Up to four Port Adelaide players could pull on a Power guernsey for the first time on Friday night in the NAB Cup opener against the Crows at AAMI Stadium. Form
Up to four Port Adelaide players could pull on a Power guernsey for the first time on Friday night in the NAB Cup opener against the Crows at AAMI Stadium.Former Richmond player and internal trial star David Rodan, No. 5 draft pick Travis Boak, and fellow new draftees Nathan Krakouer and Justin Westhoff have been named in the 28-man squad.The Power will have 24 players line-up in the match, although the final 24 isn’t required to be named until 30 minutes before the bounce.The strong-looking 28-man squad named on Wednesday afternoon includes the likes of Peter Burgoyne, Daniel Motlop, Michael Wilson, Michael Pettigrew, Dean Brogan, and Nathan Lonie, who all spent significant time out of the Power side in 2006 with injury.Notable absentees are Warren Tredrea (knee, modified training), Toby Thurstans (ankle), Matt Thomas (appendix), and Jacob Surjan (split webbing in his hand).For Rodan, a birth on Friday night’s team would be a fitting reward for his superb pre-season and outstanding showing in last Friday’s internal trial when he kicked three goals from the midfield.Boak, an 18-year-old classy midfielder from Geelong Falcons, also has shown good touch in his first few months in AFL surroundings.The winner of Friday night’s match will continue its NAB Cup campaign against Geelong or Richmond in Darwin, while the loser will play trial games in Mount Gambier and Alice Springs in the following two weeks.Channel 10 have confirmed they will be showing Friday night's game from 8pm into Adelaide.The Power’s 28-man squad, from which 24 will play Adelaide on Friday night at AAMI Stadium is as follows...2 WAKELIN, Darryl3 SALOPEK, Steven4 MOTLOP, Daniel5 LADE, Brendon6 THOMSON, Adam7 BURGOYNE, Peter8 BURGOYNE, Shaun10 BOAK, Travis11 WILLITS, Ryan12 LONIE, Nathan15 RODAN, David16 PEARCE, Danyle18 CORNES, Kane20 BROGAN, Dean21 WILSON, Michael22 MAHONEY, Josh23 SYMES, Brad24 WHITE, Damon25 CASSISI, Domenic26 LOWER, Nick29 KRAKOUER, Nathan30 CHAPLIN, Troy33 EBERT, Brett35 CORNES, Chad36 PETTIGREW, Michael39 WESTHOFF, Justin41 BENTLEY, Greg44 LOGAN, TomAdelaide’s 28-man squad is...2 MEESEN John5 THOMPSON Scott6 GRIFFIN Jonathon7 VAN BERLO Nathan8 BASSETT Nathan9 EDWARDS Tyson10 BODE Matthew11 DOUGHTY Michael12 SHIRLEY Robert13 HUDSON Ben14 MACKAY David15 TORNEY Jason16 MCGREGOR Ken17 WELSH Scott19 PFEIFFER Darren21 KNIGHTS Chris23 MCLEOD Andrew25 RUTTEN Ben26 DOUGLAS Richard27 STEVENS Scott28 VINCE Bernie33 REILLY Brent36 GOODWIN Simon39 MATTNER Martin40 PORPLYZIA Jason42 ARCHARD Rhys43 MCINTYRE Andrew44 BOCK Nathan
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