INJURY has thrown a curve ball at Port Adelaide’s selection table, with an Achilles strain to Paddy Ryder forcing a third change to the Power line-up for Saturday’s match in Alice Springs.
Ryder will miss this weekend’s game after his Achilles flared up in the second half against Richmond last week.
BURGESS: Talking selection injuries
Jackson Trengove’s six-week ankle injury and Kane Cornes’s retirement have also left two vacancies.
Matthew Broadbent has been selected to slot in down back for the Power, while the in-form Paul Stewart and Tom Clurey have been elevated from the club’s SANFL side.
Andrew Moore and Aaron Young will travel with the Power’s line-up as emergencies.
Meanwhile the Magpies will return a number of contracted players to cover the gaps left by John Butcher and Brendon Ah Chee to injury, along with first-year player Logan Austin.
A total of six changes will be made to the Port Adelaide SANFL side with Clurey, Stewart and Sam Gray all playing in Alice Springs.
Among inclusions to the side that will host Glenelg on Sunday at Alberton are Sam Colquhoun, Kane Mitchell and Cameron O’Shea from the AFL list, while Ben Sawford, Robbie Young, Jonathon Ross, Zac Hawkins and Jack Haarsma have been included in the 23-man squad.
Port Adelaide Round 9 AFL team v Melbourne
Saturday 30 May, TIO Traeger Park Oval, 1:40pm
FB: Jack Hombsch, Alipate Carlile, Jarman Impey
HB: Nathan Krakouer, Tom Jonas, Jasper Pittard
C: Matt White, Travis Boak, Brad Ebert
HF: Robbie Gray, Justin Westhoff, Chad Wingard
FF: Karl Amon, Jay Schulz, Angus Monfries
Foll: Matthew Lobbe, Hamish Hartlett, Ollie Wines
I/C: Matthew Broadbent, Paul Stewart, Tom Clurey, Sam Gray
Emergencies: Andrew Moore, Aaron Young, Jake Neade
In: Broadbent, Clurey, Stewart
Out: Cornes (retired), Ryder (Achilles), Trengove (ankle)
Milestone: Angus Monfries (200 AFL games, 50 Port Adelaide, 150 Essendon)
Port Adelaide Round 8 SANFL team v Glenelg
Sunday 31 May, Alberton Oval, 2:10pm
FB: Tom Logan, Sid Masters, Cameron O’Shea
HB: Darcy Byrne-Jones, Jonathon Ross, Jesse Palmer
C: Anthony Biemans, Steven Summerton, Jake Neade
HF: Johann Wagner, Mitch Harvey, Sam Russell
FF: Kane Mitchell, Mason Shaw, Aaron Young
Foll: Jarrad Redden, Andrew Moore, Sam Colquhoun
I/C from: Louis Sharrad, Robbie Young, Jack Haarsma, Zac Hawkins, Ben Sawford
In: Colquhoun, Mitchell, O’Shea, Sawford, R. Young, Ross, Hawkins, Haarsma
Out: S. Gray, Clurey, Stewart (AFL), Butcher, Ah Chee (knee), Austin (groin)
Port Adelaide Round 8 Academy team v Glenelg
Sunday 31 May, Alberton Oval, 11:25pm
FB: Will Northeast, Mitchell Smith, Sean Davidson
HB: Tom Corcoran, Ciaran Hollingworth-Hughes, Jackson Williams
C: Callum Cook, Levi Proude, Jack Foster
HF: Adam Mahney, Jack Cooper, Rivva Karpany
FF: Matthew Williams, Luke Reynolds, Tom Gray
Foll: Sam Gordon, Tim Zavrl, Teejay Halkias
I/C: James Deeley-Godfrey, Thomas Clarke
