold Coast Suns
vs
Port Adelaide Power

WHEN: Saturday, April 20, 2013 at 7:40pm EST
WHERE: Metricon Stadium (QLD)

AMAZINGLY, Port Adelaide is one of only a handful of teams that are undefeated after three rounds and it continued its run with a nine-point win over Adelaide in the showdown at AAMI Stadium on Sunday. Port was trailing Adelaide by 31-points in the third term and the comeback was initiated by Justin Westhoff, who

Port Adelaide Power
vs
Adelaide Crows

WHEN: Sunday, April 14, 2013 at 4:10pm CST
WHERE: AAMI Stadium (SA)
Final Score: PORT ADELAIDE 17.16 (118) def ADELAIDE 16.13 (109)

Port Adelaide Power
vs
Adelaide Crows

WHEN: Sunday, April 14, 2013 at 4:10pm CST
WHERE: AAMI Stadium (SA)

KEN Hinkley was the belated second choice at the end of last year to take over the coaching role for Port Adelaide after Leon Cameron spurned the club’s offer to take a “coach in waiting” position with Greater Western Sydney

Port Adelaide Power
vs
GWS Giants

WHEN: Saturday, April 6, 2013 at 7:10pm CDT
WHERE: AAMI Stadium (SA)
Final Score: PORT ADELAIDE 19.20 (134) def GWS GIANTS 11.12 (78)

Port Adelaide Power
vs
GWS Giants

WHEN: Saturday, April 6, 2013 at 7:10pm CDT
WHERE: AAMI Stadium (SA)
LAST TIME: Round 19, 2012, GWS GIANTS 16.11 (107) def PORT ADELAIDE 10.13 (73) at Skoda Stadium

IT has been labelled as one of the worst round one performances in the history of the game. Melbourne’s fans were booing their own players, the footy world was wondering what the Demons had been doing for six months over the pre-season and the coaches appeared to be bemused

Melbourne Demons
vs
Port Adelaide Power

WHEN: Sunday March 31, 2013 at 1:10pm AEDT
WHERE: MCG (VIC)
Final Score: PORT ADELAIDE 19.19 (133) def MELBOURNE 8.6 (54)

Melbourne Demons
vs
Port Adelaide Power

WHEN: Sunday March 31, 2013 at 1:10pm AEDT
WHERE: MCG (VIC)

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

TRIAL MATCH

Port Adelaide
vs
Sydney Swans

WHEN: Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 2:00pm CDST
WHERE: AAMI Stadium, SA
Final Score: PORT ADELAIDE 15.12 (102) def SYDNEY 10.12 (72)

TRIAL MATCH Port Adelaide vs Sydney Swans   WHEN: Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 2:00pm CDST WHERE: AAMI Stadium, SA   Port Adelaide will take on the defending premiers, the Sydney Swans, at AAMI Stadium in a practice match this Saturday, March 16, commencing at 2:00pm local time. There will be no interchange cap, and teams

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

West Coast Eagles
vs
Port Adelaide Power

WHERE: Alice Springs, NT
WHEN: Saturday, March 9, 7pm CDT
FINAL SCORE: PORT ADELAIDE 1.13.5 (92) def WEST COAST 1.11.11 (86)

                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

West Coast Eagles
vs
Port Adelaide Power

WHERE: Alice Springs, NT
WHEN: Saturday, March 9, 7pm

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

Port Adelaide Power
vs
Melbourne Demons

WHEN: Sunday, Mar 3, 4:00pm CDT
WHERE: Renmark, SA
FINAL SCORE: MELBOURNE 0.12.6 (78) def PORT ADELAIDE 1.10.7 (76)

Port Adelaide Power
vs
Melbourne Demons

WHEN: Sunday, Mar 3, 4:00pm EST
WHERE: Renmark Football Ground, Renmark,

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

GAME 1: ST KILDA 0.8.2 (50) def ADELAIDE 0.3.6 (24)
GAME 2: PORT ADELAIDE 1.9.2 (65) def ST KILDA 0.2.3 (15)
GAME 3: ADELAIDE 0.6.7 (43) def PORT ADELAIDE 0.4.3 (27)

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.

Adelaide Crows vs St Kilda Saints vs Port Adelaide Power   WHEN: Sun 17 Feb 2013, from 4:41pm CDT, 4:11 EDT WHERE: AAMI Stadium, SA GAMES: Adelaide v St Kilda (4:41pm CDT, 4:11 EDT), Port Adelaide v St Kilda (5:15pm CDT, 4:45 EDT), Adelaide v Port Adelaide (6.20pm CDT, 5:50 EDT)   ADELAIDE 1. Richard Tambling, 2. Brad

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,

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

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

Tim Broomhead Utility, Port Adelaide (SA) 182cm, 73kg 22/03/1994,  CAN be a Mr Fix It for clubs in that he can play midfield, forward and back and has excellent speed and vision with the ball. He played an important role for SA in the Under 18 National Championships. Already has a strong inside game blossoming

Football Nation Opinion Unsurprisingly, there’s a battle going on between the Crows and the Swans. Its beginning was modest enough with Adelaide announcing on their website that “Kurt Tippett and his management have advised the Adelaide Football Club that Tippett will seek a trade to another AFL club (still to be advised) in this month’s

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,

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

AS the home and away season draws to a close, the Hawthron Football Club is in danger of losing one of its best players after Cyril Rioli injured his shoulder against Port Adelaide on Sunday afternoon. Rioli, 23, sustained the injury when he was cleaned up by Port Adelaide’s Hamish Hartlett during the first quarter 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

PORT Adelaide has bitten back at Western Bulldogs ruckman Will Minson, who today apologised for slur about Power midfielder Danyle Pearce’s mother. While Pearce today accepted Minson’s apology, he believes Minson’s “actions from here will mean far more than words.” Port skipper Dominic Cassisi was on the hop today saying that Minson has over stepped

CARLTON is seriously looking at snaring Port Adelaide star midfielder Travis Boak if he decides to return home to Victoria at the end of the season. Boak is out of contact and there is speculation that he may wish to return to his home state. “If he was prepared to come home, we’d be very

ADELAIDE and Port Adelaide have joined a chorus of AFL teams wanting their own stand one teams in state league competitions, which has further been enhanced by selection issues. State league clubs have been forced to have scheduled byes mainly because of the Foxtel Cup, an initiative by the AFL. Already in the VFL, Collingwood

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

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

Port Adelaide’s bid to convince Campbell Brown to jump ship does not go down well with Hawthorn

Campbell Brown resists approach from Port Adelaide after a dramatic day for Hawthorn fans

Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett denies reports that Campbell Brown has been offered to secure Port Adelaide’s Shaun Burgoyne

Adelaide newspaper is reporting that Campbell Brown has been offered to secure Port Adelaide’s Shaun Burgoyne

Former Port Adelaide premiership teammate Brendon Lade on the club’s coaching staff

The coaching picture suddenly becomes murkier after Damien Hardwick flies to meet Port Adelaide officials

CRUCIAL losses to Carlton and Essendon have kept the finals door open for Hawthorn and Port Adelaide despite both teams also suffering costly losses in round 17’s rivalry round

9:07am After weeks of negotiations, Mark Williams finally signs a new contract to coach Port Adelaide

Melbourne midfielder Colin Sylvia has been suspended for three matches just as he was starting to run into some form, and Brisbane utility Jared Brennan will sit out one game after an ill-advised headbutt

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

Geelong ensures they would enter top-of-the-table clash with St Kilda unbeaten, defeating Port Adelaide by 34 points

Port Adelaide coach Mark Williams admits there is a chance the Geelong match could be his last as coach

Port Adelaide’s Warren Tredrea’s dramatic 2009 resurgence has him considering lengthening his career

Port Adelaide spearhead Warren Tredrea’s dramatic resurgence tempts him to consider lengthening his career

An heroic seven-goal performance by Warren Tredrea allows Port Adelaide to escape from the tightest of scrapes

Port Adelaide and the SANFL face a struggle to successfully re-negotiate their contentious stadium deal

The first midfielder picked in the 2008 AFL draft, Hartlett is a silky operator who has already played senior footy for West Adelaide in the SANFL. Features of his game are clean hands and neat kicking, as well as carrying a good general ability to read the play. Hartlett stood out at the 2008 U18

Jarrad Redden is a strapping ruckman who is only going to get bigger and more effective as his career progresses. Featuring a great vertical leap and the capacity to play as a forward, Redden finished third in the U18 Championships for hitouts and hitouts to advantage. Is big enough to play straight away but needs

Mitch Banner is a good quality, all-round small midfielder. He has had to improve his skills in terms of disposals but he has always racked up possessions. Also capable of taking a good mark, Banner represented Vic Metro in 2008 and comes from Werribee FC originally. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALILD3PtnHo

Described as a player every coach wants to have in his team, Broadbent is a hardworking running defender that can also play run-with roles. Broadbent can do a bit of everything and is courageous with clean hands. Long kicking was a particular feature of his games for SA during the U18 Championships. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk290tpAj

Trengove sat very high on AFL recruiters’ checklists until he tore his hamstring from the bone in mid 2008. The 196cm, 88kg forward was required to have two operations to address the issue, but has since resumed training and, if he can fully recover, will be a real boost to the Port Adelaide forward line.

Collingwood onballer Shane O’Bree can accept $900 fine, while match review panel clears Port Adelaide’s Danny Meyer

Geelong takes the remnants of its grand final side to AAMI Stadium and still wraps up Port Adelaide by 18 points

The bump will remain in the AFL spotlight this week after two more controversial incidents during the weekend’s NAB Cup games

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