PORT ADELAIDE has moved past the contentious score review in Saturday evening’s Showdown, but the club has sought clarification on the process used, according to general manager – football, Chris Davies.

Davies was in the coaches’ box when Josh Jenkins snapped what was ultimately determined to be a goal by score review, which put the Crows in front with just less than three minutes remaining.

He told a press conference on Monday he thought the shot had hit the post initially, but he accepted that the score review process had been undertaken and a goal had been awarded.

But Davies said the club had written to the AFL to clear up a few matters.

“We’ve asked clarification about the process itself, about the technology across the competition,” he said.

“We can get clarification on those types of things, but fundamentally that’s not going to change my position here and the job that we’ve got on hand for this coming week.

“We’ve asked the AFL for some clarification on a couple of things but the reality is, it’s Monday and we’re playing West Coast on the weekend and we need to move forward.

“There’s no changing the result from the weekend.”

Davies stressed that the score review was not the sole reason for the Power’s three-point loss to Adelaide.

He said Adelaide had numerous chances to put itself further ahead throughout the match and he acknowledged Port Adelaide had room for improvement.

Davies, a former state cricketer, praised Jenkins for his honesty after the game, where he admitted in a television broadcast that he thought the ball had struck the post.

And he said he had received some initial correspondence from the AFL about the score review.

“(They said) that their process they followed, they believe is correct,” Davies said.

“No one’s been able to talk about the outcome yet and ultimately I think that’s the factor that needs to be addressed.

“Josh mentioned what he did after the game and it was refreshing to see someone be as honest as he was.

“I wasn’t the kind of bloke who used to walk in cricket if I snicked one behind.

“But as I say, it’s done and dusted, we move on pretty quick. We’ve spoken to the AFL about it, it’s not going to change what happened on the weekend.”

One of the ideas being suggested by many is that the AFL roll out consistent and improved technology to each of the venues it uses.

Among those technological advances suggested includes posts that light up if struck, similar to zing bails in cricket.

Davies said it made sense to have the same technology on offer at every venue, regardless of who is broadcasting the match.

“Principally that’s the right call but again that’s something for the AFL to determine whether they want or not,” he said.

“But fundamentally it makes sense doesn’t it?

“That’s probably one of the questions we asked. Is there technology that’s out there that can avoid situations like this? I’m certainly not smart enough to come up with something along those lines but it’s certainly not out of the realms of possibility to tell whether something hit something or not in this day and age.”

The Power next faces West Coast at Adelaide Oval in a rematch of last year’s heartbreaking after the siren overtime loss to the Eagles.

Davies said that would force the Power to move on pretty quickly from the Showdown.

“The cycle of the AFL competition is that if you get too caught up on the weekend, then you take your eye off what’s in front of you,” he said.

“And we’ve got a challenge this week against West Coast that we’ve got to be good enough to prepare for.”

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