TWO starting teams have been named for Port Adelaide’s internal trial match on Friday evening in preparation for the 2023 AFL Premiership season.
Players are likely to rotate between teams as play progresses, while some players returning from injury will be carefully managed.
It will be the fans’ first opportunity to see new recruits Jason Horne-Francis, Junior Rioli and Francis Evans in action, as well as the four draftees who joined the club in November.
SANFL-listed players will bolster numbers for the white team, while five AFL-listed players will not participate due to injury, or as a precautionary measure.
Zak Butters sustained a light sprain to his AC joint at training earlier this week and will assume the role of runner for the game.
Since returning from off-season groin surgery, Josh Sinn has been training well, but will also sit out the intraclub match after suffering a minor hamstring strain.
Both Butters and Sinn will travel to Perth with the squad to continue preparation for trial games against West Coast and Fremantle.
Also sitting out the internal trial will be Trent Dumont (calf soreness), Jeremy Finlayson (syndesmosis) and Ollie Lord (lacerated kidney).
Limited tickets are still available for purchase at the Port Adelaide membership counter at Alberton Oval for $5, with all proceeds going to club charity partners Variety and Foodbank SA Flood Relief.
The match will be live streamed on portadelaidefc.com.au and the Official Club App from 5pm on Friday 17 February.
Black team
1 Tom Jonas
2 Sam Powell-Pepper
3 Ryan Burton
4 Todd Marshall
5 Dan Houston
6 Kane Farrell
7 Xavier Duursma
10 Travis Boak
13 Orazio Fantasia
14 Miles Bergman
15 Junior Rioli
16 Ollie Wines
18 Jason Horne-Francis
19 Mitch Georgiades
20 Connor Rozee
21 Aliir Aliir
22 Charlie Dixon
27 Brynn Teakle
28 Willem Drew
31 Francis Evans
33 Darcy Byrne-Jones
34 Lachie Jones
36 Jase Burgoyne
White team
12 Trent McKenzie
17 Tom Clurey
23 Dylan Williams
24 Jake Pasini
25 Sam Hayes
26 Riley Bonner
29 Scott Lycett
32 Tom Scully
37 Tom McCallum
38 Dante Visentini
39 Hugh Jackson
40 Kyle Marshall
41 Jed McEntee
44 Jackson Mead
45 Nathan Barkla
36. Jed Hagan
43. Aiden Turner
20. Nick Moore
7. Hugh Ferrari
15. Will Ferrari
34. Oliver Cheesman
30. Jake Weidemann
18. Brayden Kirk
