See the full line-ups for both sides at the bottom of the article
Port Adelaide vice-captain Travis Boak returns for Saturday’s clash with Brisbane at AAMI Stadium.
Tom Logan also comes into the team and will play his 100th game for the Power (103rd overall) in the club’s final home appearance for 2012.
The 1.40pm clash is Port Adelaide’s member recognition round when the club will honour its 2012 members with a number of initiatives, including the chance to win exclusive inner sanctum game day experiences.
Andrew Moore has been forced out of the clash by a hamstring strain, while forward Daniel Stewart has been omitted from the side beaten by West Coast at AAMI Stadium last Sunday.
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Steven Salopek and Simon Phillips are emergencies after stand-out games for the Magpies and Norwood respectively, along with ruckman Jarrad Redden.
Boak has recovered from a hip injury that made him a late withdrawal from the Eagles clash.
Interim coach Garry Hocking says the talented on-baller was an important inclusion against the Lions, who beat Adelaide at the Gabba last week.
“It’s a big in for us,” Hocking told PortAdelaideFC.com.au.
“He wasn’t quite right for us last week right on the eleventh hour and we decided to rest him. But he’s done everything right to put himself back up for select. He’s a class player and he’s straight back in.
“Boaky trained really well (on Thursday). He was really positive and trained with high intensity. He didn’t look like he had anything carrying over from the previous week so we’re excited about his return.”
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Logan returns to the defence after a week out provided an opportunity to rest his body without playing in the SANFL.
“He’s had a good freshen up,” Hocking said of Logan who played the first three games of his career with Brisbane.
“He’d been bashed around a bit physically and he suffered a few head knocks, so we took the opportunity to freshen him up and now we can look to play him in the last two games.”
Logan will bring competitiveness to the side and an ability to play on the Lions’ brigade of rotating small forwards.
“He brings a lot of grunt and a lot of grit plus Brisbane’s forward line is not as tall as other teams,” Hocking said.
“They’ve got Brown and Lisle who are the two bigs and then you’ve got four or five rotating smalls through there. We felt that we needed an extra sort of small back to compensate for that.”
Moore’s hamstring injury spells the end of his 2012 season, but Hocking praised the 21-year-old for his persistence and development.
“He got 11 games in a row which is good,” Hocking said.
“I would have liked 13, but he’s come from a long way back with all his injuries and that sort of thing and he hasn’t had continuity in the early years of his career.
“I think you’ll see a good player once we return from pre-season and he gets more opportunity in the game.”
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Stewart returns to his SANFL side North Adelaide following a disappointing return against West Coast.
“He was disappointing and he knows that,” Hocking said.
“We’re disappointed that he didn’t play that well, but he can go back and try get some really good form at North.
“He’s just got to be able to stand and fight and be really competitive and a target for us.
“As a big fella, you’ve just got to be competitive. That’s something that we’ll continue to try to work with him over the next week or two and going into a pre-season.”
Port Adelaide and Brisbane - who share a fierce rivalry dating back to the Power’s entry into the AFL in 1997 - are closely placed in the bottom half of the ladder, eight years after clashing in a grand final.
“It’s 13th against 14th, but they’re a couple of games clear on us so there’s a little bit of a break there between those two levels,” Hocking said.
“But if we can start well and be competitive we’re a chance to win the game. We want to be really competitive, that’s first and foremost.”
Port Adelaide and Brisbane clash from 1.40pm on Saturday at AAMI Stadium.