Port Adelaide has put an emphatic pre-season win on the board, defeating St Kilda on Saturday in the AAMI Community Series at Moorabbin.

Port kept the Saints goalless in the first quarter and cruised to a 14.9 (93) to 7.7 (49) win.

While the Saints improved after half-time, they were outplayed and outworked early, giving coach Ross Lyon plenty to ponder ahead of their round one game on March 16 against the Crows at Adelaide Oval.

Kicking with the breeze, Port kicked 6.3 to one behind in the first term. 

Joe Richards kicked the opening goal and racked up 10 disposals in the opening term, while Jeremy Finlayson similarly impressed off half-back as Jason Horne-Francis dominated through the midfield.

Finlayson is playing in defence as a stop-gap while Esava Ratugolea and Brandon Zerk-Thatcher recover from injury, but it looked worth persisting with on Saturday.

After kicking three goals in the first half, livewire Port forward Willie Rioli was managed for the remainder of the game.

Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera was a rare highlight for the Saints, who could not find targets in attack and were hammered on turnover.

Newcomer Hugh Boxshall, who is firming for a round one debut, finally kicked the Saints' only first-half goal at 10 minutes into the second term.

Port captain Connor Rozee amassed 39 disposals, while Horne-Francis (31) was also prolific.

Former Western Bulldogs onballer Jack Macrae had 32 disposals for the Saints, as forward Isaac Keeler pressed for a senior debut with his impressive second half.

Port starts its season on March 15 against Collingwood at the MCG.

New faces
Former Collingwood forward Joe Richards (20 disposals and a goal) impressed, particularly early, while Jack Lukosius kicked two goals and had nine score involvements in his 18 touches. No.15 draft pick Joe Berry (14 disposals) grew into the contest.

Round one chance
With Esava Ratugolea (knee) and Brandon Zerk-Thatcher (back) sidelined, Jeremy Finlayson has moved to defence and looked right at home on Saturday. Finlayson finished with 29 disposals, 13 marks and seven intercept possessions and should feature for the Power in round one.

ST KILDA                       0.1     1.4      4.6      7.7 (49)
PORT ADELAIDE          6.3     8.3     11.6     14.9 (93)

GOALS
St Kilda: Higgins 2, Boxshall 2, Wilson, Keeler, Hall
Port Adelaide: Rioli 3, Powell-Pepper 2, Lukosius 2, Byrne-Jones 2, Sweet, Rozee, Richards, Lord, Georgiades

BEST
St Kilda: Macrae, Boxshall, Wilson, Garcia, Steele
Port Adelaide: Rozee, Horne-Francis, Finlayson, Bergman, Lukosius, Wines

INJURIES
St Kilda: Owens (shoulder), Sharman (hand)
Port Adelaide: Nil