It has been revealed that two more youngsters will get their opportunity to debut with the Power Saturday night, with local Darwin boy Peter Burgoyne falling ill Thursday night and Darryl Wakelin being rested for the clash against reigning NAB Cup premiers Geelong.
Robbie Gray and Adam Cockshell are the beneficiaries of these two changes, with both set to take to the field at TIO Stadium in Darwin.
That takes the total number of new players making their debut to four, with the Power’s top draft pick in the 2006 NAB Draft Travis Boak and excitement machine Nathan Krakouer also lining up in the black, white, sivler and teal for the first time.
The 26 that traveled to Darwin Friday morning are as follows:
5 LADE, Brendon6 THOMSON, Adam
8 BURGOYNE, Shaun
10 BOAK, Travis
11 WILLITS, Ryan
12 LONIE, Nathan
15 RODAN, David
16 PEARCE, Danyle
17 GRAY, Robert
18 CORNES, Kane
20 BROGAN, Dean
21 WILSON, Michael
22 MAHONEY, Josh
23 SYMES Brad
24 WHITE, Damon
25 CASSISI, Domenic
26 LOWER, Nick
28 THURSTANS Toby
29 KRAKOUER Nathan
30 CHAPLIN, Troy
33 EBERT, Brett
34 COCKSHELL, Adam
35 CORNES, Chad
36 PETTIGREW, Michael
41 BENTLEY, Greg
44 LOGAN, Tom
The team will have a training run at TIO Stadium at 5pm Friday afternoon.
Saturday night’s game begins at 7.10pm local time. It will be shown live on Foxtel from 8pm in South Australia. Radio stations FIVEaa and ABC Radio will also call the game live.
The Power players and officials will head to Tracey Village for an after-match function hosted by the club's Northern Territory Supporter Group on Saturday night. All supporters are welcome.
