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YEARBOOK 2015 CONTENTS Port Adelaide Football Club 2015 Port Adelaide Football Club Ltd, Brougham Place, Alberton, South Australia 5014 Telephone +61 8 8447 4044 Facsimile +61 8 8447 8633 Email email@pafc.com.au
THE CLUB
RECORDS
7 Chairman’s Report David Koch
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2015 Results
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Honour Roll
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From The CEO Keith Thomas
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FOOTBALL
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22 We Will Not Stop
Editor Matthew Agius
26 AFL Year in Review
Contributing Writers Daniela Abbracciavento, Adrienne Davies, Andrew Fuss, Daniel Norton, Stephanie Say, James Wakelin Contributors Ken Hinkley, Garry Hocking, Andrew Hunter, David Koch, Keith Thomas
34 The Best is Yet to Come Garry Hocking 38
SANFL Year in Review
50 List Review
FEATURES 74
Lead Design Kimberley Smith, Mitchell Thompson
78 Cut From Tough Cloth James Wakelin and Matthew Agius
Photography AFL Photos, Kane Chenoweth, Chris Kelly Photographics, John Nieddu, Julian Hatch
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AFL Records
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Ken Hinkley
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300 And Out Daniel Norton
A Little Nippy in the Hall of Fame Matthew Agius
86 The Home Guard 88
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Year in Pictures
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CHAIRMAN’S
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OOTBALL IS A GREAT leveller. After the incredible ride of 2014, this year proved how hard the AFL really is. Despite entering 2015 with great optimism, we failed to live up to our members’ and supporters’ hopes, and failed to deliver on our own expectations by finishing ninth at the end of the season. But importantly, let me assure you, 2015 won’t be a wasted year. We’re not sticking our head in the sand and dismissing this year as ‘one of those years you’ve got to have,’ and moving on with blind optimism.
results, but all this was put into context on the morning of July 3 when we woke to the shocking news that our great friend and Port Adelaide life member Phil Walsh had been murdered. We were all numb and couldn’t make sense of why this had happened. Importantly though, we were all united in our sorrow and grief not just as a Port Adelaide community but as an entire state and national AFL community. In times of grief and sorrow, football clubs are great to be around for the support networks they naturally provide. Port Adelaide is certainly no exception. Phil’s legacy to football and Port Adelaide has been well documented.
We will learn from our mistakes and act accordingly. In his coach’s report, Ken Hinkley will outline what we have learned and how we will improve in 2016 from a football perspective.
We will remember him fondly as the master tactician who sat alongside Mark Williams in the coaches’ box plotting the downfall of the opposition during our premiership year in 2004.
The Magpies in the SANFL were no different. At times we played irresistible football while our output was inconsistent in other weeks. Despite qualifying for the finals with the double chance, the Magpies were disappointingly knocked out in straight sets.
We remember his return to Alberton in 2014 when he worked closely as a coach, friend and mentor to our current young crop of midfielders.
Our on-field results in 2015 in both the AFL and SANFL were unacceptable, we are all patently aware of that all within the club take full responsibility for it. We don’t apportion blame, we all own our disappointments just as we all celebrate our successes. We were already reviewing our processes from the midway point in the season. As a result we have a clear understanding of where we need to improve and I know we have a committed coaching team and playing group desperate to deliver sustained success to our community. I took great heart from the fact we won seven of our last nine games. It showed we owned the disappointment, analysed the issues, rectified them and acted on it. I thought the whole review process was a great credit to the coaches and team. Yes, from a football perspective the year was tough and there were some very disappointing
And, most importantly, we’ll remember Phil as a great bloke as well as a football genius who possessed boundless energy, enthusiasm and a character underpinned by a rare charm and unique sense of humour. Phil will forever be in our memories and his legacy will live on. Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with Meredith and the family during this most difficult time. While 2015 was a challenging year on a number of fronts, amid the anguish and on-field results, we achieved some truly historic milestones and success off-field that we should all be incredibly proud of. BACK IN BLACK I am delighted to confirm, for the first time since 2007, Port Adelaide posted a financial profit (after depreciation) of $211,000. This is a significant achievement in a year where we failed to make the AFL finals. It is a win for our entire community – our members, our supporters, our staff and our corporate partners
who provide us with such wonderful support. Thank you. To put it into perspective we’ve achieved a $10 million financial turnaround in three years. Just three years ago South Australia’s ability to sustain two AFL clubs was being questioned. Not anymore. A financially strong Port Adelaide means we can invest more into footy and more into our community programs. Remember our mission statement is that We Exist To Win Premierships and Make Our Community Proud. A strong financial base gives us the best chance of achieving that. Our ability to record a profit is largely due to our record club membership and significantly increased corporate sponsorship with national and international brands OAK, Four’N Twenty, UBet and RAA joining our joint major partners Renault and EnergyAustralia in their support of Port Adelaide. MEMBERSHIP AND ATTENDANCES The Port Adelaide community continued to support the club with unrivalled passion and unity, despite our indifferent on-field form. For the first time, we became the biggest AFL club in South Australia in terms of membership numbers, as officially audited by the AFL. This is an extraordinary achievement for so many reasons. Remember, it wasn’t long ago we were told by some the Port Adelaide brand couldn’t attract enough members and supporters to remain sustainable. Significantly, this membership achievement fully justifies the ‘One Club’ unification that we pushed so hard for, and reinforces that a united, engaged Port Adelaide community can be incredibly powerful. That’s you. Yep, you. Your passion, your loyalty, your commitment. As a club we are deeply grateful to you for sticking with us.
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Since unifying the Magpies and the Power at the end of 2010, club official membership has risen by a staggering 86% from 29,029 to 54,057. The result also vindicates our club’s move from Football Park to the Adelaide Oval. Our membership tally has grown by over 14,000 - or 36% - since returning to the Adelaide Oval. Excitingly, our growth is largely coming through younger members, with a large percentage of children and supporters aged between 18 and 35 years joining the club. This is critical as it is a very promising reinforcement of our future. Make no mistake, this achievement is a significant moment in our club’s history. Likewise, our attendances at Adelaide Oval were outstanding again in 2015 with our home games averaging 43,802 spectators. Your support through the turnstiles is an important element of our new stadium financial deal, so achieving such wonderful crowds has really helped the financial growth of our club. Beyond any financial benefits, the noise, the colour and atmosphere you bring to the Adelaide Oval week in, week out, is extraordinary and I know our players feed off this energy and passion. ADELAIDE OVAL Your incredible support in 2015 once again underpinned our Adelaide Oval game day experience. One my favourite sights pre-game is to watch the sea of black, white and teal march from Rundle Mall across the River Torrens footbridge into the Southern Plaza at Adelaide Oval. To see young and old alike marching as one with their flags and singing the club song is a truly great spectacle and adds to the appeal of a Port Adelaide game day. Once outside the ground, our community brilliantly supported a couple of our new game day initiatives for 2015. In Memorial Drive, the club established a new ‘Game Day Village’, which was set up as a meeting point for Port Adelaide supporters to enjoy a drink with a Four’N Twenty pie. The patronage was outstanding and the feedback we received was overwhelmingly positive. Our community enjoyed meeting their mates and like-minded people before a game for a preview and also after the game to debrief. For families, we established the ‘Power Playground’ outside the eastern gate which included our Power Pirateers Zone for the little ones and the Kids’ Zone for older children. The Power Pirateers is our junior membership package for children aged 2-6, designed to engage them with Port Adelaide and our values without making football the central focus.
Instead, Jack and Daisy – the two friendly Power Pirateers – are the heroes of the story and teach children important values around sportsmanship, team work, being humble and never, ever giving up.
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The Power Pirateers Zone includes Jack and Daisy, along with player appearances, and the feedback from families has been very positive.
As I always say, before anything else, Port Adelaide is a community club.
The key pillars of our pre-game experience inside the stadium continued to grow in 2015. The expectation and the noise generated through our team entry, where Rudimental’s ‘Not Giving In’ sets the tone for the remainder of the day or night was better again this year. But the 60-second lead up to the first bounce is still my favourite sight and arguably the singularly best moment in Australian sport. To see 50,000 Port Adelaide supporters stand as one, holding scarves aloft, singing the INXS anthem ‘Never Tear Us Apart’ is spine-tingling to say the least. To see our community so publicly united fills me with enormous pride and admiration. It’s what footy is all about: together, sharing, rejoicing in our club and in our great game. Greg Denham, senior football writer at The Australian, was a guest of the club at our Anzac Day game against Hawthorn. Afterwards he said he was, “on a high for three days” after coming to the game, and described his experience as one of the best he has ever had at a sporting event anywhere in the world. TV AUDIENCES From a national television perspective, we again enjoyed great growth with our average audience per game of 582,351 - up 22% on 2014. Port Adelaide featured in four games with an average national audience of over a million viewers and eight games with over 800,000. Our attractive brand of football appeals to the AFL’s free-to-air broadcaster Channel Seven and we have a number of blockbuster games around the country in 2016 to continue that national television growth and further broaden our appeal outside South Australia. In the SANFL, the Magpies again featured in the most-watched minor round games of 2015.
We were established in 1870 as a social sporting club for young men of Adelaide’s west and, although we have significantly expanded over the past 145 years, our community values remain the same. Quite simply, as a club, it’s part of our DNA. Across 2015, our community programs have again done us proud, with our Aboriginal Programs leading the way. We have a number of Aboriginal Programs, but the centrepiece remains the Aboriginal Power Cup. This is a program built around an early intervention strategy that uses football as a tool to engage young Aboriginal secondary school students in their education and provide pathways to workforce participation. The students enrol in a SACE unit to participate in the Aboriginal Power Cup, and 90% of students are completing this unit every year. The program has clearly demonstrated increased school attendance and Year 12 completion rates, and is now developing pathways for students who complete Year 12 to move into further education, training and employment. Only students who successfully completed their classwork were invited to take part in the nine-a-side football carnival held at Alberton during the year. The two best performed boys and girls sides – on a combined football and academic score competed for the honour of becoming the 2015 Aboriginal Power Cup champions in a curtain raiser to a Power game at the Adelaide Oval. This year marked our eighth Aboriginal Power Cup and it has now grown from 133 students from six schools in 2008 to nearly 400 students from 32 schools in 2015. I extend big thanks to the Attorney-General’s Department and Santos for their outstanding support of the Aboriginal Power Cup.
In June this year, all seven of our club’s Aboriginal players – Chad Wingard, Paddy Ryder, Jarman Impey, Brendon Ah Chee, Karl Amon, Jake Neade and Nathan Krakouer – travelled to Ceduna for the WillPOWER football carnival, which featured 200 students from six schools in the Maralinga and Far West Coast regions. Another Aboriginal program working principally to the theme of ‘education first, football second,’ is our AFL Aboriginal Academy - the first of its kind in the AFL. As part of this program, Academy students are selected not only on football ability, but their willingness to commit to their education and SACE certificate – students will not be eligible to take part in the Academy if they don’t meet certain educational requirements and participation levels. Each Wednesday of the school term, thirty Year 11 and 12 students head to Alberton for a halfday of schooling with qualified teachers and then spend the afternoon undertaking football training using our club’s elite training facilities. Throughout the year the Academy played exhibition games against other Aboriginal academies around the country and, for the second year in a row, travelled to Alice Springs to play in the curtain-raiser to our AFL Indigenous Round game. As special as those experiences were, I’m sure the students will all agree they pale in comparison to what they’ve recently experienced – a cultural exchange trip to China. The team returned in early December after their eye-opening nine-day trip to Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Beijing. Just think about the impact of this experience for these Aboriginal students: some had only recently left their remote communities and only a handful had ever left the borders of South Australia. Suddenly they’re touring the most populated country in the world, visiting Chinese schools, educating their students on Aboriginal culture and learning about Chinese culture at the same time. Beyond the cultural exchange sessions, the Aboriginal Academy played several exhibition football games, were hosted by the Australian Embassy in Beijing and visited landmarks such as Ocean Park Zoo in Hong Kong and the Great Wall.
The four highest-rating games in the SANFL all featured Port Adelaide, and four out of our six televised minor round games averaged a television audience of over 40,000.
At the other end of the learning curve, we have a program called WillPOWER, which has been developed for younger students in Years 6-9; that is, students who are too young for the Aboriginal Power Cup but are encouraged to set goals in relation to their health and education.
These young men grew up overnight and the experiences they shared on this trip will stay with them forever.
Combine these television figures with our crowds at the Adelaide Oval and Alberton and never before have we had an audience so engaged in our football club.
WillPOWER is based on the same philosophy as our Aboriginal Power Cup and has been delivered as far as the Maralinga and APY Lands and the Barkly Region in Central Australia.
Importantly, they all completed their education requirements and thoroughly deserved the opportunity to represent our club, country and their families abroad.
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We thank the SA Aboriginal Sports Training Academy and EnergyAustralia for their support of our AFL Aboriginal Academy program as well as the University of South Australia for backing the trip to China. CHARITY PARTNERS A cornerstone of our community-first philosophy revolves around our charity partners and 2015 was a year where we achieved great results together. Port Adelaide proudly partnered Foodbank again in 2015, building on a relationship that started in 2012. Together, Port Adelaide and Foodbank continued to shine a light on hunger in South Australia and achieved outstanding results over the last year. This includes sourcing and distributing over four million meals, increasing Foodbank’s client list to over 500 welfare groups in South Australia, expanding Foodbank’s geographic footprint into Port Lincoln and the Eyre Peninsula and providing food for breakfast programs servicing over 270 schools. And who could forget in April when the Port Adelaide community rallied and helped supply over one tonne of Vegemite to assist with a shortage in Foodbank’s school breakfast program? In 2015, Port Adelaide welcomed a new community charity partner, the Childhood Cancer Association. For many years, our captain Travis Boak has been visiting the Women’s and Children’s Hospital in his own time every fortnight to support children diagnosed with cancer and their families. The Childhood Cancer Association is currently supporting 400 families and children living with cancer and bereavement with no government funding. Our club has been inspired to lend its support to the Childhood Cancer Association and through the generosity of the Port Adelaide community, we can help provide ongoing and practical hands-on support for children and their families living with cancer. THANKS As you can see it has still been a historic year for our club, despite little on-field success. We have returned to profitability, achieved record membership, enjoyed massive home game attendances, rapidly increased national television audiences, implemented a wonderful game-day experience and established industryleading community programs. First, I reiterate my thanks to you, our loyal and passionate members, for underpinning the Port Adelaide community. Without you, we are without a foundation.
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Second, a huge thanks to all our corporate partners for their financial support and loyalty. I reserve special praise for our joint major partners - Renault and EnergyAustralia – for their ongoing support and commitment to Port Adelaide and our community. Both Renault and EnergyAustralia share our core values and vision and we look forward to continuing these partnerships well into the future. Third, I thank the entire playing group who persisted hard despite the challenges 2015 threw at them. The group was again brilliantly led by Travis Boak and I know they are looking forward to playing tough, physical, ‘never, ever give up’ Port Adelaide football in 2016. Similarly, I thank Ken Hinkley and his coaching group for their tireless efforts, particularly after they were all rocked in their own way by the tragic passing of their former coaching colleague Phil Walsh. I also thank my fellow directors along with the entire staff and volunteers who work their backsides off to make Port Adelaide a better club. It has been a very big year which you can all be incredibly proud of. I reserve special acknowledgement for our chief executive Keith Thomas who worked around the clock to ensure the club successfully delivered on a number of key strategic items in 2015. Finally, I extend an enormous thanks to all partners, spouses and families of our players, coaches, staff and volunteers. We ask a lot of your partners and families and I sincerely thank you all for your understanding and the support you provide your partner and our club. CONCLUSION This year has taught us a lot. We learned the AFL is an unrelenting, unforgiving competition that will consume you if you’re off just a fraction. We learned we simply weren’t good enough in 2015 and finishing just outside the eight was a true reflection of our inconsistent year. We learned the result will take care of itself if we play committed, tough, physical Port Adelaide football. We learned we have a lot of work in front of us to challenge for the finals. Indeed, we learned a lot from 2015. Most importantly I know our coaching group, led by Ken, and our playing group, led by Travis, will respond. They will learn from these mistakes and demand improvement throughout every single session of pre-season. They will respond to the disappointments of 2015 and live our mantra of never, ever giving up despite the setbacks that will invariably come.
As a club, we will continue to do everything we can to make you proud to be a Port Adelaide member. We know it’ll be a bumpy ride at times. There’ll be times when we share each other’s pain and frustration, while other times we’ll bask together in the glory and pride of victory. But we’ll always try to have as much fun along the way as possible and enjoy the exciting ride of season 2016. After all, footy is meant to be fun. Thanks again for your continued support and I can’t wait to see you at the footy next year.
FROM THE CEO
KEITH THOMAS H
ISTORY NOW RECORDS the 2015 season was a disappointment for the Port Adelaide Football Club. High pre-season expectations, for both the Power and the Magpies, proved unattainable.
Indeed, it was further reinforcement that winning games of footy at the elite level is never easy, and success cannot be assumed. Just as importantly, it reminded us there is much to be learned in defeat. Our goal since season’s end has been to examine every aspect of our club’s performance - on and off-field - in order to reset our focus on 2016 with renewed confidence and vigour. I believe we are making progress. FOOTBALL We have strengthened the AFL playing list with the addition of Charlie Dixon and Jimmy Toumpas. The senior list of players continues to mature and gain experience. We look forward to the return of Jared Polec and Alipate Carlile from long-term injury, and to extending the contracts of Chad Wingard and Ollie Wines prior to the start of the 2016 season. Experience has been added to the AFL matchday coaching box to further support Ken, with Garry Hocking returning and Nathan Bassett being added to the coaching team. Chad Cornes brings passion and his trademark warrior spirit to the Magpies coaching ranks. Add Tommy Logan into the mix to support Chad and Mark Clayton, and you soon get the picture as to how committed the club is to ensuring the Magpies league and academy players fully understand our focus for the coming season. We will develop indigenous and multicultural football academies for children aged between 11 and 15 years in 2016. These will be additional to the highly successful Aboriginal AFL Academy, which will continue next year. Any players who attend our indigenous and multicultural academies, and go on to be drafted, will be given priority access to join Port Adelaide if selected. This provides great incentive to the club to invest in the development of these young
players and is seen as a positive initiative by the AFL. FINANCIAL POSITION Returning Port Adelaide to a profit in 2015 was a major achievement. Our strategy since 2012 has been to invest substantially towards strengthening our football program and on-field performances. At the same time we have been focussed on re-engaging with our members, attracting a broader stable of corporate partners and maximising the Adelaide Oval experience. As a result we have seen an improvement to the underlying business of $10.7m since 2013, which we expect to grow further in 2016. The investment growth in our football program will slow in 2016, as much of the heavy lifting has been done over the past four years. We are now operating just under the AFL-imposed player salary cap and non-player football expenses ‘soft cap,’ which I believe is appropriate for our club at this time. I would like to congratulate our senior executive and their respective teams for returning the club to profitability for the first time since 2007. It is an important and noteworthy achievement which we expect to become the norm for Port Adelaide going forward. MEMBER ENGAGEMENT A major focus for Port Adelaide in 2016 is to continue building on the relationship between our loyal members and their club. We are very proud of how united the Port Adelaide family is, and this is demonstrated in our No. 1 ranking in the AFL (member benchmark survey, December 2014) in seven categories, including: fan passion/fanaticism, overall member satisfaction, connection to club, personal involvement, connection to players, value for money and digital engagement. The iconic moments of ‘Never Tear Us Apart’ and ‘Not Giving In’ plus the March to the Mall, and support of the Game Day Village are all great examples of how we do it here at Port Adelaide. We are aiming to surpass the 60,000-plus membership record set in 2015, but such a result can never be taken for granted. We are well aware our ability to provide quality member service last year was compromised and we failed to deliver as effectively as we need to.
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We are also aware the prices in certain member categories have lifted considerably over the past couple of years. That we still represent great value and our prices generally remain below AFL average is no defence if the quality of your entertainment offering or the service you receive obtaining it is not up to scratch. This is where our membership team led by Matthew Richardson is focussed. We want your relationship with Port Adelaide to feel special. That is our goal. CORPORATE Similarly, the satisfaction of our corporate partners is integral to our future success. Corporate revenue has increased by 140% since 2012. In 2015 we welcomed OAK, Four’N Twenty, RAA and UBET to the club to join major partners Renault and EnergyAustralia. All will be continuing their association with Port Adelaide again next year. Our commitment to these outstanding brands is to continue to support their efforts, and stay focussed on helping our supporters understand their support of these companies is invaluable to both them and the club. We need to remain creative and innovative in the way we integrate each company into the fabric of Port Adelaide, because we know when we do, our people will support them. That’s when the magic happens. Just think about Renault’s Virtual Reality experience, EnergyAustralia’s support of our Aboriginal AFL Academy and together with the University of South Australia, helping us get them on a trip to China as a reward for passing Year 12! There are many more such stories, with many more to come! CHINA Many people ask me why the club has a fascination with China. How is our now two-year investment helping us win games of footy? I notice the frequency of that question increases dramatically after each loss, such is the cutthroat environment we operate in! Firstly, let me explain our purpose. Our primary interest in China is not about growing the game there or recruiting small pressure forwards.
government contacts and networking opportunities all through a connection to Australia’s most popular game. Its native game. We have been steadily building relationships both here in Adelaide and in China, and hope that over time we will form partnerships with Chinese companies which are at once culturally rewarding and financially beneficial. We believe we are slowly but surely positioning ourselves for future growth out of this new opportunity. In November, our Aboriginal AFL Academy team conducted a cultural exchange tour throughout China, and we conducted fruitful discussions with potential partners in Beijing and Shanghai. The full board of directors will visit Hong Kong again in 2016, as a statement of intent that we are serious about building this relationship. We will again conduct business lunches and grand final events in Hong Kong and potentially Shanghai, while continuing to broadcast games in Mandarin for online distribution through the Chinese community here and in China. 2016 will be the club’s third year in China. We are looking forward to some exciting developments. COMMUNITY Our community agenda continues to grow. Aboriginal education continues to be a major priority, with a growing commitment to assisting children in remote areas such as the APY Lands, Maralinga Lands and the Barkly region in the Northern Territory. With the support of our outstanding past and present indigenous players, our programs are receiving widespread acclaim for their effectiveness and we see this activity as the foundation of our community engagement strategy going forward. In addition, programs such as Empowering Youth and the Community Youth Program continue to distribute important messages to thousands of young school students each year. In 2016, we will add Respectful Relationships to our menu of important topics to discuss with these students. This program is specifically designed to engage young people in the highly sensitive subject of domestic violence, an issue of ever increasing concern in our society.
We believe the game of AFL in general, and specifically Port Adelaide, provides an excellent vehicle for Chinese companies wishing to form business relationships in this country.
If you think for a moment about the ground that we cover in the community space, including our End Hunger campaign with Foodbank, our partnership with the Childhood Cancer Association, Aboriginal health and education, resilience training for defence force kids, Anzac Day, Empowering Youth, WillPOWER, and now Respectful Relationships, I’m sure you’ll share our belief that we are making a difference.
Accessed properly, our club is well-positioned to provide high profile media assets,
HIGH PERFORMANCE EDUCATION Earlier this year we conducted our first in-
We wish to do business with China, and we know China wishes to do business in Australia.
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house training program for students of high performance. In partnership with the University of South Australia, we attracted 12 students (six of whom were from overseas) to immerse themselves in our football program for nine days, and to observe and learn from Darren Burgess and his team. It was the first of three such courses that we intend to run annually. The pilot was profitable and highly appreciated by the students who attended. We believe high performance education has the potential to grow as a revenue stream for the club, and at the same time further enhance our reputation as a leader in the field of elite sport science. Our partnership with the University of South Australia continues to strengthen and we appreciate their support and entrepreneurial spirit. They are fun to work with! SUMMARY Like every member of the Port Adelaide community, talking about anything else other than footy when the team is struggling, seems like nothing more than a distraction! However, we need to maintain perspective about where we are and where we are heading. We have further strengthened the football program, and we are looking forward to getting stuck into it again next year. Port Adelaide is again profitable, and well on its way to being financially independent again. Our members and partners continue to passionately support the team and direction of the club. We have leadership stability and are developing a plan for the future designed to ensure we achieve long-term sustained success. I believe we are pretty well placed going into 2016. Now let’s get on with it!
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
David Koch - Chairman
Ross Haslam - Director
Trevor Thiele - Director
Profession: Co-host, Sunrise (Channel 7) | Director, Pinstripe Media | Chairman, Port Adelaide Football Club 2012 – current | Director, Port Adelaide Football Club 2012 current | Chairman, Organ and Tissue Authority Advisory Board
Profession: Company Director; Consultant in strategic and risk management | Director, Port Adelaide Football Club 2012 – current | Consultant in Risk Management for South Australian Health and Medial Research Institute (SAHMRI); SA Health; Adelaide City Council | Consultant - Moore Stephens | Fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia | B.E. (Hons) University of Adelaide Playing career: Port Adelaide 1966-1971 (113 games, 108 goals)
Profession: Chartered Accountant; Company Director | Director, Port Adelaide Football Club 2011 - current | Director, Port Adelaide Football Club (SANFL) 2007 – 2010 | Director, The Port Club 2012 - current | Member, Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia
Kevin Osborn - Deputy Chairman Profession: Company Director | Deputy Chairman, Port Adelaide Football Club 2011 – current | Director, SA Water | Director, Accounting Professional and Ethical Standards Board | Director, Australian Institute of Company Directors Ltd and SA/NT Chapter President | Advisor to Australian and International Corporations
Cos Cardone - Director Profession: Chief Executive Officer, McGuire Media | Director, Port Adelaide Football Club 2012 – current | Master of Business Administration, University of South Australia | European School of Advanced Management Aarhus University, Denmark
George Fiacchi - Director Profession: Director, Fiacchi Media & Management | Director, Port Adelaide Football Club 2012 – current | Director, Port Adelaide Football Club 2003 – 2004 | Board member, Adelaide Festival Centre Foundation Playing career: Port Adelaide 1985-1997 (236 games, 53 goals)
Jamie Restas - Director Profession: Commercial Lawyer; Partner, HWLE Ebsworth Lawyers | Director, Port Adelaide Football Club 2012 – current | Director, Adelaide Film Festival 2014 - current | Member, Australian Institute of Company Directors | Member, Law Society of South Australia
Richard Ryan AO - Director Profession: Company Director | Director, Port Adelaide Football Club 2011– current | Director, Menzies School of Health Research (NT) | Chairman, Adelaide Festival Board | Deputy Chancellor, Charles Darwin University (NT) | Companion of the Institute of Engineers | Companion of the Institute of Management (UK) | Chairman of Editure Ltd
Amanda Vanstone - Director Director, Port Adelaide Football Club 2012-current | Director, Drinkwise Australia | Chair, Royal Flying Doctor Service Federation Board | Chair, Vision 2020 | Chair, Board of Governors Institute for | International Trade, University of Adelaide | Chair, ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course | Member , National Commission of Audit Nov 13- March 14 | Patron, Hutt Street Centre | Ambassador to Italy 2007-2010 | Senator for South Australia 1984-2007 | Member, Foundation Board of World AntiDoping Authority 2000
Port Adelaide board of directors (standing from left) Jamie Restas, Cos Cardone, Trevor Thiele, George Fiacchi, Richard Ryan AO, Ross Haslam; (seated from left) Kevin Osborn, David Koch, Keith Thomas, Amanda Vanstone
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KICKING GOALS AT HOME AND AWAY POWER COMMUNITY LTD REPORT ANDREW HUNTER Established in 2011, Power Community Ltd continues to set the standard of community development and engagement in the AFL industry working across a range of program areas.
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T WAS A YEAR OF GREAT progress and change within Power Community Limited, as it continued to deliver and build on its highly-regarded programs throughout South Australia, interstate and internationally. Port Adelaide sadly bid farewell to Simon Forrest, who was replaced by Mary Patetsos as our board chair. Simon worked closely with management to transform and grow Power Community Limited, leaving an indelible mark on our entire community operation. We thank him for his contributions, and wish him the best for the future. Our programs have also expanded their reach, with the development of some exciting, new programs while improving existing ones to ensure engagement and accessibility are at the forefront of each. We also refocussed our organisation by streamlining programs into three main areas: Youth, Aboriginal and International. YOUTH The Community Youth Program continues to positively influence the lives of young people across South Australia. This year, the team engaged over 100,000 young Australians, delivering messages about the importance of active lifestyles, healthy eating, the dangers of smoking and decision-making. The program continues to assist firstto-fourth year players in their personal development. A highlight from 2015 was the Community Youth Program’s annual community camp, which was held in the Barossa Valley. Players spent two days visiting schools, community centres and aged care homes throughout Tanunda, Nuriootpa, Gawler and Kapunda. The program was incredibly well-received, with a record of over 10,000 children taking part.
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Once again the Optimistic Kids program was delivered to children of Australian Defence Force families. This program continued to engage and help children dealing with dislocation or disruption as a result of parental employment. This is the final year of our relationship with the Optimistic Kids organisation, and we thank Psychologist Simon Andrews for his enduring contribution. Power Community Limited is committed to continue working with children from ADF families under a new program in 2016. The Empowering Youth program continues to make a difference in the lives of South Australian teenagers, by encouraging young people to make healthy lifestyle choices, through lessons in health education delivered both in the classroom and on the field. Students are inspired by Power players to be physically active and socially engaged within the community, including local sporting clubs. Excitingly, this year the Empowering Youth Program was the recipient of a $50,000 Medibank Fund grant to continue our great work in our community. Our successful Girl Power program was again delivered to young women across the state, promoting positive body image and selfesteem, healthy lifestyles, goal setting and leadership to girls aged 14-16, with the help of female club ambassadors. In 2016, Girl Power will become a stream of an expanded Empowering Youth program. ABORIGINAL In 2015 the club’s leading Aboriginal program, WillPOWER, was delivered in the Barkley region of the Northern Territory for the very first time, with the assistance of Port Adelaide’s Aboriginal AFL players. The program is designed to encourage students to tap into their ‘WillPOWER’ both mentally and physically, assisting them to make smart choices in life through guided discussion.
The Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet funds this program, which is also delivered to the far west coast of South Australia and the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands, through the Indigenous Advancement Strategy. The 2015 Aboriginal Power Cup carnival was another resounding success, with almost 400 students from 32 school descending on Alberton Oval to participate in a football carnival, work expo, disco and cultural program. The carnival, a favourite among students, is the culmination of an early intervention strategy to engage Aboriginal secondary school students in their education, and provide pathways to workforce participation. This is the eighth year of the Aboriginal Power Cup. Only students who successfully completed their classwork were invited to take park in the carnival, with participants competing in nine-a-side games. The finalists for both the boys and girls competitions were determined by a combination of on-field performance in the round-robin tournament at Alberton, as well as overall academic participation and performance. The top-two boys and girls teams played the curtain raisers to our Round 10 game against the Western Bulldogs at the Adelaide Oval, before presenting the crowd an electrifying cultural dance. This year the Aboriginal Power Cup won the United Nations Educational Scientific Cultural Organisation (SA) award for its contribution to sport, culture and education. Only four organisations are granted this award each year; an incredible honour for the club.
The SAASTA Aboriginal AFL Academy, which fosters both the on-field and academic success of talented young footballers from across the state, was another highlight for Power Community Limited in 2015. As a team, they achieved great on-field success. Academy member Wayne Milera was selected in November’s national draft, while every Year 12 participant was well-placed to pass their final year studies. The Academy also travelled by bus to Alice Springs in June, coinciding with the Power’s AFL Indigenous Round match against Melbourne, stopping in remote communities in the APY Lands to engage with locals and cultural experiences. As a reward for these dedicated young men, the club organised and funded a communitybased trip China, to give the students an eyeopening experience and continue fostering the club’s international scope abroad. The Academy team played matches against the Hong Kong Dragons and Team China, participated in cultural engagement sessions at Chinese schools and visited cultural landmarks such as the Great Wall of China. We thank EnergyAustralia, SAASTA and the University of South Australia for their support of the Aboriginal AFL Academy this year. CHINA Power Community Limited expanded its focus to a new cultural space, by engaging with the local and international Chinese community. The club developed strong relationships with South China AFL and Team China, helping nurture the development of AFL internationally while also sponsoring 11 local Chinese players to take part in the AFL Asian Championships in Bangkok this year.
In July, Power Community Limited hosted two members of Team China - Zhang Hao and Chen Shao - in Adelaide. Chen and Zhang trained with our Magpies Academy players, the SAASTA Aboriginal AFL Academy and were present at Port Adelaide matches against the Western Bulldogs and Greater Western Sydney in the AFL, as well as against Glenelg in the SANFL. We also recruited a Mandarin AFL commentator to provide Mandarin commentary for every Power home game in 2015. These match highlights were made available on portadelaidefc.com.au and further circulated through the club’s Chinese social media channels, WeChat and Weibo. With the fantastic response from the Chinese community, the club is aiming to build on a strong first year working in this international market again in 2016. CONGRATULATIONS Power Community Limited’s Manager of Aboriginal Programs, Paul Vandenbergh, was awarded the City of Port Adelaide and Enfield’s Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Person of the Year in 2015. The club would like to congratulate Paul on this well-deserved honour, particularly after a strong year leading the expansion of our Aboriginal programs throughout Central Australia. 2016 I’ll finish by thanking every one of our program partners for their support once again in 2015. While Port Adelaide is committed to having a positive impact in the community, it is the support of each of our program partners that enables it to happen. 2016 will be another year of opportunity for our program streams, and we look forward to expanding our reach in South Australia and beyond once again.
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BOARDS, MANAGEMENT, STAFF, SUPPORT STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS Governance PORT ADELAIDE FOOTBALL CLUB LTD BOARD OF DIRECTORS David Koch Chairman Cos Cardone Director Ross Haslam Director Kevin Osborn Director, Deputy Chairman George Fiacchi Director Jamie Restas Director Richard Ryan AO Director Trevor Thiele Director Amanda Vanstone Director THE PORT CLUB BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trevor Thiele Chairman Graeme Hodge Director David Judd Director Matthew Richardson Director POWER COMMUNITY LIMITED BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mary Patetsos Chair Lauren Ganley Richard Ryan Jamie Restas Stuart Palmer Elliot McAdam PATRONS Sir Eric Neal AC CVO OFFICIAL CLUB AMBASSADORS Entertainment: Melissa Bergland, Rob Mammone, Aldo Mignone (Actors), Tom J Williams, Julian DeVizio, Andrew Kantarias, Harrison Kantarias, Tom J. Williams (Music), Matt Tarrant (Magician) Sports: Louise Bawden (Beach Volleyball Australia), Darren Cahill (Tennis), Dean Canto (Motorsport), Kyle Chalmers (Swimming – Australia), Taliqua Clancy (Beach Volleyball - Australia), Bruce Djite (Soccer), John Eales (Rugby), Juliet Haslam (Hockey), Thanasi Kokkinakis (Tennis), Anna Meares (Cycling Australia), Erin Phillips (Basketball – Australia/ Los Angeles Sparks), Roger Rasheed (Tennis), Nugget Rees (Cricket), Phil Smyth (Basketball), James Troisi (Soccer – Australia) Media: Chris Dittmar, Matt Gilbertson, Peter Goers, Rob Kelvin, Rosanna Mangiarelli, Rebecca Morse, Lee Jeloseck, John Riddell, Dwayne Russell, Warren Tredrea Politics: The Hon. Jay Weatherill MP (Premier of South Australia), Mr Stephen Marshall MP (Leader of the SA Opposition)
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Management and Administration (as of December 2015)
CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S OFFICE Keith Thomas Chief Executive Officer Louise Broadbridge Executive Assistant ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE Stephen Dawes Chief Operating Officer Shane Smith Chief Financial Officer Rebecca Bell Accounts Payable Officer Brian Condon Facilities Manager Simone de Laine Human Resources Manager Jessica Murdoch Accounts Receivable Rachel Porter Accounts Payable Matthew Webb Senior Accountant MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS Daniel Norton General Manager - Media Matthew Agius Club Editor Kane Chenoweth Video Producer Andrew Fuss Digital Media Manager Julian Hatch Video Content Producer Steph Say Digital Media and Marketing Officer James Wakelin Football Media Manager Daniela Abbracciavento SANFL Reporter MARKETING AND CONSUMER BUSINESS Matthew Richardson General Manager Marketing and Consumer Business Claire Quartuccio Consumer Information Manager Ben Demertzis Membership Manager Sarah Quinlan Member Operations Coordinator Kimberley Smith Graphic Designer Mitchell Thompson Graphic Designer Yvonne Leaver Receptionist Jan Scott Member Services Officer Lauren Sherman Member Services Officer Kelly Hean Member Services Officer Daniella Masina Member Services Officer CORPORATE Richard Kelly General Manager - Corporate Sarah Balkwill Executive Assistant to General Manager - Corporate Steve Hunt Renault Fleet Manager Lisa Hinkley Corporate Account Executive Renee Rivers Senior Corporate Account Executive Elly Siklic Commercial Operations Coordinator Adam Thomson Corporate Account Executive COMMERCIAL Chris Nunn General Manager – Commercial Sarah Balkwill Executive Assistant to General Manager – Commercial Tim Ginever Local Sales Manager Ben Hurst Head of Retail and Licensing Fraser Johnson Corporate Sales Executive
Kosta Mylonas Corporate Sales Executive Anton Williams Corporate Sales Executive POWER COMMUNITY LTD Andrew Hunter General Manager – Community Programs Russell Ebert Power Community Youth Program Manager Lisa Kennedy Community Development Coordinator Sasha De Kievit Community Development Coordinator Peter Russo Bequest Program Manager Wade Thompson Engagement Officer, Power Generation Program Paul Vandenbergh Aboriginal Programs Manager Ross Wait Senior Youth Programs Manager Jayne Whibley Community Operations and Volunteer Coordinator Promise Xu China Engagement Officer EVENTS AND GAME DAY Tara Macleod General Manager – Game Day and Events Sharn Best Senior Events Coordinator Melissa Musolino Events Manager Jasmine Campaniello Events and Chairman’s Club Coordinator Jade Seskis Game Day Coordinator Rebecca Sterrey Events Coordinator Lisa Wilford Events Assistant LICENSED OPERATIONS David Banner General Manager – Licensed Operations Linda Crabb Venue and Magpies Marketing Manager Mark Elliott Maintenance Brendan Kew Head Chef – Prince of Wales Andrew McIntyre Executive Chef Bradley McLeod Bar Manager Lauren Meaney Gaming Manager Sarah Palmer Functions/Bistro Coordinator Joshua Thurgood Assistant Manager – Prince of Wales VOLUNTEERS Administration Ciaran Banks Finance/Administration Assistant Jim Crabb Records and management Margaret Gill Member Services Ibby Rasheed Media Dad’s Army Rodney Bercham, Roger Booth, Kevin Bruce, Kevin Doyle, Dennis Goodwin, Bob Gregory, Jerzy Grzeskowiak, Jeff Hicks, Allan Jones, Ronald O’Connor, Paul O’Dea, Bob O’Malley, Bob Peters, Ray Pitman, Ted Rix, Vincent Tuckfield, Ron Westmark, Barry Wilson, Dale Woodhart
Game Day Volunteers Paul Baldock, David Bannon, Amanda Burnett, Jeni Clark, Chris Evans, Cameron Glen, Malcolm Govett, Kathryn Govett, Paul Hazelwood, Bradley Jennings, Erin Jomartz, David Lane, Mark Mundy, Katrina Penna, Mary Petineris, Christine Purcell, Georgina Rasmussen, Andriana Rousvanis, Johanna Smith, Karen Staham, Brodie Statham, Maria Szcerba, Adrian Wilson, Andrew Withall, John Withall, Ange Peters, Chloe Harmer, Judy Garforth Alberton Precinct Jill Anderson Port Club and Grandstand attendant Ross Anderson Port Club and Grandstand attendant Jack Baldassari Grandstand attendant John Hadfield Volunteer Facilities Assistant Kevin Ising Volunteer Facilities Assistant Brenton Jansen Grandstand attendant Pauline Netherclift Grandstand attendant John Sharman Grandstand attendant Peter Westwood Indoor facility caretaker Bradley Worrell Grandstand attendant
Football Operations (as of September 2015)
AFL Ken Hinkley Senior Coach Chris Davies General Manager - Football Mitch Bailey Football IT and Fitness Assistant Darren Burgess Head of High Performance Josh Carr Assistant Coach (Midfield) Stuart Cochrane Development Coach Jason Cripps List Manager (Victorian Office) Chris Drain Assistant Recruiting Manager, Pro Scout (Victorian Office) Marcus Drum Player Welfare and Development Manager Tyson Edwards Assistant Coach - Forwards Stuart Graham Head of Sports Science Nathan Grasby Opposition Scout, Football Analysis Aaron Greaves Development Manager and Ruck Coach Shaun Hart Director of Coaching Trent Hentschel Football Administration Manager Garry Hocking SANFL Senior Coach James Jarvis Football IT Manager Ian McKeown Strength and Conditioning Coach Matthew Nicks Assistant Coach - Defence Tim O’Leary Head Physiotherapist Tim Parham Physiotherapist Geoff Parker National Recruiting Manager Anthony Parkin Assistant Recruiting Officer – New Talent (Victorian Office)
Alex Pisani Football IT Assistant Di Pounsett Personal Assistant to Senior Coach and General Manager - Football Michael Regan List Analyst and Innovations Manager (Victorian Office) Andrew Rondinelli Player Nutrition and Recovery Chris Sheedy Senior Football Analyst Jacob Surjan Development Coach Michael Voss Midfield Manager Michael Wilson Physiotherapist (SANFL) Shane Worner Head Trainer AFL PART-TIME Tony Bamford Recruiting Officer (SA) Marc Broome Recruiting Officer (Victoria) Clint Brown Recruiting Officer (Tasmania) Brent Cowell Recruiting Officer (SA) Stephen DeLuca Recruiting Officer (Victoria) Matthew Drain Recruiting Officer (Victoria) Liam Elphick Recruiting Officer (WA) Chamath Jayaweera Recruiting Officer (Victoria) Brett Knowles Recruiting Officer (SA) Robert Moody Recruiting Officer (Victoria) John O’Sullivan Recruiting Officer (WA) George Tsipnis Football IT/Recruiting Officer (Victoria) Joel Urban Recruiting Officer (NSW) Ray Windsor Recruiting Officer (Qld) Frank Wood Recruiting Officer (WA) Michael Wrigley Recruiting Officer (Victoria) CONSULTANTS Alec Buttfield Sports Science Consultant Kristian DePasquale Podiatrist Ceri Evans Forensic Psychiatrist Mark Fisher Senior Club Medical Officer Mike Heynen Physiotherapist Amanda LeCouteur Sports Psychologist Damian Newberry Club Medical Officer Brian Spencer Player Development MASSAGE Jaak Dekoning Masseur David Gibbs Masseur Nick Jehu Masseur Robert Navacchi Masseur Sonja Newton Masseur Cedric Seah Masseur Jaye Sippel Masseur Michael Sobol Masseur Vincent Totino Masseur Colin Varacalli Masseur HOST FAMILIES Tina and Mark Emes Annie and Chris Mandalov Sharan Mason and Neil Rankine Sue and Dennis Turner Jill and Travis Ward
VOLUNTEERS Patricia Afflick Players’ Kitchen Assistant Steve Allen Trainer Terree Barker Players’ Kitchen Assistant Shiela Bausing Players’ Kitchen Assistant Merv Bawden Ball Steward Brandon Chaplin Team Chaplain Debra Cooke Players’ Kitchen Supervisor Dave Crawford Room Steward Jacqueline Fitzgerald Players’ Kitchen Assistant - part Dyan Francis Players’ Kitchen Assistant - part Mark Emes Trainer Wayne Gaertner Players’ Kitchen Assistant part David Goodwin Property Manager Wendy Goodwin Players’ Kitchen Assistant Toni Hansen Players’ Kitchen Assistant Kaye Horan Players’ Kitchen Assistant Angelina Jones Players’ Kitchen Assistant Clifford Kerwin Players’ Kitchen Assistant Beau Leonard Trainer Scott Marshall Doorman – Adelaide Oval Jackie Miller Players’ Kitchen Assistant - part Bob O’Malley Room Steward Adam Perryman IT Coding Assistant Gerard Powell Doorman – Adelaide Oval Paul Rizonico Interchange Steward John Sherman Room Steward Jaye Sippel Trainer Alf Trebilcock Boot Steward Adrian Votino Trainer Colin Varacalli Trainer Nathan Waters Ball Steward VOLUNTEERS - VICTORIA Andrew Hall Trainer (Victoria) Simon Kear Trainer (Victoria) Mike Middleton Trainer (Victoria) Andrew Mosca Trainer (Victoria) John Newson Trainer (Victoria) Shane Regan Room Steward (Victoria) Bart Ryan Boot Steward (Victoria) Paul Woolley Doorman (Victoria) SANFL ADMINISTRATION Linda Crabb Marketing and Operations Executive Scott Peters Football Operations Manager LEAGUE Garry Hocking SANFL Senior Coach Darren Beer Assistant Coach Stuart Cochrane Assistant Coach Roger Falk Match-up Board Trent Hentschel Assistant Coach Brett Johns Bench Manager, Boxing Coach John Samaras Interchange Steward John Settre League Team Manager YEARBOOK 2015 17
BOARDS, MANAGEMENT, STAFF, SUPPORT STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS Jacob Surjan League Assistant Coach Eugene Warrior Runner ACADEMY Mark Clayton Academy Coach Matthew Ashley Academy Runner Robert Blyth Academy Team Manager Darren Hawkins Academy Assistant Coach Mark Hawkins Academy Bench Manager Sean Nolan Academy Assistant Coach Robert Thompson Academy Assistant Coach FITNESS STAFF Mitch Bailey League Strength and Conditioning Coach Brett Martin Assistant Boxing Coach Daniel Rogers Academy Strength and Conditioning Coach Adrian Settre Strength Coach MEDICAL STAFF Robert Buckley Doctor Michael Wilson Physiotherapist Frank Rismondo Head Trainer Don Wilson Dentist MASSAGE Sandy Bubner Masseur Annie Mandalov Masseur Carly Simpkin Masseur - Academy SUPPORT STAFF Dean Biggs Statistics Allen Briggs Trainer Liam Briggs Trainer Phillip Capurso Trainer Kylie Christison Statistics Michael Gill Trainer Chris Glacken Drinks Jamie Gower Statistics Brett Howard Drink Steward Aleesha Johns Drink Steward Graham Kraft Ball Steward Louis Leventis Trainer Scott Marshall Room Security Nicole Michailescu Statistics John Millington League Property Steward Angelo Pansini Trainer Randy Payne Recruiting Ray Pittman Drinks Steward Gerard Powell Reserves Timekeeper Stephen Rayner League Timekeeper Jason Riggs Trainer Dianne Rose Statistics Cameron Sherman Statistics Computer George Szewczyk Drink Steward Robert Travis Reserves Property Steward Xavier Wagner Statistics Computer DEPARTURES ADMINISTRATIVE (SINCE END 2014)
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Darren Adamson General Manager – Power Community Ltd Steve Allen Corporate Policies and Volunteers Coordinator Sioban Banner Functions and Bistro Manager Maria Banner Administration Jacob Battifuoco SANFL Development Officer Michelle Cioffi Diversity Programs Manager Blake Grimsey Merchandise Operations Coordinator Simon Forrest Chair – Power Community Ltd Craig Hains Corporate Account Executive Brandon Hancock SANFL Video Producer – part time Narelle Long Community Development Coordinator Laura Parkes Game Day Coordinator Steve Picca Merchandise Manager Rebecca Rogers Corporate Sales Executive Andrew Russo Events Coordinator Paige Thomas Member Services Officer Felicity Watson Member Services Officer Bridget Woolston Sales Support Officer FOOTBALL (SINCE END 2014 SEASON) Peter Rohde General Manager – Football Jake Buckley Football IT Assistant Jarrod Egan Rehabilitation Manager Adam Perryman Football Services Officer Phil Walsh AFL Midfield Manager Anthony Allen AFL Recruiting Officer (Victoria) – part-time Chris Gard AFL Masseur – part-time Mark George AFL Masseur – part-time Shane Grimm AFL Recruiting Officer – parttime Daniel Healy AFL Recruiting Officer – part-time Simone Kool AFL Masseur – part-time Danny Ryan Opposition Analyst (Victoria) – part-time Simon Bartold Podiatry – consultant Matt McGregor Sports Psychologist – consultant Jan Stirling Player Leadership – consultant Andrew Rogers SANFL Runner Matthew Belton SANFL Physiotherapist Henry McGregor SANFL Physiotherapist Rowan Nicholson SANFL Trainer Des Thomas SANFL Trainer Craig Wheeler SANFL Doctor Greg King SANFL Strength and Conditioning Coach Darrin Garrard SANFL Drinks / Trainer Adam Normington SANFL Auskick Manager Andrew Romeo SANFL Mini League Manager Dave Thomas SANFL Drinks Jarrod Williams SANFL Drinks Adam Wojtasik SANFL Ball Steward Nicholas Bulmer Under-18 Runner
Darren Clark Under-18 Team Manager Jason Fairall Under-18 Assistant Coach, Under-16 Coach Deke Smith Under-18 Assistant Coach Travis Natt Under-18 Assistant Coach/Bench Manager, Under-13 Assistant Coach ELITE FOOTBALL ACADEMY – UNDER-16 Clint Bellenger Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach, Dietician Peter Brown Team Manager Thomas Haering Strength and Conditioning Coach Dean Kerrison Assistant Coach Craig Lum Ruck Coach ELITE FOOTBALL ACADEMY SUPPORT STAFF Daniella Cannavo Trainer Ebony Clark Assistant Team Manager Darryl Crossman Co-head trainer Matthew D’Aloia Trainer Mitchell Fairall Scoreboard John Hall Junior Football Assistant Jessica Michas Trainer Jason Riggs Trainer Kate Sargeant Trainer Andrew Taheny Junior Zone Manager Laura Toderico Trainer TALENT John Hall Youth Talent Squad Coordinator Charlie Gentilcore Under-15 Assistant Coach Steve Leaver Under-15 Assistant Coach Colin Withy Under-15 Team Manager James Connell Under-14 Assistant Coach Jeffery Jurgens Under-14 Team Manager Adam Spencer Under-14 Assistant Coach Michael Coburn Under-13 Head Coach Cameron Hitchcock Under-13 Assistant Coach David Hood Under-13 Team Manager COUNTRY ACADEMY Waylon Nielsen Regional Mentor Coach Carl Semmler Regional Mentor Coach John Southern Regional Mentor Coach Andrew Taheny Regional Mentor Coach Graham Woods Regional Mentor Coach VOLUNTEERS Doug Carr Players’ Kitchen Assistant Alan Chivell Room Steward Jan Guy Players’ Kitchen Assistant Nick Lewton Room Steward (Victoria) Gus Patti Steward (Victoria) Garry Richardson Trainer Geoff Samuels Little League (SA) Kane Stubbs Doorman Ken Thomas Little League (SA) Rees Thomas Steward (Victoria) Loretta Whelan Players’ Kitchen Assistant
OBITUARIES
The Port Adelaide Football Club mourns the passing of these long-term and significant contributors to its on and off-field operations, successes, history and culture. We thank them and their families for their sustained dedications and loyalty and extend our sincere condolences.
PHILLIP WALSH AFL Assistant Coach 1999-2008, Midfield Manager 2014 The tragic passing of former Port Adelaide senior assistant and life member Phillip Walsh was mourned throughout the Australian Football community following his murder in August. Mr Walsh spent over a decade developing players for Port Adelaide in the AFL and most recently re-joined the club for one season as Ken Hinkley’s midfield manager. He was appointed senior coach of the Adelaide Crows for the 2015 season. TREVOR ‘BUBBLES’ OBST Player 1956-1972 His pace and ability to use the football effectively were the traits that defined the career of 1967 Magarey Medallist Trevor Obst. ‘Bubbles’, as he was affectionately known, played in four premierships and was a staple utility of the club’s sixties line-up. Part of the famous Obst dynasty, the maternal grandfather of Brad Ebert will be fondly remembered for his tearaway style as one of the club’s great players. ALFRED EDWARD ‘TED’ WHELAN Player 1948-1961 Ted Whelan was a distinguished tall man of Port Adelaide over a significant career, which reaped seven premierships including the club’s Australian record six-in-a-row from 1954 to 1959. Whelan was a big game player who was held in high esteem for his reliability around the ground. An inaugural inductee of the Port Adelaide and South Australian Football halls of fame, Whelan was also the club’s 1956 best and fairest and a member of Port Adelaide’s greatest ever team.
DONALD LAWRENCE THOMPSON Player 1955-1962 From Lameroo, Don Thompson played in five premierships in his first five years as a player between 1955 and 1959. A capable winger for the club, he was named the club’s best first year player in his first season and went on to play 121 games and five state games. LOUIS JOSEPH MANGAN Player 1945 Lou Mangan was a former South Melbourne footballer during World War II, but while stationed at Mount Gambier would continue playing football, eventually for Port Adelaide, where he ran out in 10 games during the 1945 season following the cessation of hostilities. Mangan became a cost accountant with Carlton United Breweries in 1952 and went on to become CUB’s managing director within 20 years. He was 93. DON MCSWEENY Administrator, Eyre Peninsula Zone Don McSweeny’s relationship with Port Adelaide was established in the 1960s through his involvement with zone teams in the club’s traditional country zone on the Eyre Peninsula. McSweeny’s extensive record of service spans roles as a player, coach and administrator throughout the west coast and as a member of several SANFL commissions. He was made a life member of Port Adelaide in 1993 and is a member of the South Australian Football Hall of Fame. BETTY GREER Wife of former player Allen Greer
To aid with reporting the passing of former club players, officials and contributors, all obituaries should be communicated to the club on 08 8447 4044 or via email@pafc.com.
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LIFE MEMBERS, SOLDIER LIFE MEMBERS, FOUNDATION LIFE GOVERNORS Life Members 1909 W H Harvey † WE Mattinson † K McKenzie † H Phillips † J Sweeney † 1912 R Cruickshank † J V Earle † 1913 L T Corston † J Davies † R Fraser † 1914 J Hodge † 1919 S Hosking † H V Pope † 1920 J Noel † 1921 J McGargill † E Strawns † 1922 A J Biscombe † A Congear † J Mack † W H Oliver † J Quinn † 1923 P Gardner † 1926 Dr A V Benson † S H Skipper † 1927 C McArthur † F F Ward † 1928 S Dickson † A Hosie † 1929 H Eaton † A McFarlane † 1930 P Bampton † C Keal † 1931 L C Dayman † V Johnson † 1932 M Allingham † C I Maywald †
1933 E Dewar † E Mucklow † 1934 H Logan † A J Swain † 1935 J Gill † H Lane † 1936 G Clarke † S Ween † 1937 C Hayter † 1938 H Baird † W E C Baudinet † J A Jones † D Linklater †
1950 C Adams † C I Dayman C V Thompson † 1951 Mrs E Dewar † G Lohf † 1952 F W Dowsett † D J Fletcher † 1953 F H Goddard † K W Growden † W McFarlane † G E Pryke OBE † 1955 A S Greer J McCarthy † 1956 R N Mann †
1939 J Dickinson † J Dunstone † A Godson † N Hender † L Hodge † W Whicker †
1957 D E Boyd R W Clift † W Danvers † C S Parham A E Whelan †
1940 J Anderson † F I Hansen † F Magor † P O’Grady †
1958 A F Carlsson † G Hart † H A McDonald † C A McKenzie F N Williams † K L Zucker †
1944 B Bampton † T Kelleway † K Obst † A R Reval † 1945 W R Lowe † H E Martin † 1946 L E Roberts † K West † F White † 1947 Dr P T Cherry † E R McMahon † 1948 R W Hoffman † A R McLean OBE † L G McLean † 1949 A H Dowsett † H Ollrich † J Skelly †
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1959 J W Abley † S G Moon † 1960 C A Darwent † M A Kretschmer E W Pomeroy † 1961 Dr R H Elix † F B Harvey OBE † E V Holmsted † H D Vincent † C E Whelan † 1962 A Brown † N C Hayes G P Motley 1963 G H Dunn † R H Johns † G W Revel † W T Spells † K F Tierney
1964 P K Obst J Prideaux † 1965 R E Fabian † R L Obst † J M Porter † R F Seal † D J Trowse 1966 E Harrison † H Spencer † 1967 J V Cahill D S Gill † A C Marsh † T D Obst † J G Potter C A Whicker †
Dr J H Kneebone † B M Light J Molan † W G Sutton † D Williams †
1985 P J Belton M Maiden G R Tredrea T J Whimpress
1977 G Anderson K Aubert † R F Ebert OAM
1986 G Alderson R Guscott Mrs V Innes
1978 D F Cahill J Hart C A Turville † P B Woite
1987 I Eckermann J L Firth E W Freeman OAM Mrs ZE Robinson † Mrs E Seal †
1979 L Jacobs † A J Trebilcock
1970 J Challinder †
1980 B S Burchell † B A Cunningham B E Fairclough D J Harkness † C Hoffman J Huskinson † K W J Martin J W Nitschke
1971 R Elleway B T Nyland R J Samuels †
1981 T E Garland C W Natt K O’Reilly
1972 F D Errey † H Hampton † C Tucker †
1982 T Cripps K L Duthie † Dr I R Kerr K B Kinnear A C Lawson † B Rees J J Swain †
1969 J T Gun R Haskard † J Parr † K J Salmon
1973 B J Bannan G F Carter † L Hodson † A C Rosevear † K J Salvemini N F Smith † K L Spencer B H Thorn P W Whicker † 1974 D M R Gilligan † B E Wilson 1975 L Buck † R T Clayton † Mrs B Giddings † R Page † 1976 J Buck D Goodwin V A Hoare
1983 R Bercham B A Johnson † D J Keyes R W Lloyd A W McKay Mrs R Obst † A L Porplycia T R Sorrell P Woolman † 1984 T N Evans A K Giles R E Heath † Mrs I Johnson L W McGie R D Philp Mrs E Schroeder B A Snodgrass
1988 C Cooper † M L Cooper M J Derrick † K J McGregor J Sparre 1989 A Gill W R Haslam G I Phillips S Williams A Zauch † 1990 G J Boyd R H Johnston 1991 D Dornan G Monteleone 1992 T Ginever E Kent † G Kraft N Thiele 1993 D Arnfield T Benton D Clarke D McSweeny D Smith S Traynor 1994 B Abernethy D Borlase G Fiacchi D Hutton D Thomas Mrs D Wilson J Wood † 1995 G C Boulton S Bulach † K Doyle
A Hobby R J Hoey M D Judd C Lum D Shanahan † R Smith M Tylor 1996 D J Brown R D Delaney F E Hayter P J Hoffman I D McLachlan † D Rady 1997 R Falk S L Hodges P J Northeast R Whitehorn 1998 F B Broadbent R S Duthie † C G Ebert T W Klopp M LePoidevan 1999 Mrs T Bell † S Curtis P Heaton G Lang M O’Brien 2000 A Chivell M Crossman † Mrs M Gill Mrs H Henneker D Horgan D Mead Mrs W Pridham G F Virgo † 2001 S Clifford J McBain J Settre G Sharpe † J Warren † Mrs V Williams † T Winslet 2002 M M Williams D Basheer S Carter D Poole A Settre R Travis M Wade
2003 Mrs W Altus † G Baird D Baker B Curtin J Hall T Lindsay K McLeavey 2004 M Ashley R Boyd D McKay B Owens S Tregenza 2005 A D Bamford P G Burgoyne T M Byrt J W Casey M P Clayton D K Crossman R G James B D Lade J May R B Mollison G P Morris W G Tredrea A A Votino D J Watkins M R Wilson C Withy 2006 P G Barnes K Bishop P D Custance S A Dew M Errey Mrs D Falk N Fiegert M L Fisher J A Francou A S Kingsley W Mahney M R Primus W Rogers S Rose Ms C Siek J Wait G A Wanganeen 2007 S Birbeck T Carr R Cope C S Cornes C Elson J Forst J Poulton Mr A Scott AO, OAM † J Waldron
2008 F C Bibron B Fitzpatrick † I Hannaford A B Hincks T S Thurstans 2009 C L Ah Chee L Doyle M James M Quinlan 2010 R Blyth M P Bishop D S Brogan D Cassisi K G Cornes F Garratt D Hughes D Johnson B McFarlane J Sincock † S A Worner D B Wakelin 2011 B Chaplin B A Ebert S R Kirchner A Mosca D J Pounsett S Regan Dr C S Wheeler P A Woolley 2012 K Christison G Davies B Duncanson M Heynen S Salopek G Samuels S Williams-Bambrick I Wilson 2013 B Chalmers J R Meiklejohn P Rizonico
SOLDIER LIFE MEMBERS W R Drummond M.M. † C G L Dayman † J W Robertson † A J Biscombe † S W Howie † R B Quinn M.M. † (1944) J C Watson (KIA) † W I Boon (KIA) † L K Rudd (KIA) † A Dowsett (KIA) † R C Schumann † (1948) AFL FOUNDATION LIFE GOVERNORS G Blackmore D Boyd G Fahey F Hayter R Heath † A Hobby R Hoey W Rogers J Sinclair G F Virgo † B Weber † F Welfare † SANFL LIFE GOVERNORS G Blackmore D Boyd G Fahey F Hayter R Heath † T Hobby R Hoey G Monteleone M Peake † W Rogers J Sinclair N Virgo L Welfare
Alipate Carlile
Tom Logan
Steven Summerton
† deceased
2014 S W Cochrane P A Rohde M P Richardson P Walsh † 2015 A M Carlile T R Logan S P Summerton
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KEN HINKLEY LOOKS BACK ON AN INCONSISTENT YEAR FOR THE POWER AS HE PREPARES HIS MEN FOR A 2016 OF REDEMPTION...
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’VE HAD A SIMPLE MANTRA since arriving at Alberton - to tell it how it is.
So let’s be honest this year. We were, in two simple words, very disappointing. Like you, we don’t want to be in this position again, but I don’t agree with those who say it’s a wasted year. As I ask the players after every game, as we’ve asked ourselves at the end of the season: what did we learn? We learned if you’re not immersed in every moment, in every contest, in every game and you move away from the structures we’ve built for our team, you will pay a price. That price for us, this year, was finishing ninth, and missing out on playing finals. As part of building for 2016, I demanded every player watch the 2015 finals. It would be easy to avoid watching it, to switch off, and reflect on it personally, away from the hype that comes from the biggest month in football. But we need to see what we’re missing out on – we’re missing out on running on the grass during the most exciting time in footy. Questioning what we took out of 2015 is important. So too is questioning whether we dealt with expectation. Frankly, we didn’t handle the expectations on our football club – especially internally - as well as we should have. We expect to challenge every year and to do that we must be able to stay in the
moment, be consistent in games and across seasons. Every football program acknowledges the competition steps up each and every year. No club can afford to rest and to lose focus on achieving consistent competitiveness in this game. The only way we can keep challenging each and every year is to meet our own standards every day, to take advantage of each moment to improve – not getting ahead of ourselves – and making sure we achieve our goals together. WALSHY In so many ways, our football club was challenged more than anything by the tragic passing of Phil Walsh. I only worked with Walshy for 12 months, but in that short time I learned plenty from his unique, intelligent football mind. Beyond that, I learned plenty about life from him as a person. His departure from Port Adelaide at the end of the 2014 season was both a disappointment and an immense source of pride for me personally. Disappointing, because we lost a quality person around our club, but I was both proud and happy – we all were – for Phil, because, for the first time, he had earned a position to coach a football team in his own right. It didn’t matter that he was coaching at the Adelaide Crows, because the opportunity is one that is rare, special and ultimately something that any genuine football person would be proud to see achieved, particularly by such a longstanding servant of the game. For our players, and our club, Walshy’s passing hit hard. Our past and present players mourned deeply.
The loss of a man who had given 11 seasons of service to Port Adelaide, was a life member and a premiership assistant coach, was felt throughout the club. I simply want to thank everyone in our club family for the support shown to each other during this time. Our players and coaches, for their support to each other; our staff, our volunteers, for getting around each of us who needed care and kind thoughts. To our supporters, the tributes you gave at Alberton and the Adelaide Oval in the days following, the show of unity you made when we played against Collingwood and the Crows - these were simply touching moments, and something I know will be appreciated and treasured by the Meredith and the Walsh family. LOOKING FORWARD We’ve undergone thorough reviews of our football program. We do this every year, irrespective of the result, and we look towards the 2016 season with fresh eyes and a really clear focus on what we need to do to get what we want. We’ll train harder than ever and challenge ourselves more than we ever have before. Part of our review has seen us change the coaching structure at the club for 2016. New personnel have been brought to the club, and they will help challenge our coaches and our playing group with perspectives from outside our walls. I welcome Nathan Bassett into our program as our new assistant coach in charge of defence. Nathan has a strong reputation in SA for his playing career at the Adelaide Crows and his premiership
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success as the senior coach of the Norwood Football Club. Chad Cornes has also returned to Alberton as the new senior coach of our SANFL league team. A Cornes coaching the Magpies, I don’t think many would have imagined that day would ever come. Chad’s been a part of this club for most of its time in the AFL, and the welcome he’s had from our supporters has been remarkable. He comes in with experience helping to set up Greater Western Sydney as a playingassistant and assistant coach. He will be a strong coach for the Magpies, and an important part of our panel. Matthew Nicks will move to coach our offence after having charge of our defence, while Garry Hocking will rejoin our AFL group after two years setting up our new SANFL football structure as coach of the Magpies. Garry will be our midfield assistant coach, working alongside our midfield manager Michael Voss. Beyond changes to our coaching panel, we’ve also added new playing talent via the draft and trade periods. Jimmy Toumpas comes to our club after three years at Melbourne, and Charlie Dixon will join our forward group after spending seven years with Gold Coast. Both will be looking to put their heads down and go to work over the summer to earn a spot in the team for next year. Through the draft, we welcome Riley Bonner, who has been a quality defender for West Adelaide and Aidyn Johnson, who joins us from the Bendigo Pioneers.
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We have elevated Sam Gray onto our senior list after a really strong finish to his second season with the club, and have retained Kane Mitchell as a rookie. New players Will Snelling, Cam Hewett and Dan Houston will also join Kane and Nathan Krakouer on our rookie list in 2016. Our head of high performance Darren Burgess has added to his team with Mladen Jovanovic joining us as a strength coach and data scientist. Mladen previously worked at the highly-regarded Aspire Academy in Qatar. Also joining us is PhD student Harry Routledge - from the UK - as a sports nutritionist, along with Head Physio Tim McGrath who joins us from Canberra. We believe we’ve boosted our football department on and off-field, but none of our personnel changes matter if we don’t do the work required to make us better. Any advancement for our club will only come from a complete buy-in from the group to strive to improve. I’m confident we have that, but as I’ve said many times, this is a brutal competition, it’s tighter than ever before and we have to make every moment a winner. We’ve now completed our three-year fitness program under Darren Burgess, so we’ve decided not to return to Dubai. We believe we’ve got our players to the fitness base we require. Now it’s about maintaining and improving on that. It’s easy to make big, early gains in an elite fitness program, but once you reach a certain level, your improvements become smaller as you get closer to your peak.
The key is to recognise those little achievements, and keep pushing towards that summit. This is what we plan to do. THANKS While 2015 was the not the year we wanted, it was not for lack of effort from everyone at the football club and I’d like to thank the Port Adelaide community for their support this year, in particular, the 60,000 members who created a membership record this year More specifically I’d like to thank the players, coaches and fitness staff who have left at the end of the season. Firstly, I wish to acknowledge both Josh Carr and Tyson Edwards who are outstanding men who have given four years of dedicated services as assistant coaches for Port Adelaide. I thank them for the support they have given me in the coaches’ box and wish them well in their new roles as North Adelaide’s senior coach and Glenelg’s under-18 coach respectively. To our retired players Kane Cornes and Tom Logan – thank you for your long and unwavering commitment to this football club, and for the support you have both given me over the last three seasons. Kane and Tom are stalwarts of this club, and loved by our supporters. It is no surprise that they will remain involved in football. Tom will continue to serve Port Adelaide as an assistant coach to Mark Clayton in our Academy and act as runner for Chad Cornes in our league team. Kane will have an assistant coaching position at Glenelg. I also take the opportunity to thank Andrew Moore, Jarrad Redden, Mason Shaw, Mitch Harvey, Sam Russell, Johann
Wagner and Daniel Flynn, for their contributions as players. All of these players gave everything they could during their time as players at this football club. As past players of Port Adelaide, they will remain part of our community and as members of a unique group of men to have represented this proud club. I also wish head physio Tim O’Leary and nutritionist Andrew Rondonelli the very best as they depart the club to pursue opportunities to work in international sports performance – Tim with the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA, and Andrew with our club ambassador, pro tennis player Thanasi Kokkinakis. Getting a team out on the field each and every week, and ensuring the smooth operations of a football department is not a one-person job. It requires the support and dedication of many. In that spirit, I wish to particularly acknowledge our general manager of football Chris Davies for his commitment, professionalism and diligence in overseeing the administration of the football department in his first year with the club, as well as my personal assistant Di Pounsett for her continued and unrelenting work ensuring our operations run like clockwork. Keith Thomas and David Koch continue to provide the leadership and deliver the bold vision for this club away from the football field, and I particularly thank them, and the club’s administrative staff and board of directors for their continued support of the football program. As an extension of this, I also thank our club partners, especially Renault and EnergyAustralia, for the financial and
corporate backing they deliver. It has been a difficult year, but we will continue working hard to deliver on the investment you have made in Port Adelaide and our football program again in 2016. Of all the people in our football department, the first to thank are our selfless volunteers – the men and women who are the heartbeat of Port Adelaide. Our trainers and support staff who help get our players out on the training track and ready for a game of football, the ladies who prepare our daily meals in the kitchen and to the unique group of volunteers that are ‘Dad’s Army’ who maintain our home at Alberton Oval, I simply say thank you. Thank you for your love for this club, which you show every day. To our recruiting team led by Geoff Parker and our list manager Jason Cripps, and Darren Burgess and his high performance team – thank you for your work in 2015. These men and the highly professional teams they have built around them are respectively essential to preparing our club’s football future through recruitment, drafting and list management, and ensuring the athletes we are fortunate to have today are cared for at elite standards. My thanks also to my team of assistant coaches and their families for their service and support to Port Adelaide this year. Every coach needs a support network and I am fortunate to have a group of colleagues and friends who care for and challenge me every working day. They too have a support network outside of this club, and I thank their partners and families for their care and understanding.
everything Port Adelaide stands for on each and every match weekend. Whether they wear our AFL or SANFL jumper, they understand what Port Adelaide means in the football world and beyond. Thank you for your commitment to this club and the people in it, and the journey we continue. 2016 They say the future is uncertain. I think there are some definite and undeniable certainties, though. It is certain that the Australian Football League is a brutal competition. It is certain that success can only be achieved with hard work, commitment to our cause and selflessness. We took a step backwards in 2015. Our job is to make sure 2016 corrects that. As I write this, we have already started our pre-season, and will train hard until a brief break over Christmas. When we return, it will be the new year, and the new season will not be far away. I will leave you with this: We will take every opportunity to improve, and we will look to repay the faith of our 60,000 members and even bigger supporter base next year. Success is what we stand for, and what we strive for.
Lastly to the players - the men who take the responsibility of representing
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AFL YEAR IN REVIEW While Port Adelaide failed to make the finals for the first time under Ken Hinkley, there were some positives throughout the season. Matthew Agius, Andrew Fuss and Stephanie Say guide you through the year that was 2015...
ROUND 1
A CLOSE CALL TO START THE YEAR
10.8 (68)
11.9 (75)
POWER STUNNED IN FIRST HOME GAME BY SWANS
6.8 (44)
14.8 (92)
Date
April 5, 2015
Date
April 11, 2015
Venue
Domain Stadium
Venue
Adelaide Oval
Result
Dockers by 7
Result
Sydney by 48
Best
Ebert, Wines
Best
Hombsch
Top Scorer
Wingard (2.1)
Top Scorer
Ryder (2.0)
A hotly contested affair where the margin was never greater than 14 points to either side. Port Adelaide led for much of the game, thanks in part to the brilliance of best afield Brad Ebert (34 disposals) and Ollie Wines, but Freo hit the lead at the 20 minute mark of the final term and the Power was unable to wrestle it back.
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ROUND 2
In front of almost 50,000 at Adelaide Oval, the Power was unable to deal with Syndey’s relentless defensive pressure and posted their lowest score since 2011. Port Adelaide had a whopping 62 inside 50s, but were able to convert just six of them into goals due to an experienced Swans defence.
ROUND 3
VICTORY COMES IN THRILLER AT DOCKLANDS
17.11 (113)
16.9 (105)
ROUND 4
PORT HOLDS ON IN ANZAC DAY EPIC
15.9 (99)
13.13 (91)
ROUND 5
BRAGGING RIGHTS AS PORT BESTS CROWS
18. 7 (115)
13.13 (91)
ROUND 6
EAGLES SWOOP IN OVAL UPSET
10.8 (68)
11.12 (78)
Date
April 18, 2015
Date
April 25, 2015
Date
May 3, 2015
Date
May 10, 2015
Venue
Docklands
Venue
Adelaide Oval
Venue
Adelaide Oval
Venue
Adelaide Oval
Result
Power by 8
Result
Power by 8
Result
Power by 24
Result
Eagles by 10
Best
Broadbent
Best
Carlile, Boak
Best
R. Gray, Carlile, Schulz
Best
Hombsch, R. Gray
Top Scorer
Schulz (4.1)
Top Scorer
Schulz (5.0)
Top Scorers
Schulz (5.1)
Top Scorer
R. Gray (3.0)
Brendon Ah Chee made an instant impact in his AFL debut, coolly finding Aaron Young with a handball to set up the matchwinning goal deep in the fourth quarter of a shootout at Docklands. Jay Schulz impressed with four goals while Matthew Broadbent was best on ground.
Port Adelaide set up a 51-point half-time lead over the reigning premiers on the back of seven unanswered goals in the first 17 minutes to stun the Hawks. The second half was a very different story as the Hawks piled on the pressure to close within a one-digit margin, but the Power managed to hang on for a classic Anzac Day victory.
Crucial late goals to Jay Schulz and Justin Westhoff against the Crows gave Port Adelaide the final quarter edge after the Power had its 26-point lead in the second term cut to within a goal in the third quarter. Composure in defence ensured Port got the job done despite the Crows’ dominance inside 50.
The biggest Mother’s Day crowd for an AFL game since 1998 saw Port Adelaide beaten by Eagle Luke Shuey’s final goal with just seconds on the clock. The Power’s lack of run and skill errors conspired against it throughout the evening, but particularly in the second half when the Power surrendered a 17-point half time lead in the third term.
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ROUND 7
LIONS MAUL INSIPID POWER IN BOILOVER
8.17 (65)
ROUND 8
ROUND 9
CORNES RETIRES SEASON BACK AFTER 300 ON TRACK WITH GAMES ALICE VICTORY
15.12 (102)
5.13 (43)
11.10 (76)
18.7 (115)
8.6 (54)
ROUND 10
FINAL TERM FLURRY SEALS POWER WIN
16.4 (100)
9.8 (62)
Date
May 17, 2015
Date
May 24, 2015
Date
May 30, 2015
Date
June 6, 2015
Venue
Gabba
Venue
Adelaide Oval
Venue
Traeger Park
Venue
Adelaide Oval
Result
Lions by 37
Result
Tigers by 33
Result
Power by 61
Result
Power by 38
Best
Monfries
Best
Hombsch
Best
Boak
Best
Wines
Top Scorer
Monfries (3.1)
Top Scorer
Wingard (2.2)
Top Scorer
Schulz (4.1)
Top Scorer
Wingard (3.2)
Port Adelaide was humiliated by Brisbane in a wet match at the Gabba. Booting 8.17 (65) to Brisbane’s 15.12 (102), the Power had few players fly its flag against the cellar-dweller Lions, with the insipid capitulation consigning the Power to a 3-4 record for the season.
Kane Cornes’s retirement game against the in-form Richmond didn’t go the way Port Adelaide had hoped. The Tigers were out of the cage early and the Power struggled to find the goals. A third term challenge cut the margin back to 13 points, but Richmond proved too good around the ground and took its opportunities in attack.
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After three poor performances, the Power took home a brilliant 61-point team victory over the Dees in the heart of Australia. While an initial slow start sounded fears of yet another loss, Port upped its defensive workrate to keep Melbourne to just two goals after the major break.
A gutsy effort in the first three quarters saw Port Adelaide set itself up for a goalfest in the final term, with five consecutive majors pushing their lead to 38 points at the final siren. It was an important win for the Power to square their ledger to 5:5 after the opening 10 rounds.
ROUND 11
UNINSPIRING EFFORT IN LOSS TO CATS
11.3 (69)
14.8 (92)
ROUND 12
WOODENSPOONERS GIVE PORT THE BLUES
16.10 (106)
17.8 (110)
ROUND 14
ROUND 15
PORT CAN’T PORT TRIBUTES MATCH SWANS IN WALSH WITH SYDNEY OVAL CLASSIC
12.12 (84)
14.10 (94)
9.12 (66)
9.9 (63)
Date
June 12, 2015
Date
June 20, 2015
Date
July 2, 2015
Date
July 9, 2015
Venue
Adelaide Oval
Venue
MCG
Venue
SCG
Venue
Adelaide Oval
Result
Cats by 23
Result
Blues by 4
Result
Swans by 10
Result
Power by 3
Best
Wingard
Best
Wingard
Best
R. Gray
Best
Wines
Top Scorer
Wingard (4.1)
Top Scorer
Wingard (5.0)
Top Scorer
Wingard (3.1)
Top Scorer
Wingard (3.3)
The halfway point of the season was marked by a disappointing 23-point loss to the Cats. A late surge in the third quarter saw Geelong claim a 16-point lead, which the Power simply couldn’t trim down in the final term. Lacking momentum in their linkup, missed targets and dropped marks paid the ultimate price.
In one of the biggest upsets of the season, Port Adelaide’s confidence was shattered after an inconsistent, scrappy performance at the MCG saw bottom-placed Carlton claim the win by four points. The Blues dominated in the third, leaving the Power stunned and desperately trying to reel in a 23-point defecit. Robbie Gray was left concussed after a pin tackle from Bryce Gibbs.
Chad Wingard booted three goals while Robbie Gray and Ollie Wines were strong through the middle of the ground, but the Power fell just short in a heated game against Sydney at the SCG. The Thursday night battle had it all as the Swans broke from a quarter time deadlock to kick four goals to two and the Power worked hard to reel it back in.
Just days after the death of club life member and former assistant coach Phil Walsh, the Power hosted Collingwood on a rainy night at Adelaide Oval. After starting strongly, Port and the Pies wrestled for ascendency in a classic wet-weather battle with the Power clinging to a three point lead in the final seconds of the game.
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ROUND 16
ROUND 17
ROUND 18
LATE SURGE PADDY SHINES PORT MARCHES NOT ENOUGH AS IN CRITICAL WIN THE SAINTS OUT CROWS HOLD ON UNDER THE ROOF OF ADELAIDE
17.11 (113)
18.8 (116)
20.9 (129)
17.14 (116)
17.10 (112)
6.13 (49)
ROUND 19
BULLDOGS DOMINATE DIMMING POWER
9.10 (64)
19.14 (128)
Date
July 19, 2015
Date
July 25, 2015
Date
August 2, 2015
Date
August 8, 2015
Venue
Adelaide Oval
Venue
Docklands
Venue
Adelaide Oval
Venue
Docklands
Result
Crows by 3
Result
Power by 13
Result
Power by 63
Result
Bulldogs by 64
Best
Wingard
Best
Boak
Best
R. Gray
Best
Wingard
Top Scorer
Ryder (3.2)
Top Scorer
Ryder (4.0)
Top Scorer
Wingard (4.2)
Top Scorer
Schulz (2.1)
Adelaide controlled proceedings in a two-club tribute to Phil Walsh, but the Power left its run late. Four final quarter goals brought Port within three points in the final moments of the game. Nathan Krakouer had a chance to kick inside 50 in the final moments, but pulled a hamstring to mis-kick and end the Power’s slim hopes.
A memorable shootout at Docklands saw the Power trail Essendon early. Struggling to match the Bombers on the scoreboard, the Power was nevertheless able to hold onto their Victorian rivals. It took some brilliance from Paddy Ryder to break the game apart with his four goals in the second half bagging Port an exciting win.
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Port Adelaide brushed St Kilda aside with an emphatic display at the Adelaide Oval. Five multiple goal scorers including a four-goal haul from Chad Wingard saw Port lead comfortably at quarter time and expand its advantage over the next three. Robbie Gray was masterful in the centre with 37 touches and 12 clearances.
After beating St Kilda by 63 points the week before, the Power was roundly beaten by a rampant Western Bulldogs. The 127-point turnaround in Port’s fortunes came on the back of arguably its worst performance for the year; certainly one deserving of its biggest loss. Few players raised their hand to contribute on the day.
ROUND 20
FIREY CLASH AT OVAL AS PORT STAYS ALIVE
16.15 (111)
13.12 (90)
ROUND 21
ROUND 22
POWER WINS BIG FIGHT NIGHT IN GAME, BUT TOO ANOTHER WET LITTLE, TOO LATE CARRARA CLASH
16.12 (108)
13.8 (86)
12.16 (88)
7.9 (51)
ROUND 23
SEASON CLOSES ON A POSITIVE
18.14 (122)
8.5 (53)
Date
August 15, 2015
Date
August 21, 2015
Date
August 29, 2015
Date
September 5, 2015
Venue
Adelaide Oval
Venue
Docklands
Venue
Metricon Stadium
Venue
Adelaide Oval
Result
Power by 21
Result
Power by 22
Result
Power by 37
Result
Power by 69
Best
Ah Chee
Best
Wingard
Best
Hartlett, S. Gray
Best
Hartlett
Top Scorers
Wingard (3.3)
Top Scorers
Wingard (4.1)
Top Scorer
Amon (3.1)
Top Scorer
Schulz (4.0)
Off the back of a landslide loss to the Dogs, the Power fronted up with plenty of fire in their bellies to crush the finals aspirations of a strong GWS outfit. Proving a fierce on-field affair, the clash saw both sides ‘box-on’ in several melees infront of a 33,000 strong crowd. Brendon Ah Chee scored three crucial majors to seal the victory.
Bringing the exciting, tough brand of footy they’re known for, the Power consigned the Hawks to their biggest loss for 2015 with a big-hearted effort. Wingard starred with a four-goal performance, despite nursing a sore neck from an infamous bump into the goal post which eventually earned Hawks skipper Luke Hodge a two-week sanction.
The Power slogged out a 37-point win over a Suns side missing a number of big names. The fiery contest was broken open in the third quarter as the Power kicked four goals to one to set-up a 30-point lead – almost unassailable in the conditions. Sam Gray continued his late-season emergence with 37 disposals.
An undermanned Fremantle, which had rested 11 first-choice players, stunned the Power with a four-goal-to-one opening term. But the hosts bounced back kicking 8.1 to nil in the second quarter and were never challenged from that point. The Power had winners across the ground with Sam Gray, Hartlett, Ebert and Westhoff all among the best.
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2015 PORT ADELAIDE AFL PLAYING GROUP
BACK ROW (L-R) Jacob Surjan (midfield development coach), Michael Voss (midfield manager), Tom Logan, Jasper Pittard, Jesse Palmer, Johann Wagner, Andrew Moore, Paul Stewart, Cam O’Shea, Matthew Broadbent, Brendon Ah Chee, Aaron Young, Jared Polec, Chad Wingard, Matthew Nicks (assistant coach - defence) STANDING ROW (L-R) Shaun Hart (director of coaching), Aaron Greaves (development manager), Alipate Carlile, Tom Clurey, Logan Austin, Patrick Ryder, John Butcher, Jarrad Redden, Justin Westhoff, William Frampton, Dougal Howard, Mason Shaw, Mitch Harvey, Jay Schulz, Jack Hombsch, Garry Hocking (SANFL coach), Stuart Cochrane (defence development coach) 32 PORT ADELAIDE FOOTBALL CLUB
SITTING ROW (L-R) Tyson Edwards (assistant coach - forwards), Kane Cornes, Jackson Trengove, Angus Monfries, Robbie Gray, Brad Ebert (vice-captain), Ken Hinkley (senior coach), Travis Boak (captain), Hamish Hartlett, Tom Jonas, Matthew Lobbe, Ollie Wines, Josh Carr (assistant coach - midfield) FRONT ROW (L-R) Matt White, Darcy Byrne-Jones, Sam Colquhoun, Sam Gray, Kane Mitchell, Jake Neade, Jarman Impey, Sam Russell, Karl Amon, Nathan Krakouer
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BEST THE
IS YET TO COME
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GARRY HOCKING REFLECTS ON HIS TWO YEARS AT THE HELM OF PORT ADELAIDE’S SANFL TEAM AS COACH OF THE MAGPIES...
P
ORT ADELAIDE PEOPLE would rightly feel disappointed after our 2015 season. But while the Magpies’ finals ended on a sour note, we must remember that no year is ever wasted.
The lessons we learned from our inconsistent and sometimes tough season will make us all the better in the years to come. As I leave charge of the Magpies to new SANFL senior coach Chad Cornes, I know there is a sense of unfinished business within the playing group. THE YEAR THAT WAS The players had a demanding pre-season, which saw the AFL-listed players travel to Dubai and the contracted ones undertake a harder training regime in Adelaide because, being their second year in our system, we knew they could handle a bit more. We kicked off 2015 in Round 2 - after having a bye in the first round - and travelled to take on South Adelaide on a Friday night. Again under Steve Summerton’s on-field leadership, we were ruthless, playing a tough Port Adelaide brand of football. The hard pre-season came together pretty nicely and we had a good win - we kicked 16 goals and won by 66 points. We had another good win the following week against North Adelaide in our first match at Alberton for the year. Then came the disappointing match during the Anzac Round against Norwood. Norwood has always been a really tough opponent for us and it was a pretty wet night. We weren’t competitive enough in the wet and it’s an area that we need to improve significantly next year.
Until about mid-year we were going okay, with six wins in-a-row including against Sturt, the Crows, and close victories over Glenelg and Central District.
in the finals, and met a Central District outfit that had upset defending premiers Norwood the week before and were playing pretty confident and competitive footy.
During that time, we had a fairly consistent group and there were not many forced changes.
Our first half was very disappointing, but I had full confidence the boys would switch the momentum with strong footy for 15 minutes.
We were however, a very young group coming off a hard pre-season and while the boys did really well for the first nine rounds, it became a test of their character to sustain it. Our on-field group also changed more frequently as the year wore on, with inconsistency at AFL level giving some of our stronger performing players the chance to test their skills at the elite level. This meant our younger and inexperienced players needed to step up to cover the gaps. While we battled to sustain what other teams could at times - as they had older, bigger, stronger bodies than we did - our players persevered and will be better for the experience. The games we lost were humbling, and we know there are still things to work on. The SANFL is a strong competition and a team needs to be on its toes each and every week.
I was proud of how hard we came out and fought in the second half and, if a few things went our way in the dying seconds, I have no doubt we would have won. Going down by five points in that semi final was a hard pill to swallow, I’m sure it is a feeling shared by all of our supporters. While I won’t be coaching the Magpies in 2016, I know our finals performance burns through the club – every player, coach, volunteer, all of our support staff. It will be the motivation to make amends next year. COMMENDATIONS Despite our disappointment on-field, there are some positives that we can take out of this season.
Despite our mid-year slump, we finished the minor round in second place and played in a second consecutive finals series.
We are always focussed on winning games of footy, but we need to ensure our players are always improving their game as well, so to see some excellent gains in this area is always a positive.
THE FINALS We went out to win every game this year and though we weren’t able to play the way we had hoped each week, we did win one more game this year than we did in 2014.
I was really proud of guys like Brendon Ah Chee, Sam Gray, Aaron Young, Kane Mitchell and Andrew Moore, who played at least five really strong games at SANFL level and were rewarded with AFL selection.
But bowing out of the finals in straight sets was incredibly disappointing.
Our league contracted boys worked very hard as well, and some earned an elevation from academy to league level on the back of strong pre-season form and good performances in 2014. Throughout the year, these players continued to work hard in games with Mark Clayton, on the track, and were further rewarded with league selection.
We lost to West Adelaide after leading in the first half, only to be outplayed by the eventual premier after half time. As a result of finishing second on the ladder, we were given a second chance to stay
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I’d also like to touch on Tom Logan, who retired at the end of this season. What an amazing career he’s had. I know his body would’ve been pretty sore, but he put his hand up to play every week. We owe a lot to him for not only what he did on the field, but the leadership he showed off it. He was a great mentor to Steven Summerton and the younger guys in our team. Most of all, he helped us win games. Tommy embodies everything about our club: brave, bold, courageous, he never, ever gives up, and he’s selfless. These qualities are so important for all of our players, and Tommy’s example is one that all our young boys should want to emulate. He is a copybook Port man and we all thank him for the example he has set over the last decade in Port colours. Steve Summerton’s leadership again this year was outstanding and he enjoyed another very consistent year. The skipper really took the captaincy to another level and he grew into the role after his first year leading the club in 2014. He developed his work inside the contest which is something I challenged him to do prior to the season starting. His leadership rose this year, speaking at half time and really adding more voice and direction on the field on game day. Off-field, he demands excellence in everything from recovery to training, and pushes the values of our club. Summo is an asset to Port Adelaide and a cult figure in our playing group and our faithful supporters love him for what he has done for the club. I congratulate him for his second excellent season as the captain of our football club, and for winning his third A.R. McLean Medal as the best Magpie at Port Adelaide – a tremendous achievement and one that he should be incredibly proud of. THANKS I’ve absolutely loved coaching the Magpies for the past two seasons.
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As an outsider into Port Adelaide five years ago, I came knowing the significance of the club’s heritage, of the black-and-white guernsey and that Magpie emblem. After two years of coaching the Magpies, I will move back into the AFL coaching panel with a better understanding of our club’s history and why the old Port Adelaide traditions are so important to our supporters and the people who dedicate their lives to making us successful. There have been many rewards during the last two years - winning games and helping our players develop, being the main ones. I wish Chad Cornes the best of luck and look forward to sticking around to give him all the advice and guidance he needs. I am also excited about helping Ken Hinkley get the footy club back up the AFL ladder next year. There are many people to thank for all their help and support this year, people who make the job of being a senior coach that little bit easier every day. I am very grateful for their assistance. These people are the volunteers and support staff who carry the drinks, wash the guernseys, clean the rooms, are the first to set up on game day and the last to lock the doors at night. Footy clubs are built on volunteers, and we’ve always had a great bunch helping make us a better place to play the game. There are a few who I must single out for going above and beyond during season 2015. My assistant coaches Aaron Greaves, Stuart Cochrane, Jacob Surjan, Trent Hentschel and Darren Beer - I wouldn’t have been able to get through the year without their help, work rate and professionalism. They cannot be faulted for their commitment to our cause, especially in the way they helped me prepare the players for the uncompromising world of SANFL football. I’d like to thank the players for how they handled themselves this year. I’d especially like to thank our captain Steve Summerton for his leadership and also the rest of the
leadership team including Louis Sharrad, Anthony Biemans and Ben Sawford. I’d also like to again thank Tom Logan for his amazing contribution to our club and his outstanding career. Our football manager Scott Peters, runner Eugene Warrior and our trainers, physiotherapists, doctors, our Academy squad led by coach Mark Clayton, as well as our operations manager Linda Crabb did a fantastic job this year, and their support at the club, at games and behind-the-scenes was essential to providing our players with a smooth and supportive environment this year. My family - my wife and three children - they put up with a lot and are so understanding with how much time and energy coaching takes up, as well as the late nights I spend at the club. Without their support, I wouldn’t be able to do what I love. Last but not least, I would like to say a huge thank you to our incredible supporters. You continued to back us all year even though there were a few tough times. Your support of our club in the SANFL and the passion you all brought to our games was second-to-none. We loved seeing so many families and kids at our home games, grabbing signatures from our players, kicking the footy at the breaks and supporting the Magpies loudly, and passionately. The Magpies are such an important part of Port Adelaide’s fabric and to see the way our club’s presence in the SANFL creates a unique type of passion from our supporters is something no other footy team in this country has. I’ll see you at the footy next year, and I’ll be supporting our Maggies harder than anyone.
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SANFL YEAR IN REVIEW An up-and-down year saw the Magpies fall a couple of games short of another minor premiership, while a poor finals performance saw the club exit September in the major round’s second week. Matthew Agius, Andrew Fuss and Stephanie Say look back on 2015...
ROUND 2
BIG WIN UNDER LIGHTS IN FIRST GAME FOR 2015
16.11 (107)
6.5 (41)
FIRST HOME GAME AND FIRST HOME WIN
15.15 (105)
10.9 (69)
Date
April 10, 2015
Date
April 18, 2015
Venue
Noarlunga Oval
Venue
Alberton Oval
Result
Magpies by 66
Result
Magpies by 36
Best
Ah Chee
Best
Stewart
Top Scorer
Butcher (4.0)
Top Scorer
Neade (3.1)
Port Adelaide kicked off the season with a gutsy 66-point win, blitzing South Adelaide at Hickinbotham Oval following their Round 1 bye. In the Magpies’ first game since their 2014 grand final loss, Brendon Ah Chee, Sam Colquhoun, Andrew Moore and John Butcher starred in a full-team effort which saw Port Adelaide dominate.
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ROUND 3
A big third term saw the Magpies win their first home game for the season. Scrappy play and missed targets from both sides made for an evenly-fought first half, but the home side responded with four unanswered goals in the third quarter towards an eventual 36-point victory.
ROUND 4
ROUND 5
LEGS RAIN ON EAGLES CLIP PIES IN ANZAC RE- MAGGIES WINGS MATCH
5.5 (35)
7.14 (56)
6.8 (44)
9.7 (61)
ROUND 6
PORT INCHES BACK TO THE TOP
10.15 (75)
11.1 (67)
ROUND 7
MAGPIES LIGHT UP BALAKLAVA
20.14 (134)
15.9 (99)
Date
April 24, 2015
Date
May 2, 2015
Date
May 9, 2015
Date
May 17, 2015
Venue
Adelaide Oval
Venue
Alberton Oval
Venue
Alberton Oval
Venue
Balaklava Oval
Result
Norwood by 21
Result
Eagles by 17
Result
Magpies by 8
Result
Magpies by 35
Best
Summerton, Amon
Best
Best
Impey
Best
S. Gray, Summerton
Top Scorers
S. Gray, Amon, Biemans, Colquhoun, Palmer (1.0)
Summerton, Ah Chee, Logan Harvey (2.0)
Top Scorers
Neade (2.2)
Top Scorer
Neade (3.2)
Coming up against the 2014 premiers in a grand final rematch, Port Adelaide’s passion wasn’t enough to keep the Redlegs at bay. The Magpies were left to chase a 13-point deficit at the final change after failing to hit the scoreboard in the third term. With storms all night, Port couldn’t catch its traditional rival by the final siren.
Top Scorer
Led by the experienced Steve Summerton, Paul Stewart and Tom Logan, Port Adelaide fought hard to bounce back from their disappointing loss to the Legs. But against an in-form Woodville-West Torrens, the Magpies fell 21 points behind at half time and lagged in essential areas late in the game to eventually fall short.
The Magpies leapfrogged the Double Blues into fifth place on the ladder after a tight armwrestle at Alberton Oval. Port struggled to find intensity and accuracy in front of goal. But led in the middle by Jarman Impey, the momentum was reversed as a thrilling finish saw rookie-listed Johann Wagner kick the sealer.
With its confidence rebuilt after a well-deserved win in Round 6, Port Adelaide taught their ‘other’ traditional rival a lesson in a country clash in the state’s mid-north. Balaklava turned out in force as the Magpies retained their unbeaten SANFL Showdown title in a tough slog won only in the final minutes of the third quarter.
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ROUND 8
CLOSE SHAVE AGAINST TIGERS
13.5 (83)
ROUND 9
ROUND 10
ROUND 11
YOUNG GUNS BIG WIN AGAINST DEMORALISING COME THROUGH IN-FORM BLOODS LOSS TO CROWS IN ELIZABETH WIN AT ALBERTON
11.9 (75)
13.7 (85)
11.11 (77)
13.9 (87)
5.7 (37)
10.9 (69)
13.11 (89)
Date
May 31, 2015
Date
June 6, 2015
Date
June 13, 2015
Date
June 28, 2015
Venue
Alberton Oval
Venue
Elizabeth
Venue
Richmond Oval
Venue
Alberton Oval
Result
Magpies by 8
Result
Magpies by 8
Result
Magpies by 50
Result
Crows by 20
Best
A. Young
Best
Colquhoun, Ah Chee
Best
Summerton, Mitchell
Best
Summerton
Top Scorer
Harvey (3.1)
Top Scorer
Harvey (2.2)
Top Scorer
Neade (2.1)
Top Scorer
Summerton (3.0)
The Magpies held off a fast-finishing Glenelg at Alberton Oval to clinch their fifth win in the first seven games of season 2015. The hosts led by 43 at the break, but the Bays piled on eight goals to three in the second half to fall just eight points short of Port. Mitch Harvey and Jake Neade both kicked three goals, while Aaron Young was best on ground with 23 disposals and two goals.
Central District jumped out of the blocks to set up a 24-point halftime lead before a five-goal to nil third quarter put the Magpies back on track. Three goals apiece in the final term saw Port Adelaide hold on for an eight point victory. Brendon Ah Chee was outstanding with 30 disposals, 9 inside 50s, 8 marks and 7 clearances.
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After an even first quarter, the Magpies ran all over the Bloods at Richmond Oval, restricting the eventual premiers to just five goals in a 50-point win. Captain Steven Summerton led from the front with a best afield performance with 32 disposals, while Kane Mitchell also found plenty of ball in a vital link-up role.
A five-game winning streak came to an abrupt halt with a disappointing loss to the Crows – the first time Adelaide’s SANFL team has beaten the Magpies at Alberton. The hosts trailed at every break and despite the best efforts of Sam Gray (31 disposals), Steven Summerton (3 goals) and Tom Logan (28 disposals), Port could not claw back into the game.
ROUND 13
NORWOOD WINS ANOTHER NAIL BITER
6.9 (45)
6.10 (46)
ROUND 14
ROUND 15
PORT SHOCKS ...THEN STURT LADDER LEADERS DOES THE SAME AT WOODVILLE... TO THE MAGPIES
14.12 (96)
7.13 (55)
6.6 (42)
10.9 (69)
ROUND 16
PORT SLIPS AND SLIDES INTO STRONG POSITION
12.7 (79)
9.8 (62)
Date
July 11, 2015
Date
July 18, 2015
Date
July 26, 2015
Date
August 1, 2015
Venue
Norwood Oval
Venue
Woodville Oval
Venue
Unley Oval
Venue
Alberton Oval
Result
Redlegs by 1
Result
Magpies by 41
Result
Double Blues by 27
Result
Magpies by 17
Best
A. Young
Best
Best
S. Gray
Best
Summerton
Top Scorer
Palmer (2.1)
Mitchell, Redden, Colquhoun, S. Gray Amon, T. Gray (2.1)
Top Scorer
Harvey (2.1)
Top Scorer
Harvey (3.1)
Port Adelaide began well against Norwood - holding the old enemy scoreless in the opening term. Opening up a 17-point advantage at half time, Port looked to be heading for a memorable wet weather win. Instead Norwood reversed the flow and kicked into the lead with Port falling just short in the dying stages.
Top Scorer
Against the league-leading Eagles, Port Adelaide produced one of its best performances in 2015 to run out 41-point winners on the back of a rollicking second half. While Sam Colquhoun, Karl Amon and Tom Gray bagged two goals each, it was Sam Gray who staked his claim for an AFL recall with a 34-disposal, eight-tackle effort
Perhaps the Magpies’ most disappointing effort for the season, Sturt blew the game wide open with a six-goal-to-one opening half. Sam Gray was strong in the midfield, again, with 31 disposals and nine clearances, but few others worked hard or consistently throughout the game.
In another wet match, Port successfully held Central District at bay despite a sponge-like Alberton surface. Robbie Young and Mitch Harvey were strong in attack for the Magpies, while Steven Summerton again led from the front through the middle of the ground.
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ROUND 17A
ROUND 17B
ROUND 18
ROUND 19
MONFRIES MAKES SAWFORD SHINES SUMMERTON PORT SEWS UP MAGPIES DEBUT IN EXCITING GAME LEADS IN STRONG SECOND PLACE WITH FOUR GOALS UNDER LIGHTS WIN OVER SOUTH WITH HOME WIN
15.16 (106)
7.5 (47)
14.11 (95)
14.10 (94)
14.10 (94)
9.9 (63)
17.6 (108)
10.11 (71)
Date
August 8, 2015
Date
August 14, 2015
Date
August 22, 2015
Date
August 30, 2015
Venue
Prospect Oval
Venue
Glenelg Oval
Venue
Alberton Oval
Venue
Alberton Oval
Result
Magpies by 59
Result
Magpies by 1
Result
Magpies by 31
Result
Magpies by 37
Best
Mitchell
Best
Sawford
Best
Summerton
Best
Summerton
Top Scorer
Monfries (4.2)
Top Scorer
Sawford (4.0)
Top Scorers
Moore, Amon (3.1)
Top Scorer
Summerton (5.0)
Angus Monfries bagged four goals with a mercurial performance up forward in his debut for Port Adelaide in the SANFL, while Ben Sawford ran rampant through the middle with Kane Mitchell and Steven Summerton.
Seven early goals and a 26-point margin ballooning to a 32-point lead at half time had Glenelg looking confident. 40 touches and four goals from Ben Sawford helped Port’s cause though, as the Magpies slowly pegged the margin back. A last ditch goal from Jack Haarsma sealed the a memorable victory at the bay.
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Port Adelaide cemented its place in the top three with a strong win over South Adelaide at Alberton. The Magpies overcame an early deadlock to eventually win by five goals, with Steven Summerton and Andrew Moore particularly strong.
Steven Summerton was chief destroyer for Port Adelaide in an incredible five-goal performance in a dead-rubber against the Bloods. With both sides locked in second and third place on the ladder, it was Port winning with a big performance that blew out a slender four-point lead to a hefty 37-point victory.
QUALIFYING FINAL 1ST SEMI FINAL
WEST TAKES THE LEAD BEFORE RAIN DASHES PORT’S CHANCES
6.5 (41)
MAGPIES OUT OF FINALS AFTER TIGHT FINISH AGAINST CENTRAL
10.10 (70)
11.3 (69)
10.14 (71)
Date
September 6, 2015
Date
September 13, 2015
Venue
Adelaide Oval
Venue
Adelaide Oval
Result
Bloods by 29
Result
Bulldogs by 5
Best
Summerton
Best
Clurey
Top Scorer
Reynolds, Davidson, T. Gray, Russell, Stewart, Sawford (1.0)
Top Scorer
Butcher (3.0)
Port Adelaide kicked the opening four goals against West and looked strong in and around the contest in the qualifying final, but things turned awry early in the second term with West finding plenty of football. Three quick goals in the third quarter gave the Bloods a sufficient buffer when heavy rain fell, and Port was left to chase through tough conditions to no avail.
Port Adelaide was bailed out of September by a fast-starting Central that punished Port at stoppages all afternoon. While the Magpies could win and control the ball, their turnovers and missed targets at crucial moments were punished swiftly with several free kicks going the Bulldogs’ way. Port charged within one straight kick, but Billy Frampton was taken out inches away from a final kick at goal. A disappointing end to the year.
YEARBOOK 2015 43
2015 PORT ADELAIDE SANFL LEAGUE PLAYING GROUP
BACK ROW (L-R) Johann Wagner, Jesse Palmer, Logan Austin, Jonathon Ross, Dougal Howard, Mason Shaw, William Frampton, Jarrad Redden, Matthew Lobbe, Mitch Harvey, John Butcher, Brendon Ah Chee, Luke Reynolds, Sean Davidson, Karl Amon MIDDLE ROW (L-R) Frank Rismondo (head trainer), John Settre (team manager), Scott Peters (football manager), Jack Haarsma, Tom Gray, Sam Colquhoun, Sidney Masters, Aaron Young, Ciaran Hollingworth-Hughes, Andrew Moore, Cam O’Shea, Tom Clurey, Paul Stewart, Tom Jonas, Nathan Krakouer, Tom Logan, Robbie Young, Sam Russell, Sam Gray, Trent Hentschel (assistant coach), Eugene Warrior (runner), Jacob Surjan (assistant coach) 44 PORT ADELAIDE FOOTBALL CLUB
FRONT ROW (L-R) Mitch Bailey (strength and conditioning coach), Darcy Byrne-Jones, Jarman Impey, Keith Thomas (chief executive), Anthony Biemans (vice-captain), Steven Summerton (captain), Garry Hocking (senior coach), Louis Sharrad, Ben Sawford, Jake Neade, Kane Mitchell, Darren Beer (assistant coach)
YEARBOOK 2014 2015 45
AFL PLAYER STATISTICS No Player 1 Travis Boak 2 Kane Mitchell 3 Jake Neade
Career Games*
Career Goals*
2015 Matches
Kicks
Handballs
Disposals
Avg Disp
Disp eff %
Cont Poss
Uncont Poss
Marks
177
106
22
252
310
562
25.5
68.5
254
308
70
31
18
8
70
51
121
15.1
67.8
33
90
23
34
30
10
59
63
122
12.2
73.8
47
80
23
4 Patrick Ryder
188
135
18
109
101
210
11.7
67.6
121
88
68
5 Matthew Broadbent
125
41
21
299
127
426
20.3
73.7
99
310
112
6 Angus Monfries
210
248
19
144
124
268
14.1
70.9
91
181
77
7 Brad Ebert
169
86
22
286
226
512
23.3
68.9
186
324
132
8 Hamish Hartlett
112
65
22
273
216
489
22.2
72.8
189
306
94
9 Robbie Gray
136
186
21
252
300
552
26.3
72.6
297
271
60
11 John Butcher
28
36
5
32
14
46
9.2
60.9
18
24
22
12 Jackson Trengove
113
8
15
71
109
180
12.0
79.4
75
102
58
13 Cam O'Shea
68
7
10
98
42
140
14.0
80.7
29
110
44
14 Paul Stewart
87
33
6
40
29
69
11.5
81.2
17
50
21
15 Karl Amon 16 Ollie Wines
7
5
7
48
25
73
10.4
74
23
48
17
62
26
13
149
169
318
24.5
65.7
161
163
35
9
0
8
47
26
73
9.1
84.9
21
52
33
18 Kane Cornes
17 Tom Clurey
300
96
7
74
66
140
20.0
77.1
45
94
37
19 Matt White
145
96
18
157
74
231
12.8
68.8
65
167
76
20 Chad Wingard
89
148
22
270
152
422
19.2
63
180
234
85
21 Jared Polec
45
28
5
57
33
90
18.0
71.1
22
66
19
22 Mason Shaw
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
23 Matthew Lobbe
84
21
17
70
71
141
8.3
70.2
80
65
30
24 Jarman Impey
35
4
17
108
106
214
12.6
74.3
70
143
55
25 Logan Austin
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
26 Andrew Moore
55
18
5
38
29
67
13.4
68.7
31
38
16
27 Alipate Carlile
165
5
12
76
76
152
12.7
77.6
50
100
40
28 Jay Schulz
187
323
20
153
74
227
11.4
69.6
79
150
110
29 Jasper Pittard
76
10
20
253
140
393
19.7
77.6
91
287
110
30 Sam Colquhoun
16
3
6
64
43
107
17.8
73.8
29
80
25
31 Mitch Harvey
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
32 Dougal Howard
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
33 Darcy Byrne-Jones
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
34 Jarrad Redden
16
3
1
2
7
9
9.0
88.9
5
4
1
36 Jack Hombsch
61
0
22
179
114
293
13.3
79.9
106
188
105
37 Jesse Palmer
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
38 William Frampton
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
39 Justin Westhoff
181
229
22
253
146
399
18.1
73.4
139
257
148
40 Aaron Young
42
14
11
65
78
143
13.0
69.2
77
68
16
41 Brendon Ah Chee
11
6
11
70
74
144
13.1
66
74
71
27
42 Tom Jonas
73
1
17
100
128
228
13.4
78.1
82
142
62
43 Johann Wagner 44 Tom Logan
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
117
27
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
45 Daniel Flynn
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
46 Sam Gray
17
10
10
105
115
220
22.0
71.4
97
126
24
47 Sam Russell
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
48 Nathan Krakouer Club Totals
67
20
14
163
46
209
14.9
77
72
137
49
3338
2092
528
4832
3849
8681
11.7
56.6
3298
5334
2072
46 PORT ADELAIDE FOOTBALL CLUB
Hitouts
Clearances
Frees For
Frees Agst
Rebound 50
Tackles
Inside 50
Goals
Behinds
Goal assists
Time On Ground %
AFL Rating
+/- since end 2013
8
115
27
26
22
120
89
13
14
19
81.3
17
6
0
11
2
8
7
32
28
4
3
8
73.8
481
87
0
4
7
9
11
38
16
9
3
3
81
392
46
412
37
25
19
10
36
30
18
12
9
92
65
0
2
21
7
12
72
48
61
1
4
7
85
210
55
0
9
26
16
9
47
41
23
9
10
82.7
316
118
28
66
19
23
48
122
79
10
11
13
85.3
97
47
14
71
26
13
40
131
76
9
10
7
78.7
29
-42
1
159
33
21
21
91
92
25
12
26
85
7
-31
0
0
3
6
0
5
5
3
3
4
90.2
621
36
14
4
7
15
28
30
11
0
0
1
85.2
221
-3
0
2
3
10
26
26
21
0
1
1
85.5
462
257
0
3
0
2
4
13
10
2
0
4
77.7
535
10
1
7
5
0
6
17
13
5
3
2
49.8
572
UR
32
75
14
10
13
68
49
4
2
10
73.4
76
-57
0
3
2
3
14
15
3
0
0
0
90.9
566
-137
0
15
4
6
11
25
17
1
0
3
88.7
317
64
0
15
8
13
15
51
51
17
6
7
73.5
137
53
0
53
23
12
12
67
79
53
27
20
93.8
20
-21
0
4
4
5
13
18
10
2
2
1
69.8
163
-53
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
UR
UR
517
30
23
27
13
98
22
5
0
1
83.3
216
-108
0
14
6
13
12
51
29
1
4
4
76.7
371
-121
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
UR
UR
4
8
7
5
5
25
4
2
1
1
70.3
553
116
0
4
7
8
38
16
10
0
0
1
88.4
320
21
0
4
20
22
4
45
34
44
17
5
94
192
80
1
8
16
19
56
43
47
2
4
3
83.5
141
-279
0
12
2
5
22
10
8
1
0
0
67
602
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
UR
UR
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
UR
UR
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
UR
UR
6
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
74.5
696
95
2
8
8
19
55
63
29
0
1
1
90.5
228
-55
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
UR
UR
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
UR
UR
47
39
16
16
42
74
67
25
14
10
91
64
18
1
33
9
13
15
29
18
2
1
5
50.8
417
-45
6
24
5
4
8
37
22
6
2
3
48.5
520
UR
0
5
10
15
39
39
8
0
0
3
90.6
260
21
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
UR
UR
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
627
134
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
UR
UR
0
39
11
5
8
33
38
4
2
5
82.5
386
-176
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
UR
UR
415
415
0
11
5
6
31
22
40
5
2
8
68.5
926
897
447
456
745
1593
1224
322
230
224
62.7
UR = denotes currently unranked/unranked at Grand Final 2014 YEARBOOK 2015 47
SANFL PLAYER STATISTICS No Player 1 Steven Summerton
Career Games* Career Goals* 2015 Matches
Kicks
Handballs
Disposals
Avg Disp
Efffective Disp
178
129
20
324
156
480
24.00
373
2 Kane Mitchell
26
21
11
176
127
303
27.55
194
3 Jake Neade
26
37
8
68
47
115
14.38
83
4 Ben Sawford
15
6
10
112
91
203
20.30
155
5 Tom Gray
9
3
9
43
70
113
12.56
85
6 Angus Monfries
6
7
1
16
10
26
26.00
19
6 Sidney Masters
16
1
16
130
48
178
11.13
148
7 Louis Sharrad
30
8
17
165
144
309
18.18
217
3
1
2
14
12
26
13.00
15
7
3
5
37
18
55
11.00
34
11 John Butcher
52
79
15
81
79
160
10.67
108
13 Cam O'Shea
26
6
8
101
41
142
17.75
103
14 Paul Stewart
62
30
11
149
84
233
21.18
180
15 Karl Amon
32
22
12
131
75
206
17.17
148
4
0
4
26
14
40
10.00
35
46
2
12
119
63
182
15.17
151
18 Jack Haarsma
4
2
4
33
23
56
14.00
39
19 Ciaran Hollingworth-Hughes
2
0
2
17
6
23
11.50
21
21 Jonathon Ross
2
0
2
2
10
12
6.00
9
22 Mason Shaw
30
34
9
43
20
63
7.00
45
23 Matthew Lobbe
35
6
2
12
19
31
15.50
20
7
2
2
13
17
30
15.00
24
25 Logan Austin
10
2
10
92
51
143
14.30
113
26 Andrew Moore
38
33
13
154
139
293
22.54
192
29 Anthony Biemans
31
16
13
77
47
124
9.54
82
30 Sam Colquhoun
26
8
13
192
88
280
21.54
223
31 Mitch Harvey
38
45
17
90
85
175
10.29
132
32 Dougal Howard
12
6
12
60
42
102
8.50
87
33 Darcy Byrne-Jones
38
2
19
189
87
276
14.53
197
34 Jarrad Redden
47
27
18
71
113
184
10.22
133
37 Jesse Palmer
19
18
19
151
68
219
11.53
139
38 Billy Frampton
10
7
10
47
34
81
8.10
51
40 Aaron Young
40
27
7
95
68
163
23.29
117
41 Brendon AhChee
42
21
8
85
94
179
22.38
123
42 Tom Jonas
40
5
3
12
24
36
12.00
29
43 Johann Wagner
16
9
13
57
55
112
8.62
72
44 Tom Logan
77
66
20
248
143
391
19.55
290
46 Sam Gray
92
64
10
133
115
248
24.80
184
47 Sam Russell
32
1
20
136
102
238
11.90
195
48 Nathan Krakouer
36
42
5
77
18
95
19.00
74
50 Robbie Young
23
18
8
51
26
77
9.63
48
1285
816
420
3829
2573
6402
15.15
4687
9 Luke Wilson 10 Luke Reynolds
16 Sean Davidson 17 Tom Clurey
24 Jarman Impey
Club Totals
48 PORT ADELAIDE FOOTBALL CLUB
Disp eff % Cont Poss
Uncont Poss
Marks Hit-outs
Clearances
Frees For Frees Agst
Rebound 50
Inside 50
Goals Behinds
Goal assists
77.7
172
302
111
1
82
20
7
32
84
18
11
19
64.0
144
161
55
0
93
10
18
21
54
7
5
7
72.2
55
59
22
0
10
10
5
2
23
13
10
7
76.4
92
113
41
1
58
13
9
12
29
6
1
10
75.2
47
67
22
0
6
3
4
3
17
4
2
12
73.1
9
17
7
0
3
2
1
3
4
4
2
1
83.1
56
95
58
0
3
5
18
45
12
1
1
1
70.2
109
210
81
28
38
17
13
12
60
5
4
14
57.7
10
16
10
0
0
1
1
0
6
0
2
2
61.8
19
37
23
1
1
0
1
3
8
4
3
0
67.5
69
92
60
11
4
9
17
15
20
15
6
8
72.5
36
98
37
8
4
2
12
26
19
0
0
1
77.3
55
174
82
11
15
5
8
16
38
10
3
6
71.8
83
128
50
10
36
9
14
25
29
8
6
6
87.5
16
23
13
0
1
3
3
7
5
1
1
0
83.0
56
112
71
0
7
2
8
29
9
1
0
1
69.6
28
29
11
0
4
1
3
4
10
2
1
2
91.3
6
18
7
0
0
1
1
3
3
0
0
0
75.0
5
8
2
15
2
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
71.4
16
48
27
8
0
3
7
5
7
4
3
2
64.5
19
14
7
99
11
4
5
1
6
1
1
3
80.0
10
21
8
0
0
2
5
2
2
0
1
0
79.0
36
88
47
5
1
5
4
24
9
2
2
0
65.5
143
161
53
39
82
10
20
12
55
12
4
10
66.1
61
63
33
2
9
9
20
12
21
6
4
4
79.6
61
218
101
0
15
6
5
27
33
5
3
3
75.4
88
90
67
170
20
10
8
3
26
21
14
17
85.3
40
62
39
22
3
5
7
9
12
6
4
6
71.4
84
194
62
2
18
11
16
36
49
2
6
8
72.3
123
68
32
480
57
27
18
6
25
9
2
8
63.5
78
144
93
5
14
19
8
12
42
18
18
4
63.0
37
43
28
119
5
7
13
1
8
7
4
4
71.8
87
71
15
6
54
11
10
10
35
7
7
8
68.7
85
97
38
21
35
5
7
11
27
4
2
17
80.6
16
19
9
2
5
2
3
5
1
0
0
0
64.3
43
73
35
0
4
3
14
2
29
10
7
9
74.2
142
248
136
2
28
15
17
40
43
5
7
8
74.2
120
135
30
1
63
10
8
18
35
6
3
7
81.9
87
148
61
0
9
9
18
28
23
2
0
7
77.9
38
56
27
1
14
4
1
17
15
6
3
5
62.3
31
46
22
1
5
4
4
6
15
4
1
2
73.2
2512
3866
1733
1071
819
294
362
545
950
236
155
229
YEARBOOK 2015 49
THE LIST REVIEW Matthew Agius, Andrew Fuss and Stephanie Say review the playing list at the end of 2015
1 TRAVIS BOAK
2 KANE MITCHELL
Draft: 2006 AFL Draft, Pick No. 5 Previous clubs: Torquay/Geelong U18 AFL Career games: 177 | Goals: 106 2015 games: 22 | Goals: 13 SANFL Career games: 6 (0) | Goals: 2 (0) 2015 games: - | Goals: -
Draft: 2013 Rookie Draft, Pick No. 5 Previous clubs: Marist/Claremont AFL Career games: 31 | Goals: 18 2015 games: 8 | Goals: 4 SANFL Career games: 26 (21) | Goals: 21 (19) 2015 games: 11 | Goals: 7
A quieter year by his personal standards, Boak became the focus of opposition taggers on more than one occasion in 2015. The Power skipper was particularly impressive in a number of key performances where he worked hard to have significant impact, particularly against Melbourne in Alice Springs and in both games against Hawthorn.
Mitchell found himself changing between AFL and SANFL duties in 2015, but managed to play eight games on the national stage. The hard-running midfielder was also the club’s leading votegetter in the Magarey Medal.
Player sponsors: Spartan Electrical
Player sponsors: Total Asbestos Services, John and Jacki Gray
3 JAKE NEADE Draft: 2012 AFL Draft, GWS Zone Selection (on-traded to Port Adelaide) Previous clubs: Elliot/East Point/St Patrick’s College/North Ballarat U18 AFL Career games: 34 | Goals: 30 2015 games: 10 | Goals: 9 SANFL Career games: 26 | Goals: 37 2015 games: 8 | Goals: 13 Neade started his year in the AFL but struggled in the Power’s losses to Fremantle and Sydney. Spending much of the next four months playing strong and consistent football in the SANFL, he was elevated back to the club’s senior team and played consistent football to see out eight of the season’s last nine games. Player sponsors: Hugh Burton Chambers
Figures in brackets are games and goals with Port Adelaide where player has been listed with another club previously 50 PORT ADELAIDE FOOTBALL CLUB
4 PADDY RYDER Draft: 2005 AFL Draft, Pick No. 7 (Essendon) Previous clubs: East Fremantle AFL Career games: 188 (18) | Goals: 135 (18) 2015 games: 18 | Goals: 18 SANFL Yet to debut Arriving at Alberton from Essendon, Ryder played in the Power’s opening eight games before being sidelined with an Achilles injury, and didn’t return until the Round 14 game against Sydney. Demonstrating his capacity as a mobile ruck-forward, Ryder’s strong end to the 2015 season gives a good foundation for next year. Player sponsors: Adelaide Urology
5 MATTHEW BROADBENT Draft: 2008 AFL Draft, Pick No. 38 Previous clubs: Henley/ Woodville-West Torrens AFL Career games: 125 | Goals: 41 2015 games: 21 | Goals: 1 SANFL Career games: 38 (0) | Goals: 16 (0) 2015 games: - | Goals: 2015 saw Broadbent’s team role change slightly, moving upfield onto the wing as a running half back, sometimes making his way into the centreline. A slight dip in form saw him miss his first AFL game in four years following the Power’s loss to Brisbane in Round 7. He bounced back to perform as a reliable defensive workhorse. Player sponsors: Telemall Pty Ltd
7 BRAD EBERT
8 HAMISH HARTLETT
6 ANGUS MONFRIES Draft: 2004 AFL Draft, Pick No. 16 (Essendon) Previous clubs: Walkerville/Sturt/Essendon AFL Career games: 210 (60) | Goals: 248 (83) 2015 games: 19 | Goals: 23 SANFL Career games: 6 (1) | Goals: 7 (4) 2015 games: 1 | Goals: 4 The 200-gamer functioned as a staple in the Power’s forward line, slotting 23 goals from his 19 games; none more memorable than a miracle toe-poke centimetres from the goal line against North Melbourne. General body niggles persisted towards the end of the season, after spending a game with the Magpies and being rested for the final game against Fremantle. Player sponsors: Telemall Pty Ltd, Sosta Argentian Kitchen
9 ROBBIE GRAY
Draft: 2007 AFL Draft, Pick No. 13 (West Coast) Previous clubs: St Michael’s College/Port Adelaide SANFL/West Coast AFL Career games: 169 (93) | Goals: 86 (53) 2015 games: 22 | Goals: 10 SANFL Career games: 5 | Goals: 2015 games: - | Goals: -
Draft: 2008 AFL Draft, Pick No. 4 Previous clubs: Edwardstown/ West Adelaide AFL Career games: 112 | Goals: 65 2015 games: 22 | Goals: 9 SANFL Career games: 12 (0) | Goals: 12 (0) 2015 games: - | Goals: -
Draft: 2006 AFL Draft, Pick No. 55 Previous clubs: East Burwood/ Oakleigh U18 AFL Career games: 136 | Goals: 186 2015 games: 21 | Goals: 25 SANFL Career games: 17 (0) | Goals: 27 (0) 2015 games: - | Goals: -
While it wasn’t a starring season for the vice-captain, Ebert showed his strength, leadership and reliability in what was a tough year for the club. Not missing a game, he shone at the beginning of the year earning three Brownlow votes in both Round 1 and 3 with 34 disposals against Fremantle and booting three majors against North Melbourne.
A relatively quiet, but consistent year for Hartlett. Primarly playing in the defensive half, Hartlett averaged six tackles a game, his aggression and pressure around the contest proving an asset to the Power’s backline. He had a standout performance on Anzac Day against Hawthorn, collecting 22 disposals, nine tackles and a goal.
Player sponsors: Comwire IT, Oxygen Building Group Pty Ltd
Player sponsors: Sosta Argentinian Kitchen
Gray backed up his breakout 2014 season with another outstanding year. Spending more time in the midfield, Gray averaged nearly eight clearances per game – second only to Brownlow Medal winner Nat Fyfe. Again showed his ability to turn games off his own boot, leading to his second John Cahill Medal in as many years. Despite the team’s disappointing performance, was rewarded with All-Australian selection. Player sponsors: White Marquee Event Hire
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11 JOHN BUTCHER Draft: 2009 AFL Draft, Pick No. 8 Previous clubs: Maffra/Gippsland U18 AFL Career games: 28 | Goals: 36 2015 games: 5 | Goals: 3 SANFL Career games: 52 | Goals: 79 2015 games: 15 | Goals: 15 A late call-up for Round 1, Butcher was unable to break into the side again until Round 20 – from where he played the final four games of the season. His stats in those games didn’t look impressive, but his impact on the game - crashing packs, creating contests - was greater. Kicking in front of goal remains a problem, but he showed enough to earn another contract for 2016. Player sponsors: Romeo’s Retail Group, Three Little Pigs
14 PAUL STEWART
12 JACKSON TRENGOVE Draft: 2008 AFL Draft, Pick No. 22 Previous clubs: Strathmore/PEGS/ Calder U18 AFL Career games: 113 | Goals: 8 2015 games: 15 | Goals: 0 SANFL Career games: 11 | Goals: 1 2015 games: - | Goals: Injury cruelled Trengove’s year in 2015. Pre-season shoulder surgery, a foot injury in Round 8, a late withdrawal with the flu in Round 14 and, finally, a second shoulder operation after Round 20 left his year a write-off. Was otherwise solid when on the field, but will be looking for a better year in 2016. Player sponsors: Energy Walling Systems, Mouse Promotions
15 KARL AMON
Draft: 2006 AFL Draft, Pick No. 23 Previous clubs: Henley/ Woodville-West Torrens AFL Career games: 87 | Goals: 33 2015 games: 6 | Goals: 2 SANFL Career games: 62 (25) | Goals: 30 (22) 2015 games: 11 | Goals: 9
Draft: 2013 AFL Draft, Pick No. 68 Previous clubs: Hampton Rovers/ Sandringham U18 AFL Career games: 7 | Goals: 5 2015 games: 7 | Goals: 5 SANFL Career games: 32 | Goals: 22 2015 games: 12 | Goals: 8
Was able to stay relatively injury-free in 2015 and was a consistent performer in the black and white at SANFL level. Stewart had two runs of three consecutive games in the AFL side, but was unable to hold down his spot with strong competition from younger teammates coming through the SANFL ranks.
Amon’s strong SANFL form was rewarded with an AFL debut in Round 7. Despite a disappointing loss, he was a shining light for the Power; coming on as the sub in the third quarter and racking up nine disposals and a goal. Moved between AFL and SANFL level all year, but a 16-disposal, three-goal game in the wet at Carrara in Round 22 showed what Amon is capable of.
Player sponsors: Westhoff Maintenance
Player sponsors: Altamura Constructions Pty Ltd
52 PORT ADELAIDE FOOTBALL CLUB
13 CAM O’SHEA Draft: 2010 AFL Draft, Pick No. 52 Previous clubs: Emerald/Eastern U18 AFL Career games: 68 | Goals: 7 2015 games: 10 | Goals: SANFL Career games: 26 (18) | Goals: 6 (2) 2014 games: 8 | Goals: Cam O’Shea is becoming somewhat of a late-season specialist. He played one game in Round 7, before cracking the side in Round 15 – playing the final nine games for the year. He again showed his versatility and running power, mixing time down back with spells on the wing. O’Shea will be looking to make his mark early in season 2016. Player sponsors: Romeo’s Retail Group
16 OLLIE WINES Draft: 2012 AFL Draft, Pick No. 7 Previous clubs: Echuca/Bendigo U18 AFL Career games: 62 | Goals: 26 2015 games: 13 | Goals: 4 SANFL Yet to debut After playing 52 of a possible 52 games to start his career, Wines was struck down with a dislocated wrist in Round 3 against North Melbourne – ruling him out for a month. He returned in Round 8 to play the next 10 games, getting straight back to the bull-like football he is becoming known for. Best on ground in three games, Wines’ season ended prematurely after injuring his shoulder against the Saints in a contest with David Armitage. Player sponsors: Comwire IT
17 TOM CLUREY Draft: 2012 AFL Draft, Pick No. 29 Previous clubs: Katamatite/Murray U18 AFL Career games: 9 | Goals: 2015 games: 8 | Goals: SANFL Career games: 46 (30) | Goals: 2 (2) 2015 games: 12 | Goals: 1 Clurey was solid in the SANFL and played through the club’s finals campaign at the Adelaide Oval. He also filled the shoes of the Power’s senior key backmen in eight AFL games during the season. Laid a strong foundation in terms of his fitness and signed a contract extension during the year to tie him to Port Adelaide for another two seasons. Player sponsors: Tarlee Carpets
20 CHAD WINGARD Draft: 2011 AFL Draft, Pick No. 6 Previous clubs: Imperials/Sturt AFL Career games: 89 | Goals: 148 2015 games: 22 | Goals: 53 SANFL Career games: 6 (0) | Goals: 3 (0) 2014 games: - | Goals: Wingard flew under the radar in the first handful of games for the 2015 season but was able to find the ball and have a significant impact up forward. Spending a little more time in the midfield, he hit career-best form midway through the year and finished a disappointing team season on a strong individual note after being named in the AFL’s All-Australian team for the second time. Player sponsors: Edwards Marshall, White Marquee Event Hire
18 KANE CORNES Draft: 2000 AFL Draft, Pick No. 20 Previous clubs: Sacred Heart College/ Glenelg AFL Career games: 300 | Goals: 93 2015 games: 7 | Goals: 1 SANFL Career games: 36 (0) | Goals:18 (0) 2015 games: - | Goals: The veteran retired on 300 games against Richmond in Round 8 in order to pursue his post-football career. While Cornes admitted he was fighting to maintain his personally high standards, he still managed to produce consistent football in the final seven games of his career in 2015. Retires as arguably the club’s best AFL player.
19 MATT WHITE Draft: 2006 Pre-Season Draft, Pick No. 5 (Richmond) Previous clubs: Sunbury/Calder U18/ Richmond AFL Career games: 145 (40) | Goals: 96 (42) 2015 games: 18 | Goals: 17 SANFL Yet to debut A hamstring injury in the middle of the season curbed White’s performance after chalking up some solid appearances for Port in the AFL. He returned against Essendon on the back of a strong return to the training track and kicked goals in six of his final seven games for the year. A quieter second season at Alberton. Player sponsors: Aussie Ripper Roasts, Professional Linemarking
Player sponsors: VDH Mechanical
21 JARED POLEC Draft: 2010 AFL Draft, Pick No. 5 (to Brisbane) Previous clubs: Seaton/Woodville-West Torrens/Brisbane Lions AFL Career games: 45 (29) | Goals: 28 (19) 2015 games: 5 | Goals: 2 SANFL Career games: 15 (0) | Goals: 16 (0) 2015 games: - | Goals: The talented playmaker suffered early injury problems and was put into rehab following the Power’s Showdown XXXVIII win over Adelaide. Polec avoided surgery for the rare navicular foot injury, but was forced to sit out the remainder of the 2015 season. Player sponsors: Bean Bar
22 MASON SHAW Draft: 2012 AFL Draft, Pick No. 30 Previous clubs: Winnacott/ South Fremantle AFL Yet to debut SANFL Career games: 30 (23) | Goals: 34 (29) 2015 games: 9 | Goals: 4 Persistent injury kept Shaw out of much of the season but he managed to play nine SANFL games for the Magpies and bag four goals in a quieter performance up forward. Was delisted following his third season at the club having been a member of the Magpies’ strong 2014 campaign and with South Adelaide via the old SANFL ‘minidraft’ following his drafting in 2012. Player sponsors: The Bath Hotel
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23 MATTHEW LOBBE Draft: 2007 AFL Draft, Pick No. 16 Previous clubs: Monbulk/Eastern U18 AFL Career games: 84 | Goals: 21 2015 games: 17 | Goals: 5 SANFL Career games: 35 (4) | Goals: 6 (1) 2015 games: 2 | Goals: 1 Lobbe struggled to replicate the strong form showed in 2014 and found himself playing in the SANFL late in the year. Despite his form dip, his sabbatical playing for the Magpies included a dominant performance in a night time thriller against Glenelg and led to his recall for the final two games of the year. Player sponsors: Dorothy Strauss, Sam’s Fruit Market
24 JARMAN IMPEY Draft: 2013 AFL Draft, Pick No. 23 Previous clubs: Shepparton Swans/Murray U18 AFL Career games: 35 | Goals: 4 2015 games: 17 | Goals: 1 SANFL Career games: 7 | Goals: 2 2015 games: 2 | Goals: In his second season, Impey was confronted with an injury setback early and missed four games. Returning through the SANFL, he worked hard developing his game as a small defender. He was put back to the SANFL for one game before returning against the Bulldogs and playing out the rest of the year in the AFL.
25 LOGAN AUSTIN Draft: 2014 AFL Draft, Pick No. 69 Previous clubs: Belconnen AFL Yet to debut SANFL Career games: 10 | Goals: 2 2015 games: 10 | Goals: 2 Austin was an upper-age draftee from Canberra and played 10 SANFL games before going in for shoulder surgery. Playing in a key defensive post, Austin demonstrated aggression and strength down back against some of the SANFL’s exceptional forwards. A promising talent who will be able to start pre-season from a good place given his midyear surgery. Player sponsors: Graham Aldous
Player sponsors: Novatech Creative Event Technology
26 ANDREW MOORE
27 ALIPATE CARLILE
Draft: 2009 AFL Draft, Pick No. 9 Previous clubs: Yarra Valley Grammar/ Eastern U18 AFL Career games: 55 | Goals: 18 2015 games: 5 | Goals: 2 SANFL Career games: 38 (21) | Goals: 33 (24) 2015 games: 13 | Goals: 12
Draft: 2005 AFL Draft, Pick No. 44 Previous clubs: Wangaratta Rovers/ Murray U18 AFL Career games: 165 | Goals: 5 2015 games: 12 | Goals: SANFL Career games: 34 (0) | Goals: 4 (0) 2015 games: - | Goals: -
Continuing to have a high impact in the SANFL across 13 games, Moore polled well in the Magarey Medal and continued to be one of the Magpies’ powerful midfield cogs. He played five AFL games for the season – against Carlton, Sydney, Essendon, St Kilda and the Western Bulldogs. Departed Alberton to return home to Victoria and play with Richmond.
Back and hip problems limited Carlile’s game time in 2015. When fit, Carlile was one of the Power’s most consistent performers and led by example in defence. Carlile’s running ability and competitive desire against the league’s best forwards remains a strength. His game against Hawthorn on Anzac Day saw him poll Brownlow votes for the first time in 157 games to that point. Player sponsors: Focus International Marketing, Esca Restaurant and Espresso Bar
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28 JAY SCHULZ Draft: 2002 AFL Draft, Pick No. 12 (to Richmond) Previous clubs: Central Yorke/ Woodville-West Torrens/Richmond AFL Career games: 187 (116) | Goals: 323 (265) 2015 games: 20 | Goals: 44 SANFL Career games: 26 (0) | Goals: 60 (0) 2015 games: - | Goals: A quieter season by his personal standards, Schulz battled body niggles near the end of the season but was able to kick and convert the impossible goals with his pinpoint accuracy. Regarded outside of Port for his strong mark and perfect kicking line, Schulz committed to Port Adelaide with a new contract at the end of the season. Player sponsors: Hedgehog Logistics
29 JASPER PITTARD
30 SAM COLQUHOUN
Draft: 2009 AFL Draft, Pick No. 16 Previous clubs: Torquay/Geelong U18 AFL Career games: 76 | Goals: 10 2015 games: 20 | Goals: 2 SANFL Career games: 4 (0) | Goals: 1 (0) 2015 games: - | Goals: -
Draft: 2013 Pre-Season Draft, Pick No. 3 Previous clubs: Angaston/Central District AFL Career games: 16 | Goals: 3 2015 games: 6 | Goals: 1 SANFL Career games: 26 (17) | Goals: 8 (5) 2015 games: 13 | Goals: 5
Impressive early in the season, Pittard’s brave, take-the-game-on approach to football continued to both bedazzle opponents and draw the praise of the crowd. While that audacious play that occasionally sees the Power paceman get caught out, he remains the critical playmaker for the team running out of defence.
Back from a debilitating anterior cruciate ligament injury suffered in 2014, Colquhoun didn’t quite hit his stride but nevertheless showed the value he will add to Port Adelaide in the long-term with several solid showings in both the AFL and SANFL. His 2015 season is a base from which he can launch into a full pre-season for 2016.
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32 DOUGAL HOWARD Draft: 2014 AFL Draft, Pick No. 56 Previous clubs: East Wagga Kooringal/ Murray U18 AFL Yet to debut SANFL Career games: 12 | Goals: 6 2015 games: 12 | Goals: 6 An aggressive key position player from Wagga, Howard joined the Power and played in one NAB Challenge game against Richmond near his home town. Injury hampered his ability to get on the field early, but finished the season playing 11 SANFL games. Player sponsors: Hender Consulting
33 DARCY BYRNE-JONES Draft: 2013 AFL Draft, Pick No. 52 Previous clubs: Camberwell/Oakleigh U18 AFL Yet to debut SANFL Career games: 38 | Goals: 2 2015 games: 19 | Goals: 2 Byrne-Jones played 19 out of a possible 20 games for the Magpies in 2015. He was a regular across half-back while also spending time pushing up into the midfield. His development continued to progress under the tutelage of Garry Hocking and 2016 looms as a year Byrne-Jones will be looking to make his mark at AFL level. Player sponsors: The Bath Hotel
31 MITCH HARVEY Draft: 2013 AFL Draft, Pick No. 45 Previous clubs: Broadview/North Adelaide AFL Yet to debut SANFL Career games: 38 | Goals: 45 2015 games: 17 | Goals: 21 Harvey settled into a permanent forward role in 2015 and was a valuable target in attack, with his strong mark and accurate kick delivering multiple goal hauls throughout the season to finish as the Magpies’ leading goal kicker. After playing every game in 2014, Harvey only managed 17 appearances. Was one of three talls delisted at season’s end. Player sponsors: The Bath Hotel
34 JARRAD REDDEN Draft: 2008 AFL Draft, Pick No. 54 Previous clubs: Southern Eagles/ Woodville-West Torrens AFL Career games: 16 | Goals: 3 2015 games: 1 | Goals: SANFL Career games: 47 (18) | Goals: 27 (9) 2015 games: 18 | Goals: 9 Redden finally had an injury-free season, but his fitness struggled after missing so many pre-seasons during his career. He battled manfully as a regular in the ruck for the Magpies, and managed just one AFL game in 2015 – the Round 2 loss against the Swans. Redden was delisted at the end of 2015 after seven years with Port Adelaide. Player sponsors: The Bath Hotel
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36 JACK HOMBSCH Draft: 2011 AFL Draft, GWS 17-year-old access selection Previous clubs: Sturt/Greater Western Sydney AFL Career games: 61 (52) | Goals: 2015 games: 22 | Goals: SANFL Career games: 8 (0) goals: 2015 games: - goals: Hombsch had another outstanding year in defence after a breakout 2014 season. His early form, in particular, was excellent and he is now one of of Hinkley’s first-choice backs. Took on a more senior role at times with Alipate Carlile and Jackson Trengove both missing for periods and appeared comfortable with the extra responsbility. A future leader of the Power’s back six. Player sponsors: Belperio Properties, Port Adelaide Cheer Squad, One Solution
39 JUSTIN WESTHOFF Draft: 2006 AFL Draft, Pick No. 71 Previous clubs: Tanunda/Central District AFL Career games: 181 | Goals: 229 2015 games: 22 | Goals: 25 SANFL Career games: 26 (0) | Goals: 57 (0) 2015 games: - | Goals: Westhoff’s 2015 season was much like the Power’s – up and down. While his numbers remained strong, he wasn’t able to produce the consistency he showed in 2014. He was, however, again remarkably versatile, playing everywhere from position keyfrom forward, key forward, to key back, to to midfielder, key back, toto midfielder, ruckman.to A vitally ruckman. important A vitallycog important in the Power’s cog22, in the Westhoff Power’s will 22,be Westhoff freed up by will the arrival be freed ofup Charlie by the Dixon. arrival of Charlie Dixon. Player sponsors: Ezra Legal
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37 JESSE PALMER Draft: 2014 AFL Draft, Pick No. 78 Previous clubs: St Patrick’s College/North Ballarat U18 AFL Yet to debut SANFL Career games: 19 | Goals: 18 2015 games: 19 | Goals: 18 After being taken at Pick 78 in the 2014 National Draft, few outside of Alberton expected Palmer to go anywhere near an AFL selection in 2015. But with solid form in the SANFL, Palmer came within a whisker of an AFL call-up, being named as an emergency on several occasions. A threegoal performance in Round 7 against the SANFL Crows was one of Palmer’s standout performances for 2015. Player sponsors: Professional Linemarking
40 AARON YOUNG Draft: 2010 AFL Draft, Pick No. 36 Previous clubs: Wantirna South/Yarra Valley Grammar/Eastern U18 AFL Career games: 42 | Goals: 14 2015 games: 11 | Goals: 2 SANFL Career games: 40 (27) | Goals: 27 (18) 2015 games: 7 | Goals: 7 Young again showed his class at SANFL level, regularly being named in the best in his seven games in the 2015. prison He made bars 11 in appearances 2015. He made at11 AFL appearances level, including at aAFL number level, as including sub, and a number showed glimpses as sub, and ofshowed his prolific glimpses ball-winning of his prolific ability and ball-winning nous around ability goal. and A nous 25-disposal, around one-goal goal. A game 25-disposal, in Roundone-goal 4 againstgame Hawthorn in Round was4his against best performance Hawthorn for was2015. his best He’llperformance be hoping to emulate for 2015.that He’llon beahoping more regular to emulate basisthat in 2016. on a more regular basis come 2016. Player sponsors: Blazon Constructions Pty Ltd Player sponsors: Blazon Constructions Pty Ltd
38 BILLY FRAMPTON Draft: 2014 AFL Draft, Pick No. 84 Previous clubs: East Fremantle Power/ South Fremantle AFL Yet to debut SANFL Career games: 10 | Goals: 7 2015 games: 10 | Goals: 7 Pick 84 in the 2014 National Draft, big Billy Frampton’s season got off to a tough start – a shin injury forcing him onto the long-term injury list. Frampton finally debuted in Round 9 and he didn’t disappoint – kicking two goals on debut against Central District. Port Adelaide supporters loved Frampton’s aggression around the ground and the coaching group was pleased with his progress. Player sponsors: The Bath Hotel
41 BRENDON AH CHEE Draft: 2011 AFL Draft, Pick No. 45 Previous clubs: Kelmscott/South Fremantle AFL Career games: 11 | Goals: 6 2015 games: 11 | Goals: 6 SANFL Career games: 42 | Goals: 21 2015 games: 8 | Goals: 4 2015 marked Ah Chee’s breakout year. After consistently rating in the best players for the Magpies, he was finally given his shot at AFL in Round 3, eventually producing his career-best season. He cemented his place in the AFL side in the back end of 2015, starring with a beston-ground performance against GWS with 24 disposals and three goals, earning him three Brownlow votes in the process. Player sponsors: Copyworld
42 TOM JONAS Draft: 2011 Rookie Draft, Pick No. 16 Previous clubs: Rostrevor College/Norwood AFL Career games: 73 | Goals: 1 2015 games: 17 | Goals: SANFL Career games: 40 (3) | Goals: 5 (0) 2015 games: 3 | Goals: Off the back of an outstanding 2014, Jonas faced some challenges and couldn’t quite build on the momentum he showed last year. A five-game hiatus due to a quad and a drop in form saw a brief stint on the sidelines and in the SANFL. He regathered and returned with gusto in Round 20 to form the strong side which powered home with four wins to finish off the season. Player sponsors: The Bath Hotel
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43 JOHANN WAGNER Draft: 2015 AFL Rookie Draft, Pick No. 51 Previous clubs: Tasman/Central District AFL Yet to debut SANFL Career games: 16 (14) | Goals: 9 (8) 2015 games: 14 | Goals: 8 The winner of Foxtel’s reality TV show The Recruit played 14 SANFL games and improved significantly in some areas, but struggled to take his game to the elite level. A corked thigh and a shin complaint kept him temporarily sidelined throughout the year, and he was eventually delisted at the end of the season. Player sponsors: Sims Richmond, Alberton Crowd
47 SAM RUSSELL
Draft: 2014 Rookie Draft, Pick No. 29 Previous clubs: Rudall/Port Adelaide SANFL AFL Career games: 17 | Goals: 10 2015 games: 10 | Goals: 4 SANFL Career games: 92 | Goals: 64 2015 games: 10 | Goals: 6
Draft: 2014 Rookie Draft, Pick No. 13 Previous clubs: Newtown/Geelong College/ Geelong U18 AFL Yet to debut SANFL Career games: 32 | Goals: 1 2015 games: 20 | Goals: 1
Gray has made a name for himself as one of Port Adelaide’s most exciting AFL prospects in 2015. Upgraded from a rookie to the senior list midway through the season to replace injured Jared Polec, he gained momentum and made a huge impact in the final six rounds of the season as a staple in the Power’s midfield, receiving Brownlow votes in his last three games.
Dodging the injury setbacks he suffered in 2014, rookie-listed Russell played plenty of footy with the SANFL side and was one of the Magpies’ most consistent players fillling in the role the of a role defender/tagger. of a defender/tagger. Delisted Delisted at the end at the of 2015. end of 2015.
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44 TOM LOGAN Draft: 2003 AFL Draft, Pick No. 49 (to Brisbane Lions) Previous clubs: Waratahs/Brisbane Lions AFL Career games: 117 (114) | Goals: 27 2015 games: - | Goals: SANFL Career games: 77 (38) | Goals: 66 (13) 2015 games: 20 | Goals: 5 Logan didn’t play any AFL football in 2015, instead acting as an influential leader and mentor for emerging players in the Magpies. Finished second in the A.R. McLean Medal in his retirement season, but will remain as an academy assistant coach and league runner in 2016. Player sponsors: Accounting TEK Financial Services
48 NATHAN KRAKOUER Draft: 2015 Rookie Draft, Pick No. 16 Previous clubs: South Mount Barker/ Claremont/Port Adelaide AFL/Gold Coast/ Kambalda/Port Adelaide SANFL AFL Career games: 67 (54) | Goals: 20 (12) 2015 games: 14 | Goals: 5 SANFL Career games: 36 | Goals: 42 2015 games: 5 | Goals: 6 After resurrecting his footy career with Port Adelaide’s SANFL side in 2014, Krakouer stepped it up another notch this year playing by playing half of the halfseason of the as season half-back as half-back with thewith the Power. Power. He’sHe’s dangerous dangerous in defence in defence withwith an an unrivalled unrivalled ability ability to read to read thethe play, play, while while hishis speed and accuracy in front of goal saw him collect five majors from his 14 senior games. Player sponsors: BigFooty
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1 STEVEN SUMMERTON
4 BEN SAWFORD
5 TOM GRAY
Previous clubs: North Haven SANFL Career games: 178 | Goals: 129 2015 games: 20 | Goals: 20 ACADEMY 2015 games: - | Goals: -
Previous clubs: West Whyalla SANFL Career games: 15 | Goals: 6 2015 games: 10 | Goals: 5 ACADEMY 2015 games: 10 | Goals: 7
Previous clubs: Rudall SANFL Career games: 9 | Goals: 3 2015 games: 9 | Goals: 3 ACADEMY 2015 games: 11 | Goals: 5
Another strong season from the club’s SANFL captain culminated in his third A.R.McLean Medal as the club’s best and fairest player. Summerton played every game of the year as he draws ever closer to his 200th SANFL game. His use of the ball and leadership around the ground was called upon time and again through the year. His effort in the final minor round game against West Adelaide, booting five goals, was a highlight.
Playing 10 games in 2015, Sawford proved he was a capable SANFL contributor after dominant displays against North Adelaide and Glenelg, where he had 31 and 40 disposals respectively. Evolved into a proven clearance midfielder and will offer maturity to Port’s SANFL list again in 2016. Departed for Glenelg at the end of the year.
Tom Gray, younger brother of AFL rookie Sam, stepped up from the Academy team to play nine league games in 2015. His debut season was one of promise, where he was a regular ball-winner playing through the middle of the ground. Player sponsor: AA Secondhand Pallets
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6 SIDNEY MASTERS Previous clubs: Ports SANFL Career games: 16 | Goals: 1 2015 games: 16 | Goals: 1 ACADEMY 2015 games: 4 | Goals: Masters played 16 games in his debut year as a key position backman and showed composure in that position against some of the competition’s best forwards. Played in the finals on the back of a strong year as the league team’ best first-year player.
7 LOUIS SHARRAD Previous clubs: Flinders Park/St Michael’s College SANFL Career games: 30 | Goals: 8 2015 games: 17 | Goals: 5 ACADEMY 2015 games: 1 | Goals: Sharrad missed three games through injury, but also spent time back playing Academy football. He provided hardness around the ground and was generally effective with the football as one of the more senior players in a young Magpies outfit. Player sponsor: Margaret Quinlan
8 ZAC HAWKINS Previous clubs: Port Districts SANFL Career games: 4 | Goals: 2015 games: - | Goals: ACADEMY 2015 games: 19 | Goals: 5 While the Academy talent was selected in the side which took on Norwood under lights in the SANFL trial game in March, Hawkins wasn’t able to break into the league side this year. The 2014 reserves best and fairest runner-up, he was named in the extended squad a number of times in 2015, and finished second in the Academy best and fairest, so could be worthy of League contract again next year. Player sponsor: Rainwise
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9 LUKE WILSON
10 LUKE REYNOLDS
Previous clubs: Salisbury West/Port Adelaide SANFL/Norwood SANFL Career games: 3 (2) | Goals: 1 (1) 2015 games: 2 | Goals: ACADEMY 2015 games: 3 | Goals: 3
Previous clubs: North Haven/Port Adelaide SANFL/Carlton rookies SANFL Career games: 7 | Goals: 3 2015 games: 5 | Goals: 3 ACADEMY 2015 games: 15 | Goals: 33
The new recruit stepped up to play two SANFL games along with all three league trial games before his season was derailed by an elbow injury in Round 10, which saw him sidelined for the rest of the year.
Reynolds returned to Alberton in 2015 to continue his SANFL career after spending 2014 as a rookie at Carlton. He returned to the league in Round 14 against the Eagles and played five games for the year.
18 JACK HAARSMA Previous clubs: Cummins Ramblers SANFL Career games: 4 | Goals: 2 2015 games: 4 | Goals: 2 ACADEMY 2015 games: 17 | Goals: 6 Booting a thriller against Glenelg to seal an incredible one-point win, Haarsma otherwise spent most of his season in the reserves, playing just two games for the year in the league competition and cementing himself as one of the best players in the Academy line-up.
19 CIARAN
HOLLINGWORTHHUGHES
Previous clubs: West Whyalla SANFL Career games: 2 | Goals: 2015 games: 2 | Goals: ACADEMY 2015 games: 18 | Goals: 1 Hollingworth-Hughes played just two league games for the Magpies, spending the rest of the season as a key-position backman in the Academy line-up. He debuted midway through the season in the league victory against Woodville-West Torrens and followed it up with a win an appearance in the first semi final loss to Central District.
16 SEAN DAVIDSON Previous clubs: North Haven SANFL Career games: 4 | Goals: 1 2015 games: 4 | Goals: 1 ACADEMY 2015 games: 16 | Goals: Making his debut at the back end of the season in a thrilling win against Glenelg, Davidson played in both of Port Adelaide’s finals matches against the Bloods and Bulldogs. In the Academy side, he had a consistent year playing in 16 games.
21 JONATHON ROSS Previous clubs: Salisbury SANFL Career games: 2 | Goals: 2015 games: 2 | Goals: ACADEMY 2015 games: 19 | Goals: 10 As a key position back, Ross found it hard to crack into the league line-up with a glut of defenders playing at senior level. He made two early-season appearances for the Magpies and spent the rest of the season in the Academy team – playing a total of 19 games, and regularly featuring in the club’s better players.
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23 SAM GORDON
29 ANTHONY BIEMANS
50 ROBBIE YOUNG
Previous clubs: Camperdown SANFL Career games: 3 | Goals: 1 2015 games: - | Goals: ACADEMY 2015 games: 19 | Goals: 36
Previous clubs: South Barwon SANFL Career games: 31 | Goals: 16 2015 games: 13 | Goals: 6 ACADEMY 2015 games: 3 | Goals: 7
Previous clubs: Rosewater/Tea Tree Gully SANFL Career games: 23 | Goals: 18 2015 games: 7 | Goals: 4 ACADEMY 2015 games: 5 | Goals: 7
A quality forward, Gordon wasn’t able to push into the league line-up despite strong form in the Academy, owing to the numbers of key position forwards at senior level. Having played two league games last year, his good pre-season helped him star in the Academy as a prolific goal kicker.
Injury hampered Biemans’s season, but he returned late to play against Central District in the semi final. A useful, experienced utility, Biemans brings a typical Port Adelaide hardness to contests and broke back into the league team on the back of a singularly impressive forward performance in the Academy.
Young is an excitement machine who breathes Port Adelaide football. Like others, injury curtailed his season, however he was able to show his excellent work with the ball in several late-season games. Will be looking to have a big pre-season to get his body right for 2016.
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LIST NOTES MILESTONES
DEBUTANTS
50 AFL games
AFL
Ollie Wines Round 1 v Fremantle, Subiaco
Brendon Ah Chee Round 3 v North Melbourne, Docklands
AFL
Jack Hombsch Round 11 v Geelong, Adelaide Oval
Karl Amon Round 7 v Brisbane Lions, Gabba
Kane Cornes (retired)
50 Club Games
Patrick Ryder Round 1 v Fremantle, Subiaco – Club debut
Angus Monfries Round 9 v Melbourne, Traeger Park
SANFL
Jack Hombsch Round 21 v Hawthorn, Docklands
Logan Austin Round 2 v South Adelaide, Noarlunga Oval
100 AFL games
Jesse Palmer Round 2 v South Adelaide, Noarlunga Oval
Jackson Trengove Round 2 v Sydney Swans, Adelaide Oval Hamish Hartlett Round 10 v Western Bulldogs, Adelaide Oval 150 AFL games Brad Ebert Round 3 v North Melbourne, Docklands (including 76 at West Coast) 200 AFL Games Angus Monfries Round 9 v Melbourne, Traeger Park (including 150 at Essendon) 50 SANFL Games John Butcher Round 16 v Central District, Alberton 100 AFL Goals Travis Boak Round 12 v Carlton, MCG Chad Wingard Round 4 v Hawthorn, Adelaide Oval
Jonathon Ross Round 2 v South Adelaide, Noarlunga Oval Jack Haarsma Round 5 v Woodville-West Torrens, Alberton Oval Sidney Masters Round 6 v Sturt, Alberton Oval William Frampton Round 9 v Central District, Elizabeth Oval Tom Gray Round 13 v Norwood, Norwood Oval Ciaran Hollingworth-Hughes Round 14 v Woodville-West Torrens, Woodville Oval Sean Davidson Round 17B v Glenelg, Glenelg Oval Johann Wagner Round 2 v South Adelaide, Noarlunga Oval – club debut
300 AFL Goals
Luke Wilson Round 2 v South Adelaide, Noarlunga Oval – club debut
Jay Schulz Round 9 v Melbourne, Traeger Park (including 58 at Richmond)
Jarrad Redden Round 3 v North Adelaide, Alberton Oval – club debut Tom Jonas Round 14 v Woodville-West Torrens, Woodville Oval – club debut Angus Monfries Round 17A v North Adelaide, Prospect Oval – club debut
2015/2016 LIST CHANGES Player departures Tom Logan (retired) Mitchell Harvey (delisted) Jarrad Redden (delisted) Mason Shaw (delisted) Sam Russell (delisted rookie) Johann Wagner (delisted rookie) Daniel Flynn (delisted rookie) List changes Sam Gray (elevated to senior list from rookie list) Kane Mitchell (delisted, redrafted as rookie) Added players Jimmy Toumpas (to senior list via trade from Melbourne) Charlie Dixon (to senior list via trade from Gold Coast) Riley Bonner (Selection No. 37, 2015 National Draft, from West Adelaide/Goodwood Saints) Aidyn Johnson (Selection No. 45, 2015 National Draft, from Bendigo Pioneers/ Moama) Will Snelling (Selection No. 10, 2016 Rookie Draft, from West Adelaide/Goodwood Saints) Cameron Hewett (Selection No. 28, 2016 Rookie Draft, from North Adelaide/ Broughton-Mundoora) Dan Houston (Selection No. 45, 2016 Rookie Draft, from Oakleigh Chargers/Greythorn SANFL Player departures Ben Sawford (to Glenelg) Jack Haarsma (to Glenelg) Sam Gordon (to North Adelaide) Brad Coulson (to Sturt) Added players Thomas Corcoran (from Academy list)
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AWARD WINNERS
ALL THE KEY MERITS FOR 2015
JOHN CAHILL MEDAL – SECOND PLACE CHAD WINGARD Wingard polled a narrow second to Robbie Gray, having failed to score a vote in a quiet finish to the season. As Port Adelaide’s leading goal kicker, he was a notoriously difficult match-up for opposition defenders, but his ability to win the ball and use his footy smarts to deliver to a teammate or run forward to create a score continue to be his chief weapons. Other achievements All-Australian forwardflank, Australian international rules squad. JOHN CAHILL MEDAL – THIRD PLACE JACK HOMBSCH A very consistent start to the year from Hombsch quivered midway through the season as the Power’s defence battled internal injuries and the pressure of quality opposition more frequently. Throughout this period, Jack Hombsch stood up as a shining light, and arguably the Power’s most improved player. Many supporters were pencilling him in for the club’s best and fairest at the halfway point of the year, but this third place is a testament to his consistent season. FOS WILLIAMS MEDALLIST TRAVIS BOAK His third Fos Williams Medal in a row puts Boak among some of Port Adelaide’s highest-regarded clubmen. As captain of the club, quality senior leadership is requisite, but the esteem he is held in by his fellow players is highlighted again by them voting him the shining example of camaraderie and culture within the change rooms. A difficult season for him on-field, but he continued to set a strong example. Other achievements Peter Badcoe VC Medal (ANZAC Round).
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GAVIN WANGANEEN MEDAL OLLIE WINES Claiming his third consecutive Gavin Wanganeen Medal, Wines has cemented himself as the most promising young talent to grace the corridors of Alberton. Despite two serious injuries, he continued to offer a high-impact third season. Claiming three of these awards by the age of 21, Wines will not be eligible for the Wanganeen Medal again in 2016, however seems unlikely to be matched for his incredible consistency as a top-ten polling youth player. COACHES’ AWARD BRENDON AH CHEE Making his debut in his fourth season on Port Adelaide’s list, Ah Chee’s rise to the AFL is a testament to his perseverance and dedication to self-improvement. He debuted against North Melbourne and had a hand in sealing the win at Docklands that night. He polled three Brownlow Medal votes against the GWS Giants near the end of the season and was among the best performers in the Power’s final games. The criteria for this award were modified for 2015 to reflect the coaches’ choice of the most improved player on the previous season. JOHN McCARTHY AWARD NATHAN KRAKOUER Nathan Krakouer was drafted onto Port Adelaide’s AFL list this year, and immediately volunteered to assist as a mentor to Aboriginal youth involved in the club’s community programs and work actively within the Aboriginal program space. That he instigated his mentorship with a number of young Aboriginal children with no request from the club, Krakouer’s dedication to his culture and heritage and promoting reconciliation and greater cooperation between indigenous and non-indigenous communities were core to his selection for this award.
2015 JOHN CAHILL MEDAL FINAL VOTING
Robbie Gray 243 votes Chad Wingard 230 Jack Hombsch 177 Travis Boak 173 Justin Westhoff 156 Brad Ebert 140 Matthew Broadbent 134 Hamish Hartlett 132 Paddy Ryder 125 Ollie Wines 119 Jasper Pittard 114 Angus Monfries 106 Sam Gray 101 Tom Jonas 98 Jay Schulz 96 Alipate Carlile 81 Matt White 75 Jackson Trengove 64 Jarman Impey 62 Nathan Krakouer 52 Brendon Ah Chee 51 Matthew Lobbe 49 Jake Neade 46 Kane Cornes 31 Kane Mitchell 26 Karl Amon 24 Cameron O’Shea 22 Aaron Young 20 John Butcher 14 Jared Polec 12 Sam Colquhoun 11 Tom Clurey 6 Paul Stewart 6 Andrew Moore 1
A.R. McLEAN MEDAL – SECOND PLACE, ANTHONY WILLIAMS MEMORIAL TROPHY – LEAGUE MOST COURAGEOUS PLAYER TOM LOGAN It should come as no surprise the ever reliable Logan finished second in the A.R. McLean Medal count, nor that he was presented the prestigious Anthony Williams Memorial Trophy. His tough, hard, uncompromising football was on show all year and his consistent effort in his retirement year leaves a legacy for others to follow. A.R. McLEAN MEDAL – THIRD PLACE KANE MITCHELL Port Adelaide’s Magarey Medal count leader, Mitchell played a mix of AFL and SANFL football in 2015. His trademark run-and-carry and ability to win the footy at league level makes him an important part of the Magpies line-up. His perseverance in the Magpies’ failed finals campaign is also a credit to him. COACHES’ TROPHY BRENDON AH CHEE Remarkably, Ah Chee’s second league coaches’ trophy comes in a year where he won the corresponding merit at AFL level. A hard working midfielder, Ah Chee’s split year at local and national level didn’t stop him getting the job done for his coaches and teammates when wearing a black-and-white jumper. BEST FIRST YEAR PLAYER SIDNEY MASTERS A reliable and honest defender, Masters became a regular fixture in the Port Adelaide league team. His first season in the league competition was tough at times, but his persistence helped him to develop into a solid mainstay of the Port line-up, and earn another contract for 2016. FOS WILLIAMS MEMORIAL TROPHY – LEAGUE MOST DEDICATED ANTHONY BIEMANS Biemans is a reliable and committed player, trains hard and applies himself to the craft of football. While injury hampered his season at times, his attitude to rehabilitation and recovery was second to none.
BRUCE WEBER MEMORIAL TROPHY – BEST TEAM MAN LOUIS SHARRAD Sharrad claims his first award as the club’s best team man in a year where he featured almost entirely at league level and found a place in the side as a reliable utility. Gives plenty to his teammates as one of the club’s senior leaders. MAX PORTER MEMORIAL TROPHY - LEAGUE MOST CONSISTENT STEVEN SUMMERTON It should come as little surprise Steven Summerton was both the winner of the A.R. McLean Medal and the club’s most consistent Magpie. That consistent ability to win the ball, impact offensively or defensively and bring his teammates into each game is a credit to his maturity as one of the SANFL’s best midfielders. BOB CLAYTON MEMORIAL (SERVICE AWARD) GARRY HOCKING After two seasons at the helm of Port Adelaide’s league team, Garry Hocking vacates the head chair in the coaches’ box to return to the club’s AFL coaching panel. His two seasons have been meritorious, with a strong winning record, a minor premiership, grand final appearance and a minor round second place. His dedication to preserving the traditional values of Port Adelaide at local level with the emerging and cutting-edge trends of elite modern football resonated with supporters.
2015 A.R. McLEAN MEDAL FINAL VOTING Steven Summerton 164 votes Tom Logan 111 Kane Mitchell 88 Andrew Moore 83 Sam Colquhoun 79 Sam Russell 76 Sam Gray 73 Darcy Byrne-Jones 64 Jesse Palmer 63 Jarrad Redden 60 Brendon Ah Chee 59 Aaron Young 56 Mitch Harvey 54 Logan Austin 52 Tom Clurey 52 Karl Amon 51 Sidney Masters 50 Paul Stewart 50 John Butcher 49 Louis Sharrad 49 Nathan Krakouer 43 Ben Sawford 42 Jake Neade 39 Cameron O’Shea 30 Thomas Gray 28 Dougal Howard 24 Billy Frampton 23 Johann Wagner 22 Anthony Biemans 21 Robert Young 19 Matthew Lobbe 16 Angus Monfries 13 Jarman Impey 12 Jack Haarsma 11 Tom Jonas 11 Luke Reynolds 11 Mason Shaw 7 Sean Davidson 6 Ciaran Hollingworth-Hughes 4 Jonathon Ross 4 Luke Wilson 4
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TWO MEN, TWO SUPREME PLAYERS, TWO ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF PORT ADELAIDE’S AFL AND SANFL TEAMS. ROBBIE GRAY AND STEVEN SUMMERTON LIT UP THE FIELD AGAIN IN 2015…
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F Robbie Gray was a chess piece, he’d be the queen.
Stop and think about it for a moment. The queen is the best piece on the board. It can move anywhere. It’s not unbeatable, but it might take a few pieces to even get close. For the chess player, the queen is a weapon – it has versatility, excellent manoeuvrability, its only limits are the boundaries of the playing board. If you’ve lost your queen, you hope your opponent doesn’t have theirs. Sound familiar? For the master tactician moving his pieces along the board that is the AFL playing field – the coach – a piece like Robbie Gray is essential. Desired. Most of all, the coach knows such a player can be relied upon it to get him out of a squeeze. Robbie Gray confirmed himself as one of the most critical pieces of the Port Adelaide playing armada in 2015. After taking all before him the year before – a debut All-Australian selection, international rules representation, a first John Cahill Medal and recognition as the AFL Coaches’ Association’s Champion Player – Gray then did what every great player does. He backed it up again. Granted, the coaches resoundingly endorsed Fremantle’s Nathan Fyfe as the year’s best player, but Gray’s personal achievements were almost a carbon copy of last season’s. A second John Cahill Medal, narrowly won from his 2013 predecessor Chad Wingard. All-Australian selection, again, and a three ‘over’ performance in the hybrid international rules game against the Irish.
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With a freshly minted Showdown Medal also sitting in his growing trophy cabinet, Gray’s personal success would be the envy of many a sports lover. Still, there’s that vital piece missing – September silverware – and his personal accolades pale to the significance and meaning gained from shared achievement. The humble, quiet Power midfielder shuns the limelight and avoids speaking publically where he can. It’s just his personality. But when he does speak, his collegial nature shines through. Upon winning his second John Cahill Medal as Port Adelaide’s club champion, Gray was quick to thank those who put him on the stage at the club’s award ceremony. “You don’t get these sorts of things without lots of hard work, but much of it comes from your teammates’ work,” Gray said. “You don’t just get your hands on the ball yourself, you need the help of others, and the support of others, to have them keep on pushing you. “I’m lucky I get to run around with these guys every day, and just play footy and enjoy playing footy. “We’re not about individuals, you’ve got to have the help of others to even get close to something like this.” Few within the changerooms would disagree with his assessment, however most would also acknowledge Gray has again been brilliant in 2015. The thirst for success will drive Gray again in 2016, and he isn’t planning to rest through another hot Adelaide summer.
work harder to get back to where we want to be. “As a group we want to bounce back, we looked back on the season – the way we finished the season was a positive – but it was a pretty inconsistent year overall. “We just need to be consistent as a group and keep working hard to meet our standards, if we can do that together we’ll give ourselves the best shot next year.” The Magpies have a strong playing piece as well. Among the rugged and hard timber associated with SANFL football, this player is like silk – smooth, clean, slippery. Like Robbie Gray, Port Adelaide’s chief Magpie Steven Summerton is a crucial marker at Port Adelaide. Summerton is versatile, elusive, a strong kick and excellent with his hands. But Summerton holds a different responsibility to Gray. While the back-to-back John Cahill Medallist can lead by simply playing excellent football, the recrowned A.R.McLean Medallist has the formal duty of captaincy. It’s not an easy burden to carry. Not only must he bear the charge of captaining his team, he must also shoulder the mystique and honour of wearing Port Adelaide’s No. 1 guernsey, on the back of its traditional jumper. It means so much, to so many, given the roll call of great players to have held the captaincy before him. His passion and understanding of his duty, though, translates into his football.
“It wasn’t the season we’d hoped for,” Gray said of 2015
His third A.R. McLean Medal (he won his first in 2010) confirms him as one of the best players of Port Adelaide’s last 20 years in SANFL football.
“I think we were all disappointed to fall back the way we did, and we just need to
He also won the club’s Max Porter Memorial Trophy as its most consistent Magpie.
The secret to such consistency? Preparation, hard work and application to the rigours of top-line league football. “Consistency in footy is really important, and it is something we all strive for at training or in games,” Summerton said. “It’s hard work, to keep pushing yourself in a game, and I guess that’s one thing I’ve learned over the years. “Preparation and recovery are really important to that, I’ve learned from my coaches over the years how important they are – it’s probably what you learn, more than anything, with experience.” His hard work on the track has translated seamlessly into regular competitiveness in games. He’s represented South Australia in state games, he’s been named in teams of the year and last season he was recognised by the SANFL coaches as the best player in the competition. All he lacks, and desires, is the chance to hold that silverware. “To win a third A.R.McLean Medal is something I didn’t think would be possible, and it is truly an honour to get that recognition from your coaches, especially with all the talent in our team,” Summerton said. “But I reckon everyone would agree that we don’t play for individual awards, we play for team awards and success,” Summerton said. “The team didn’t perform when it needed to this year, that’s something that burns pretty deep. “We’ll go again next year, we’ll be working pretty hard to make up for it.”
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CHAD CORNES WITH JAMES WAKELIN
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Firstly, Chad, what’s it like to be back at Port Adelaide? I was watching the boys doing their 400-metre runs in my first week back. It was quite a brutal session and it brought back a few memories of when I was the one doing that all those years ago. It’s great to be back. I’ve already learned from some really experienced and intelligent coaches in this group and I’m lucky to be a part of that this coming year. How do you see your role this year and how does it fit within the football structure in place at the club? I’m really fortunate with the role. I’m coaching with the AFL group as well I’m here all day, every day. I sit in every meeting, join in weights with the boys, try and push them in the gym and then Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday morning run all the Magpies coaching. The Magpies program is very similar to what we do at AFL level, so our SANFL players are getting the best of both worlds in terms of their conditioning and their footy. The footy structure has changed in the time you’ve been away from the club, what thoughts have you had on it coming back this time? It was a huge frustration when I was playing when players were going back to different clubs, getting different messages and not playing in their right positions. To have everyone here under the same structure, the same game plan and the same culture the whole time is great for the players, great for the coaches and great for the club as a whole. Do you think the players understanding the club’s history and its importance? I met with Steven Summerton in the lead-up to the pre-season and his passion and understanding of the club’s history was great. He’s been here a long time, but his attitude and how much the Magpies mean to him just blew me away. I think the biggest thing is educating new players about that history and culture. Those who haven’t been here long have shown that they ‘get it’ – it’s the job of those of us who have spent a bit of time here to keep educating new players on the history. It should be safe to assume the Magpies will still play a very similar style to the Power? My job at the moment is learning all the players’ strengths and weaknesses. The program will be built on the Power’s game style, but I’ll put my own spin on that -
things I learned over the last couple of years, the way I played, the way I’ve seen other players play. It’ll be built on team care, doing the team thing, playing tough, hard, aggressive football. Obviously the game plan has changed over the years, but the attitude and values we want from Port Adelaide players hasn’t. How important is the buy-in from players to understand what it is to be at Port Adelaide and understand how we play? I grew up around the Glenelg footy club, and there was a big rivalry between Port and the Bays at that time. I think most footy people understand what Port Adelaide has traditionally been about, even if they support other teams. It is something special to pull on the Magpies guernsey and even pulling on the polo on my first day back here, it did feel special. The closest I’d got to it was wearing a heritage jumper in the AFL twice, but I’d never worn anything with the Magpie logo. I have a real sense of living up to the standards of the past players, the supporters, the volunteers - you have to respect them in the way you perform on game day. What do you hope to achieve with the boys this year? I want them to display a team-first attitude first and foremost, so that people can see by the way they play that they really care about each other on the field. I also want to see them play the Port Adelaide way, which I know the supporters will be big on. As the club Creed says, “Honourable defeat of our club and guernsey can only come after human endeavour on the playing field is completely exhausted.” I don’t like defeat, but to me that says if we do lose, you’ll see us go down fighting to the very end, that we’ll never, ever give up, and that we’ll be tough for every opponent to match. But the Creed also says that we need to active, aggressive and devoted to the cause. Our cause is to be successful as a footy club, and I think that’s more important than anything. You’ve locked in eight contracted players before the start of preseason, you’ve got another seven to go, what’s the process for that? It’s a good incentive for the young guys in last year’s Academy squad. It should drive them to train harder over the pre-season and to impress for a spot. I would think we’d probably have 12 or 13 signed at the start of the season and just keep two or
three for young guys who impress in the Academy to be rewarded later on. How important is it to have that carrot in-season? I think a good example last year was Tom Corcoran who was dominating at Academy level and doing all the right things but didn’t have any chance to go up to play for the Magpies. I’m told if there was that chance, he would’ve been worthy for league selection. The ability to be able to play those guys is great for them and the club. And part of your role is to help push those AFL-listed guys so they make it into the Power team? If they can do the right thing playing for the Magpies and earn a place in the AFL team, that will show me the program is working and we’re all doing our jobs well. The supporters have been really supportive of you being back. Is that humbling? They’ve always treated me so well. The rivalry between the Cornes family and Port was quite strong back when I was drafted and I was really nervous coming here. But from day one of pre-season in November 1997 when I was clapped by supporters, to now, it’s just been outstanding. What really blew me away was Kane’s last game this year, coming over for that and walking around the edge of the ground with Dad and there was a standing ovation - that really did blow me away. Although I’m not sure they were standing for Graham. Seeing the messages of support from people, and people stopping me in the street since I got back has been great and I just hope I can repay them in the right way. And there’s now going to be a bit of brotherly rivalry in the SANFL with Kane taking on a part-time role at Glenelg, and of course there’ll always be a rivalry there with your Dad’s long history at the Bays – are you looking forward to meeting Glenelg for the first time? Dad’s used to it now, and I caught up with him after work one day and I had the full Magpies kit on. He asked me to take it off. Deep down he’s one rapt to have me back home, rapt that I get a chance to enhance my coaching with my own team in such a great program like this. He’s happy when I’m happy, and I’m pretty happy at the moment. Kane surprised us with his new role at the Bays and it will just give that extra bit of spice to our clashes with Glenelg.
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YOUNG TALENT TIME MARK CLAYTON ACADEMY SEASON REVIEW
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HAT AN INCREDIBLE year 2015 became for the young men of the Port Adelaide Academy.
After finishing in seventh spot in 2014, it was an amazing effort from the boys to work their way into second spot in the minor round this year. We couldn’t be more proud. I watched many of them grow and develop their craft after coaching them in the under-18s and it was an absolute honour to continue guiding them on their footballing journey throughout 2015. I took over the reigns as Academy coach from Jacob Surjan, who did an excellent job developing the Academy in 2014 under our club’s new football structure. Last year however, many of the boys were still aged 17-18 and were yet to mature, but with a year under their belt, they would be better placed to win more games in 2015. THE YEAR THAT WAS Like the senior team, we started our season in Round 2 against South Adelaide at and had an inspiring 59-point win over the Panthers. It was the start to the year we wanted – winning your first game is always a positive. We then went on to draw with North Adelaide which left the players feeling pretty deflated, and then our next three games were heavy losses to Norwood and the Eagles, and then a close loss to Sturt. That was when we began to really drill home the importance of ‘team care’, recovering well and doing the little things right. The two losses to the Redlegs and the Eagles were especially hard to take, but I was pleased our coaching panel worked hard with the players to build confidence within our whole group. If they worked hard, the results would eventually swing their way. The boys turned their season around after our Round 7 bye with big wins against Glenelg, Central District and West Adelaide.
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For me, our Round 13 clash against Norwood, which gave us an absolute bath earlier in the season, was the turning point. We ended up winning that clash by 14 points. It was an amazing feeling knowing the Redlegs had given us a few headaches in the past, but we were able to finally overcome them. That was when the belief within the group really started to grow. Their commitment to the job at hand had been clear for many weeks, and now there was a shared determination to finish our season strongly. While we were beaten by the Eagles and Sturt, we finished strongly by winning our last four games of the season to claim second spot. Making the finals was great and the boys worked really hard in their qualifying final to beat North Adelaide by five points. We then lost a tough semi to Woodville West-Torrens - the eventual premier, and a team that had won every game of the year. Although finishing second gave us a second chance, the Roosters got their revenge and beat us convincingly in the preliminary final. Obviously, playing in a grand final is every football club’s goal, and Port Adelaide has always worked to win a premiership in any grade it plays. To not have that chance was bitterly disappointing, but on reflection I believe the season was quite successful in many ways. It has given us a foundation to launch another year of improvement - making the finals and then missing out on a chance to play for the premiership will give the players a rabbit to chase in 2016. The things we worked on came together in the latter part of the year, and I was really impressed with the players. It took a little while for them to understand what the coaches were after, in terms of structure and direction, but towards the back-half of the year they really grew.
We saw real improvements in the games of individuals this year and many showed promising signs of having great football careers ahead of them. We have lost a few league contracted players for next season, so those who have been around for a couple of years will need to step up and fill the spots we have for contracts. We will have new guys coming to the club, so we will all work together to ensure all our recruits understand the ‘Port Adelaide way’ and how we want to play. I really enjoyed coaching the Academy in 2015 and learned much from our SANFL senior coach Garry Hocking and the whole club has worked hard to bring elite AFL-style values into the Academy program. I’m excited to take most of the group, along with some new blood, into 2016, and we are all looking forward to seeing their hard work push them further ahead. THANKS There are many people that I must thank for helping me get through my first year coaching the Academy side. Firstly, I’d like to extend a very big thank you to thank the players because they are the ones that do all the work. We put in a lot of time, but they physically and mentally do the work on the field. I’d also like to thank my other coaches because they have been a great support for me. Garry Hocking was amazing, as was Shaun Hart as director of coaching and he gave me a lot of feedback. Our football manager Scott Peters and our marketing guru Linda Crabb - they are the ones that run the Magpies - and all our support staff and volunteers. My family – Alicia, Gracy, Ziggy – they are the ones who allow me the time that I put into coaching, and come to most of our games to support the boys and our footy club. Lastly, to all our supporters, without you, we wouldn’t survive, so thank you for being amazing again. See you next year!
AWARD WINNERS Anthony Biemans
2015 Games
2015 Goals
Career Games
Career Goals
3
7
4
4
Adam Mahney
17
1
17
1
Anton Vassallo
2
0
2
0
Brad Coulson
13
12
28
2
Ben Sawford
10
7
42
29
Callum Cook
16
5
17
5
Ciaran Hollingworth-Hughes
18
1
33
1
Darcy Ginever
1
0
1
0
Daniel Redden
2
0
2
0
Edward Boyd Jake Beinke
2
0
2
0
10
0
10
0
Jack Cooper
18
5
39
18
James Deeley-Godfrey
14
13
20
6
Jack Foster
16
4
23
7
Jack Haarsma
17
6
30
14
Jonathon Ross
19
10
48
30
Jackson Williams
18
1
33
3
Kyran Dixon
1
1
8
4
Keanu Miller
18
16
20
18
Lawrence Benbolt
4
0
4
0
Levi Proude
17
10
20
10
Luke Reynolds
15
35
36
55
Louis Sharrad
1
0
36
16
Luke Wilson
3
2
34
22
Mitchell Smith
5
0
5
0
Matthew Williams
17
10
33
11
Rivva Karpany
1
0
7
4
Sean Davidson
16
0
44
13
Sam Gordon
19
36
34
62
Sidney Masters
4
0
22
3
Samuel Roads
5
3
8
9
2
1
2
1
Thomas Clarke
Sam Tylor
10
0
18
2
Tom Corcoran
21
5
43
14
Tom Gray
11
5
35
15
Teejay Halkias
8
3
8
3
Tyler Harris
1
0
1
0
14
8
18
8
2
0
2
0
William Northeast
16
23
42
40
Zac Hawkins
19
5
48
11
Thomas Phelps Tai Wheadon
ACADEMY BEST AND FAIREST, MOST IMPROVED, BEST PLAYER IN FINALS THOMAS CORCORAN ACADEMY BEST AND FAIREST SECOND PLACE, BEST TEAM MAN ZAC HAWKINS ACADEMY BEST AND FAIREST THIRD PLACE JACK HAARSMA COACHES’ AWARD LUKE REYNOLDS MOST DEDICATED JONATHON ROSS MOST COURAGEOUS JACK HAARSMA BEST FIRST YEAR PLAYER ADAM MAHNEY LEADING GOAL KICKER SAM GORDON
2015 ACADEMY BEST AND FAIREST FINAL VOTING Thomas Corcoran 173 votes Zac Hawkins 131 Jack Haarsma 129 Luke Reynolds 97 Ben Sawford 97 Thomas Gray 91 Jonathon Ross 89 Ciaran Hollingworth-Hughes 86 Sam Gordon 80 Levi Proude 75 Sean Davidson 73 Matthew Williams 69 Bradley Coulson 66 Adam Mahney 59 Jack Cooper 58 William Northeast 42 James Deeley-Godfrey 39 Jack Foster 38 Jackson Williams 36 Keanu Miller 35 Sidney Masters 32 Robert Young 31 Thomas Phelps 28 Callum Cook 27 Tim Zavrl 21 Anthony Biemans 19 Jake Beinke 17 Sam Roads 13 Luke Wilson 13 Teejay Halkias 12 Lawrence Benbolt 6 Louis Sharrad 5 Tom Clarke 4 Kyran Dixon 4 Sam Tylor 3 Tai Wheadon 3 Rivva Karpany 2 Daniel Redden 2 Mitchell Smith 2 Anton Vassallo 2 Edward Boyd 1 Darcy Ginever 1 Tyler Harris 1
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BACK ROW (L-R) Anthony Biemans, Sid Masters, Adam Mahney, Edward Boyd, Thomas Phelps, Jonathon Ross, Sam Gordon, Ciaran Hollingworth-Hughes, Luke Reynolds, Levi Proude, Tim Zavrl, Teejay Halkias, Brad Coulson, Ben Sawford MIDDLE ROW (L-R) Bob Blyth (team manager), Frank Rismondo (head trainer) Robert Thompson (assistant coach), Darcy Ginever, Tai Wheadon, Reece Beinke, James Deeley-Godfrey, Mitchell Smith, Matthew Williams, Sean Davidson, Tyler Harris, Sam Roads, Robbie Young, Jack Haarsma, Jackson Williams, Kyran Dixon, Tom Clarke, Sean Nolan (assistant coach), Darren Hawkins (assistant coach), Scott Peters (football manager), Daniel Rogers (strength and conditioning) 72 PORT ADELAIDE FOOTBALL CLUB
FRONT ROW (L-R) Keanu Miller, Anton Vassallo, Tom Gray, Jack Cooper, Mark Clayton (coach), Keith Thomas (chief executive), Tom Corcoran, Louis Sharrad, Jack Foster, Callum Cook
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DANIEL NORTON
THE NAME CORNES IS SYNONYMOUS WITH PORT ADELAIDE... (BET YOU NEVER THOUGHT YOU’D READ THAT STATEMENT, DID YOU?)
K
ANE CORNES IS AN ENIGMA.
Across 300 AFL games for Port Adelaide, he went about his business with little fanfare, rarely straying from his straight line approach and always happy to play his shutdown role for the team. He certainly didn’t have the same highlights reel as his brother Chad. Controversy rarely followed him and his public presentation through corporate appearances and media interviews was always measured and well considered. Those who knew Kane off the field, though, knew of a more complex character, a personality certainly not as clear-cut as his demeanour on field. They know a man who was intensely focussed, ambitious to the extreme and driven as much by his own insecurities as to try and prove others wrong. Kane was different and that’s what separated him as one of the best. As a child, he would close his eyes at night and dream of playing AFL. As a young man, he hired a personal trainer to hone his fitness before the national draft, instead of going to schoolies weekend with his mates.
In hindsight, Kane and Port Adelaide were always meant to be. But where did this single-mindedness start? What drove Cornes from such a young age? His mother Pam remembers a young Kane whose one dream was to only ever play AFL.
Unlike his under-10 coach at Glenelg Primary, his first senior coach at Port Adelaide, Mark Williams, knew he had what it took to succeed.
“A teacher asked Kane when he was 12, ‘what do you want to be when you’re older?’” Pam recalls.
“In his early days, I described Kane as being most like Nathan Buckley as a player,” Williams says.
“Kane replied ‘I want to be an AFL footballer,’” to which the teacher then said, ‘But what if you can’t do that as a job?’”
“I wasn’t referring to his kicking ability or the way he ran and carried the ball, it was all about his determination and singlemindedness to succeed.”
Kane’s reply was straightforward, “I will be an AFL footballer.’” His mind was made up – AFL football or bust – as a 12-year-old he had put all his eggs all in one basket. With so much on the line, it is easy to understand where Kane’s insecurities came from. Coming off second best in his brutal football battles with older brother Chad after school at Glenelg’s Partridge House wouldn’t have helped his confidence. Nor would being bullied through his school years for being the son of former Glenelg superstar and then Adelaide Crows coach Graham Cornes.
Most definitely, the comments from his under-10 football coach at Glenelg Primary did As a new Port Adelaide draftee, he reported nothing to allay a young Kane’s fears. to pre-season training two weeks earlier than required despite being told by then“I remember his comments clearly, he said, ‘The football manager Rob Snowdon not to do so. reality is none of you will make it to the AFL,’” Kane recalls. As a fringe AFL player searching for his chance to debut, he would go to the home of his senior coach Mark Williams and demand why wasn’t being picked in the side. Driven, passionate, craving success, unrelenting – these are traits that describe Kane. Of course they are also traits that sum up Port Adelaide’s own core values.
During that career, Kane would claim four John Cahill Medals as the club’s best and fairest player and would receive All-Australian honours twice.
“And I remember being so offended by that comment and that spurred me on to prove him wrong.” He certainly did. After being recruited by Port Adelaide with pick No. 20 at the 2000 National Draft, Kane went on to represent Port Adelaide in a club record 300 AFL games.
Success soon followed, and Kane was only in his fourth season as a 21-year-old when he achieved the ultimate triumph – an AFL premiership. Kane was a fresh-faced tagger when given the most difficult role in football, to run with the opposition’s best midfielder and stop them from having any impact. In 2004, some of the greatest midfielders in the game were running around, and the Brisbane Lions possessed four of them: Michael Voss, Jason Akermanis, Nigel Lappin and Simon Black. After meeting with his midfield mentor Phil Walsh on the Monday leading into the grand final, Kane left Alberton knowing he had been set one mighty task. Of that ‘fab four’ he was assigned Simon Black, a man who won the Brownlow Medal two years earlier, and claimed the Norm Smith Medal for his 39 possessions in the 2003 Grand Final. No easy task. Kane would rely on all the traits that inspired him through his childhood to drive him on the field in his club’s first AFL Grand Final. Port Adelaide would claim its inaugural AFL premiership by 40 points on an unforgettable day at the MCG.
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And while Byron Pickett was deservedly awarded the Norm Smith medal for his scintillating effort and Gavin Wanganeen lauded for his four-goal performance, it was Kane’s remarkable stopping job on Black that equally contributed to the Power’s win. Former Port Adelaide captain and 2004 premiership player Dom Cassisi recalled the tagging masterclass being performed almost invisibly on the ground that day. By the end of play, Cornes had kept Black to just 15 possessions while gathering 19 of his own. “It’s easy to forget how good some of the players were from that era but Simon Black was an absolute champion; at that time he was a superstar at the top of his game and almost impossible to stop,” Cassisi says. “Kane was still so young and still learning his craft. It was a huge role on the biggest stage of all and for him to be so determined to get the job done was a huge reason why we won the final.” His coaches on the day echoed Cassisi’s sentiment with Walsh describing Kane’s game as, “one of the great performances,” given the quality of the opponent while Williams said, “he played a massive role in Port Adelaide winning the grand final.” Kane is still regularly reminded of how his role that day, along with so many other heroic performances within that magnificent premiership team, has impacted Port Adelaide forever. “I still get people coming up to me all the time on the street who say, ‘thanks for what you did in 2004 – that Grand Final day was the best day of my life,’” Cornes says. “I think to myself, ‘You’re absolutely right – it was an incredible day.’” “It wasn’t about the result as much as it was about the memories and friendships that last for years, that are just so special.” Kane failed to play in another premiership, but his list of personal achievements over the next 10 years is a testament to his application and consistency, underlined by his extraordinary record of finishing in the top three of 10 out of 11 Port Adelaide best and fairest counts. He would continue to play on the stars of the game, including names like Brent Harvey, Chris Judd, Sam Mitchell, Scott Pendlebury and Andrew McLeod. McLeod lauded Cornes’s competitive spirit and quality as marks of a player who was a “relentless opponent who you knew was always there and just constantly at you.”
Kane would play with some of Port Adelaide’s greatest players in Warren Tredrea, Gavin Wanganeen and his brother Chad, and would be mentored by some of the sharpest minds in football beginning with Williams and Walsh and finishing with current Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley. “Choco’s loyalty to players and his ability to teach was amazing,” Cornes says. “Walshy taught me the art of how to play football properly and Kenny released the shackles for me, backed me in to the hilt and allowed me to thoroughly enjoy my final few years of footy.” In looking back on his time spent coaching Cornes, Hinkley’s only regret was that it wasn’t longer. “I’ve been very fortunate to see Kane at a stage in his career where he just wanted to be around our club, and gave everything he could to our club,” Hinkley says. “I’m incredibly honoured he was able to play the way that he did for our team during this time. I just wish I could have been here a bit longer with him because you just know that Kane Cornes is everything that Port Adelaide stands for.” The final chapter on a distinguished career came when Kane called time midway through the 2015 season. On announcing his retirement to team mates and staff, Kane was out of character – he could not compose himself - tears flowing as he recalled how much all of his teammates across his career have shaped his life. The tears were real. Football and Port Adelaide meant so much to him. The boy who grew up just dreaming of playing AFL football had more than achieved his goal. He had proved countless critics and doomsayers wrong, including his old under-10 coach, and all the while had the strength of character to deal with insecurities that may have stopped any other man. While Kane retires as one of the decorated greats of Port Adelaide, he would rather his legacy reflect his attitude to life than the amount of trophies in his cabinet. “I just want to be remembered for someone who got the absolute best out of himself and someone who is super competitive and would do anything to win.” Of those qualities, few would argue.
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TOUGH
CLOTH JAMES WAKELIN AND MATTHEW AGIUS
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TOM LOGAN WAS THE TRADITIONAL PORT ADELAIDE PLAYER FOR A NEW AGE OF ELITE FOOTBALL, WITH HIS RETIREMENT, THE CLUB FAREWELLED ONE OF ITS FAVOURITE SONS
T
OM LOGAN BLEEDS PORT ADELAIDE.
He loves the club for the decade of football it has given him and the club loves him back. From the supporters in the nosebleed section to the volunteers and Dad’s Army die-hards, to the players and their coaches, Tom Logan commands respect and inspires admiration. A warrior, a junkyard dog, the heart and soul of Port Adelaide, Logan was widely and colourfully described while playing in the Power and Magpies jumpers. All of them share a theme – Logan was committed to Port Adelaide, and lived its ancient values better than anyone. Logan retired at the end of 2015 after 12 seasons in the AFL system – 10 spent at Alberton - having been originally drafted by the Brisbane Lions in 2003.
days of running around the paddocks of the Top End. A ruptured spleen playing in Darwin as a teenager, a broken jaw in his first hit out with the Brisbane Lions, not to mention the numerous concussions, cuts, bruises, and a prolific tendency to bleed freely for his footy teams since - Tom Logan is the pin up boy for old school footy in a modern age. Few would argue the name ‘Tom Logan’ evokes images of bandages wrapped around a bloodied face, with claret dripping through an iconic brown beard. “I was never scared of getting hurt, it didn’t cross my mind to be honest, I just thought if I went harder than my opponent, I would come off alright,” Logan says. It’s easy to forget that the Port Adelaide 100-gamer actually started his career at the Lions.
As Logan puts it in his straight-shooting way, “football is one of the better jobs going around,” and the 30-year-old couldn’t be happier with his time playing at Alberton.
He played just three games then, before being delisted.
Logan played 117 AFL games and kicked 27 goals in a career built around hardness and a kamikaze approach to his football.
On the other end of the phone was Port Adelaide’s head of football, Peter Rohde.
As Logan explained, he enjoyed his teammates’s expectation that he would put his body on the line, every time.
“I’m so thankful for the opportunity the club gave me, I never would have thought that a phone call from Peter Rohde would’ve ended up a 10-year career at a footy club,” Logan says.
“I think early on, that was just the way I played,” Logan says. “Then it became recognised internally and I was more aware that it was something I brought to the team. Something special, maybe.
Then came the phone call that would be his AFL lifeline – a place on a rookie list with the Lions’ bitter rival – Port Adelaide.
A decade of footy service isn’t bad for a kid who, as a 10-year-old in Bordertown, only had a vague interest in football, even when he played his first game.
And there were plenty of hits.
It wasn’t until his family headed to Alice Springs in the 1990s and he joined the Federals that he really started to enjoy football.
Logan could probably publish his own greatest hits reel, going back to the early
He was selected in the Northern Territory representative side, moved to Darwin and
“I just enjoyed doing going back with the flight of the footy and copping the hits.”
began playing for the Waratahs before the Lions picked him up with selection 49 in the 2003 National Draft. But it was at Port Adelaide where Logan flourished, firstly under Mark Williams, then Matthew Primus and over the past three seasons with Ken Hinkley. “I just so thankful to those guys, as well as Buddha (Garry Hocking) who has coached me at the Magpies over the past two seasons,” Logan says. “Just the mates that I’ve made… from the time I played, all the way through, they’ve all been just a great bunch of blokes. “I’ve made friends that I’m going to have for the rest of my life. “It’s exciting to sit back and watch what they can do and almost ride the journey with them now.” As much as he is thankful to his past coaches, his coaches would equally thank him for the example he set his teammates. They say players pick themselves, and Logan is a living, breathing example of that. He played on the edge, because for a grunt player like Tommy, footy life is lived on the edge – any game could be your last. In a decade at Port Adelaide, Logan had eight one-year contracts and a single, luxurious two-year deal in 2010. “It was my way to keep playing football at Port,” Logan explains. “In the early days it would get to July or August and I’d be starting to think, ‘Am I going to get another year?’” “It would play with your head a bit, and I just wanted to keep going, it didn’t matter if it was a one or a two-year deal – whatever I was offered, I was going to take it. “It’s a pretty insecure life in some ways, you don’t know when your number will be up. “But I got older, I just felt more comfortable that outside football I’d be able to make a go of things.
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“From then on it wasn’t so stressful, contract worries weren’t keeping me up at night, every time I got another deal, I just decided within myself that I was going to make the most of the opportunity.”
“Along with Michael Wilson, Tom Logan is the toughest player I’ve played with so it’s great to have them both at the Magpies,” Chad Cornes says (Wilson is the Magpies physiotherapist).
And Tom Logan always did.
“And with many of the Magpies contracted players having played with Tommy, I know how much they admire and respect him.
Over his final two seasons, it was largely in the Magpies jumper that he was called on to represent Port Adelaide, as the club looked to him to teach younger players what was required to play top-line football.
“I recall David Koch saying Tommy ‘is Port Adelaide,’ and that just shows how time much everyone at the club - Kochie, Keith Thomas, Kenny - have for him.
While his time on the national stage was reduced, he loved the new opportunity to play footy and mentor new players.
“He’s too good a man not to have involved in Port Adelaide in some way, so we’re pretty lucky to have him on board.
“I’ve really enjoyed my last two years, getting to know the younger players and all the league-contracted Magpie players,” Logan says.
“He’s just a great example of a team-first attitude, he’d do anything for the group, he didn’t care how he played the game individually, he just wanted to help the team do well.”
“This is such a great club, with such a proud history, and I’m just rapt to have played here. “What we have is special – unique – it is something no other footy club in this country has, or ever will have. “To have our AFL blokes working with our SANFL blokes and the guys in the Academy, it’s a special thing, and it makes us so much like a local footy club. I reckon it’s our strength. “I’m really lucky to have been one of the first to experience that.” Tom Logan’s playing chapter has closed. No more will he go through the motions of suiting up in a guernsey, shorts and footy boots to ‘guts it out’ for his club. But as one door shuts, another opens. Just weeks out of footy life, Logan returned quietly to Alberton. Why? To start his new job as an Academy assistant coach to Mark Clayton and as a runner for Chad Cornes’s league side. So the Port-Logan connection lives on. With Cornes commanding from the coaches’ box and Logan barking messages on the field, the Magpies won’t be short of hardness to inspire and guide them in 2016.
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That humility was fostered by his close family who have supported the Port Adelaide stalwart throughout his career. “My time in football was made possible by my family, and when you retire you reflect a lot on who helps put you in the position of playing footy,” says Logan. “My family have been the constant in my footy career. “Especially my mum Jude, dad Pete, brother Sam, sister Steph, and lastly my wife Jamie - who has been there through it all – I just can’t thank them enough for all the love and support they’ve given me.” There is no doubting Tom Logan will be missed by Port Adelaide, and remembered fondly by its faithful supporter base. As much as his old teammates will cherish and learn from his example; and while the coaches loved the leadership he brought each day, the one thing supporters will remember is the hard stuff. The blood, the grimaces of pain, those small, intangible badges of honour. That’s what Port people remember. That’s why they love Tom Logan.
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A LITTLE NIPPY IN THE
HALL OF FAME MATTHEW AGIUS
NOT EVERYTHING IN THIS WORLD IS BLACK AND WHITE, BUT TIM GINEVER’S CHAMPION STATUS IS...
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N THE EYES OF THE PORT ADELAIDE LEGION, TIM GINEVER IS A LEGEND.
But this individual recognition is one Ginever recognises is only be achievable through team success.
That cheeky grin, the larrikin demeanour, Ginever is surely the happiest Port Adelaide supporter on the planet.
“I must say that it’s a team game, you can’t achieve anything without great teammates, but most importantly without being part of a great club,” Ginever says.
After playing in seven flags and captaining the club, you’d be happy too.
“We’ve been fortunate to play for what I believe is the best club in the whole country.
But the 314-gamer was given something more to smile about midway through 2015 when he was elevated into the South Australian Football Hall of Fame.
“For me, it is an individual honour, so you must reflect on how you got it, and the answer to that is because of the teammates you have, and the club you play for.”
About time too, many thought. Ginever has given so much to South Australian football, let alone its most successful club.
Born in Australia to an English father and South American mother, Ginever and his siblings found Australian Football to be the key to easing their transition to life in Australia.
Remarkably, it was a story that may not have been. Injuries beset his early career, but he overcame those early barriers to become of the core members of a Port Adelaide dynasty that scored seven premierships from 1988 to 1996. It was a unique time to be part of Port Adelaide. Premierships were the expectation – the norm for the club – but there was extra reason to be successful now. It wasn’t just about the glory of winning, there were now practical realities - Port needed to win flags to justify its admission into the AFL. Through his playing career, Ginever crafted himself into one of SA football’s hardest and most unrelenting competitors on the field; mild mannered in the carpark, he crossed the white line and became a fierce and intense competitor on the turf. Retiring at the end of 1997, he would return to the club as an assistant coach to John Cahill for in the SANFL during 2005 before taking the club’s senior coaching role in four seasons from 2006 to 2009, which included two finals appearances. His induction makes him the 30th man associated with Port Adelaide to be recognised in the SA Football Hall of Fame.
By the time Tim was born, football – and Port Adelaide – was part and parcel of everyday life. As the seventh of 10 children, he was bred for football in those hardest of proving grounds: the backyard. “One of my older brothers was called a ‘Pom’ by other kids, was teased about it, wanted to be an Aussie, so we all got into Australian Rules footy,” Ginever explains. “His mate at school said he had to go for Port Adelaide, so that was it – the club got fed through the family. “Growing up I was playing against my older brothers Nick and Phil in the yard and at school, they all had a particular influence on me playing, and all the family wanted me to get good enough to play for the club. “I always acknowledge their efforts in toughening me up, keeping me humble – forever telling me not to get a big head or they’d pin me down and make sure I didn’t get one!” During the 1980s, Ginever earned the tag ‘Nippy’ for his fast and determined approach to football. He was part of a crop of young players who were blooded by Russell Ebert in Port’s
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significant rebuild during the early-tomid-eighties. But it was as a youngster in the Teal Cup that he first learned the value of discipline in training and on the field. “The first bloke to really have an impact on me was Alan Stewart at Teal Cup level. He was exceptional, and taught me the fact you could overachieve if you stayed committed to discipline,” Ginever recalls.
“If you lost, you lost; you’re not good enough, move on; but work hard to make yourself better. “There was a real belief system he put into me, and all of us, and it went a long way towards our success at that time. “Then I finished off with my mate, Stephen Williams, which was a really good captaincoach relationship because we’d been so close as teammates.
“Junior coaches at Port Adelaide like Malcolm Maiden, who came to my door and asked me if I wanted to play for the club, took me out to the pre-season. He was fantastic in those early years, Brian Fairclough and Tony Hobby in the reserves, but then it was Russell Ebert who gave me my opportunity.
“We’d constantly driven each other as teammates on the field.”
“All my mates who came through to eventually win premierships were given our first 50-odd games by Russell.
“I’ve stood some of the toughest opponents, guys like Gary McIntosh, but none of them were harder than my wife, Angela,” Ginever says.
“Russell taught us how hard we had to work to be a league player at Port Adelaide, I really thank him for those early days and those early learnings.” By 1988, Port Adelaide had re-enlisted John Cahill to coach the team, and Ginever would become an integral component, playing in a premiership treble in 1988, 1989 and 1990 and then again in 1992. He took over the traditional No. 1 guernsey of the club’s captain in 1994 and led the club to another three flags with Cahill and Stephen Williams as coaches. It was at this time that Ginever confirmed himself as a true Port Adelaide champion – winning his first A.R. McLean Medal in 1994 and eventually getting a second in his final season of 1997.
Ginever left his final praise - and thanks for his wife, Angela. In his words, she’s the toughest person he knows.
“She’s just been terrific support throughout the years - she backs me in but gee, she’s tough. “She tells me to harden up, stop being a sook, get going, go again. “She’s a real ‘Port Adelaide’ chick.” Ginever remains involved in football as part of Port Adelaide’s corporate operations and as a commentator for FIVEaa and Channel Seven. Other inductees to the SA Football Hall of Fame included SANFL administrator Leigh Whicker, former Sturt and Glenelg player John Paynter, former Rooster and Crow Rodney Maynard and Redlegs-Crow Brett James - grandson of 1930s Port Adelaide player Claude Greening.
“Jack came back on board in the late eighties and taught us that anyone could be beaten, he was an amazing man manager and an incredible influence on me for not making excuses,” Ginever says.
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THE HOME GUARD ADRIENNE DAVIES
There is a secret army that guards Port Adelaide each and every day. They are the home guard, responsible for keeping Alberton safe from the scourge of litter, vermin and the multitude of weeds that shoot through the club’s traditional home. They are Dad’s Army...
An observant person walking around Alberton Oval might notice there is no rubbish on the ground.
‘elder’ status – some of the Army’s generals have members approaching the century!
The gardens are well kept, the fences are all intact.
“We take that money and anything we get back from the bottles and cans collected and do something for the club,” says Woodhart.
The people responsible for this? Dad’s Army, a group of retired men who volunteer at the club every week of the season.
“This year we bought an ice machine for the Magpies with that, and we also sponsor a player from the Magpies each year.”
For 25 years they have been cleaning up after Magpies home games, Port Adelaide fan days, and completing any odd jobs, all for the love of their club.
Like any exclusive club, Dad’s Army has a base, secretly located somewhere at Alberton Oval, which is known to house some heated discussions.
One of the founding members of Dad’s Army is Barry Wilson, a former player, board member and chairman of the club in its SANFL days.
“Come over here on a Monday and we’ve solved it all,” Woodhart jokes.
“Back in 1989, the Port Adelaide council was charging $90,000 a year to clean Alberton Oval, which the club budget was struggling with,” Wilson says. “I told the club, ‘I think we have some blokes that will get together and do it for nothing,’ and we just grew from there.” In the early days Barry would go to The Port Club to recruit people, but it didn’t take long before people came to him requesting to join. While Dad’s Army doesn’t have an official president, Barry is the spiritual leader and plays an important role in admitting members to the exclusive club - so long as they meet some specific criteria. “It’s obvious, but the main thing is that you have to be a Port Adelaide person,” he says. “You have to be a retiree, and you have to be willing to roll your sleeves up to do the hard yards.” Outside their weekday jobs tending the grounds, Dad’s Army runs a van at Magpies games with all the money earned going back into the club. Dale Woodhart is the youngest soldier in Dad’s Army. Aged in his fifties, he has a while to reach
“We might have got rid of half the team and the coach but by Friday everyone is forgiven and we go again.” “No other club has got what we’ve got here at Port. We might argue in here on occasions but we are all the same, we are all here for Port Adelaide.” On entrance to their clubhouse, you find yourself walking through the original doors of The Port Club, rescued and given a new home when the licenced venue underwent renovations. It is a treasure trove of memorabilia, with old guernseys and posters lining the walls, as well as headshots of the players Dad’s Army has sponsored over the years. On one side is the kitchen, an area former politician Bob Gregory has made his own after he retired and found he had some spare time to pass.
resident cook in the shed for Dad’s Army and any players or Port staffers who take up their open invitation. Like many other members of this club, Bob has often been asked why he spends so much time doing the hard yards with Dad’s Army, instead of enjoying his retirement. “When you retire, if you want to stay alive and prosper you have to be doing something,” he says. “Some blokes don’t know what to do with themselves and it’s hard when you’re working for 40 or 50 years and then suddenly not. “I volunteer because it is natural to me – I was born in Alberton and am Port Adelaide through and through. “I’m not giving this up, the day I do is the day these guys will be at my funeral.” It is a sentiment which resonates through the ranks of Dad’s Army, Dale agreeing the work they put in is not for nothing. “The club has been pretty successful and how many clubs have made finals like Port Adelaide has? They’ve given us a fair bit of pleasure,” he says. “Some of us have played for the club and while I may not be good enough to play for the club, I can bloody well lift a bin for the club. “In here we are all the same, just mates who come in and do the jobs that need to be done.” Oh, and the name? An obvious reference to the British television comedy.
“I joined in April 1994, after the Maggies’ first home match of the year,” Gregory says.
“The story goes that we just needed a name for the group,” says another member, Bob O’Malley.
“I’d heard about Dad’s Army, turned up that Monday and no one has told me to go home 20 years later.”
“The show used to be about a group of retired men who were too old to go to war, so instead formed part of the home guard.
Bob Gregory has spent the last two decades maintaining the gardens, as well as being the
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Port Adelaide and Hawthorn burst through a joint banner in tribute to the Anzac Centenary.
Sporting the club’s traditional white number panel, the Power prepare for battle against the Crows.
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Port Adelaide’s traditional march to the Oval was as popular as ever in season 2015.
Magpies players prepare to take the field against West Adelaide in the 2015 Qualifying Final.
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Travis Boak leads his men onto the Adelaide Oval in the Power’s opening game against Sydney.
Kane Cornes retired after 300 games in 2015. Here he contemplates the task at hand earlier in the year.
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Port Adelaide and Melbourne’s Aboriginal players exchanged cultural symbols before their Round 10 game.
‘Never Tear Us Apart’ remains one of the best moments in Australian sport, thanks to the faithful.
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PORT ADELAIDE FOOTBALL RESULTS AFL
Round 1 Sunday 5 April, 4:40pm Port Adelaide 2.5 5.5 7.8 10.8 (68) Fremantle 2.1 5.3 7.5 11.9 (75) John Cahill Medal voting: Ebert, Wines 18, Impey 15, R. Gray 13, Hombsch, Wingard 12, Polec 9, Boak 8, Cornes, Ryder 6, Broadbent 3, Westhoff 2, Neade, Trengove, White 1 Goals: Wingard, Wines 2, Ebert, White, Neade, Schulz, Butcher, Boak Substitution: Angus Monfries replaced Alipate Carlile during the fourth quarter Brownlow Medal voting: 3. Brad Ebert (PA), 2. David Mundy (Fre), 1. Matthew Pavlich (Fre) Crowd: 34,099 at Subiaco Round 2 Saturday 11 April, 7.10pm Port Adelaide 1.1 4.2 6.5 6.8 (44) Sydney Swans 3.1 7.4 11.6 14.8 (92) John Cahill Medal voting: Hombsch 20, Pittard 18, Wines 9, Carlile 8, White, Jonas 7, Ebert, R. Gray, Monfries 6, Ryder 5, Westhoff, Trengove 4, Neade, Hartlett 1 Goals: Ryder 2, Schulz, Wingard, Westhoff, Monfries Substitution: Matt White replaced Jarman Impey in the second quarter Brownlow Medal voting: 3. Josh Kennedy (Syd), 2. Dan Hannebery (Syd), 1. Kieran Jack (Syd) Crowd: 49,765 at the Adelaide Oval
Round 3 Saturday 18 April, 7.20pm Port Adelaide 3.3 8.6 12.9 17.11 (113) North Melbourne 2.0 5.4 11.7 16.9 (105) John Cahill Medal voting: Broadbent 18, Schulz 17, Ebert, 16, Hartlett 14, Pittard 13, Carlile, R. Gray 12, Ryder 11, Hombsch 10, Wines, Monfries 9, Mitchell, Young 8, White 7, Wingard, Boak 6, Krakouer 5, Jonas 4, Westhoff 2 Goals: Schulz 4, Ebert, White 3, Monfries 2, Broadbent, Mitchell, Pittard, Wingard, Young Substitution: Brendon Ah Chee replaced Ollie Wines in the fourth quarter Brownlow Medal voting: 3. Brad Ebert (PA), 2. Andrew Swallow (NM), 1. Matt Broadbent (PA) Crowd: 22,586 at Docklands Round 4 Saturday 25 April, 7.10pm Port Adelaide 8.2 12.4 15.8 15.9 (99) Hawthorn 1.2 3.7 8.9 13.13 (91) John Cahill Medal voting: Carlile, Boak 18, Schulz 17, Pittard, Ryder 10, Jonas 9, Hombsch, Westhoff, Cornes 8, Ebert, Hartlett 7, Monfries, Young 6, Mitchell 5, Wingard, Krakouer 4, Trengove, Polec 3, Lobbe 2 Goals: Schulz 5, Ryder, Polec, Westhoff, Wingard, Hartlett, Young, Mitchell Substitution: Brendon Ah Chee replaced Jared Polec in the final quarter Brownlow Medal voting: 3. Travis Boak (PA), 2. Alipate Carlile (PA), 1. Issac Smith (Haw) Crowd: 50,675 at the Adelaide Oval
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Round 5 Sunday 3 May, 4.10pm Port Adelaide 5.1 8.1 12.6 18.7 (115) Adelaide Crows 2.3 4.8 9.11 13.13 (91) John Cahill Medal voting: Carlile, Schulz, R. Gray 18, Pittard 15, Ebert 13, Ryder 12, Boak, Westhoff 11, Wingard 10, Mitchell 8, Cornes, Lobbe 7, Hartlett, Trengove 6, White 5, Krakouer 4, Hombsch, Broadbent 2, Monfries 1 Goals: Schulz 5, Ryder 3, Hartlett, Mitchell, Westhoff, Wingard 2, Gray, Boak Substitution: Jared Polec replaced Jackson Trengove in the final quarter Brownlow Medal voting: 3. Patrick Dangerfield (Ade), 2. Travis Boak (PA), 1. Jay Schulz (PA) Crowd: 49,735 at the Adelaide Oval Round 6 Sunday 10 May, 4.10pm Port Adelaide 3.4 7.6 8.6 10.8 (68) West Coast 3.4 4.7 8.10 11.12 (78) John Cahill Medal voting: R. Gray, Hombsch 12, Trengove 10, Carlile, Krakouer 7, Wingard, Monfries 6, Ebert, White 5, Schulz, Boak, Jonas 2, Mitchell, Hartlett 1 Goals: Gray 3, Wingard 2, Boak, White, Schulz, Lobbe, Monfries Substitution: Brendon Ah Chee replaced Aaron Young in the third quarter Brownlow Medal voting: 3. Matthew Priddis (WCE), 2. Robbie Gray (PA), 1. Mark LeCras (WCE) Crowd: 38,508 at the Adelaide Oval Round 7 Sunday 17 May, 4.40pm Port Adelaide 2.3 3.9 6.13 8.17 (65) Brisbane Lions 1.2 7.6 11.8 15.12 (102) John Cahill Medal voting: Monfries 9, Impey 7, R. Gray, Hombsch, Wingard, Jonas 6, Cornes, Amon 5, Krakouer, Boak 2 Goals: Monfries 3, Amon, Cornes, Schulz, R. Gray, Wingard Substitution: Karl Amon replaced Matt White in the third quarter Brownlow Medal voting: 3. Dayne Beams (BL), 2. Robbie Gray (PA), Stefan Martin (BL) Crowd: 15,957 at the Gabba Round 8 Sunday 24 May, 4.10pm Port Adelaide 0.3 3.6 4.10 5.13 (43) Richmond 3.4 7.5 7.5 11.10 (76) John Cahill Medal voting: Hombsch 17, R. Gray 15, Boak 12, Monfries 10, Impey, Pittard, Wines 6, Wingard, Jonas, K. Cornes 5, Westhoff 4, Ryder 3, Ebert, Schulz 1 Goals: Monfries 2, Wingard 2, R. Gray Substitution: Karl Amon replaced Nathan Krakouer at three-quarter time Brownlow Medal voting: 3. Dustin Martin (Rich), 2. Travis Boak (PA), 1. Alex Rance (Rich Crowd: 45,268 at the Adelaide Oval
Round 9 Saturday 30 May, 1.40pm Port Adelaide 1.2 8.4 12.6 18.7 (115) Melbourne 3.2 6.2 7.3 8.6 (54) John Cahill Medal voting: Boak 23, Ebert 19, R. Gray 17, Broadbent 12, Hombsch, Monfries, Wines 11, Schulz 10, Westhoff, S. Gray 9, Jonas 8, Wingard 7, Impey, Amon, White, Hartlett, Lobbe 6, Pittard, Carlile 1 Goals: Schulz 4, Monfries 3, Westhoff 2, Wingard 2, Amon, R. Gray, Stewart, White, Krakouer, Ebert, Hartlett Substitution: Nathan Krakouer replaced Karl Amon in the final quarter Brownlow Medal voting: 3. Robbie Gray (PA), 2. Brad Ebert (PA), 1. Travis Boak (PA) Crowd: 4,866 at Traeger Park Oval Round 10 Saturday 6 June, 7.10pm Port Adelaide 5.1 9.3 10.4 16.4 (100) Western Bulldogs 4.5 6.5 8.6 9.8 (62) John Cahill Medal voting: Wines 21, Westhoff, Wingard 17, Ebert, Hombsch 14, Monfries, White 10, R. Gray, Carlile 7, Schulz, Jonas, Impey, Lobbe, Stewart 6, Boak, Broadbent, S. Gray 5, Amon 1 Goals: Wingard 3, White 2, Schulz 2, Hartlett, Westhoff, S. Gray, Wines, Stewart, Monfries, Ebert, R. Gray, Boak Substitution: Aaron Young replaced Karl Amon at three-quarter time Brownlow Medal voting: 3. Ollie Wines (PA), 2. Brad Ebert (PA), 1. Jackson Macrae (WBD) Crowd: 41,813 at the Adelaide Oval Round 11 Friday 12 June, 7.20pm Port Adelaide 5.2 7.3 10.3 11.3 (69) Geelong 5.1 8.4 12.7 14.8 (92) John Cahill Medal voting: Wingard 21, R. Gray, Broadbent 11, Carlile 10, Wines, Ebert, Hombsch, Monfries 6, Pittard, Colquhoun 5, Jonas, Hartlett 4, Impey 2 Goals: Wingard 4, R. Gray, Westhoff 2, Boak, Monfries, Schulz Substitution: Matt White replaced by Aaron Young in the second quarter Brownlow Medal voting: 3. Corey Enright (Gee), 2. Josh Caddy (Gee), 1. Chad Wingard (PA) Crowd: 47,058 at the Adelaide Oval Round 12 Saturday 20 June, 1.40pm Port Adelaide 4.3 9.5 11.8 16.10 (106) Carlton 4.2 10.3 15.7 17.8 (110) John Cahill Medal voting: Wingard 19, Broadbent 12, R. Gray 9, Lobbe 8, Boak 7, Hombsch, Westhoff 6, Pittard 5, Impey 4, Colquhoun 3, Hartlett, Ah Chee 2, Ebert, Krakouer 1 Goals: Wingard 5, R. Gray, Boak, Westhoff 2, Ebert, Wines, Monfries, Colquhoun, Krakouer Substitution: Brendon Ah Chee replaced Robbie Gray in the third quarter. Brownlow Medal voting: 3. Patrick Cripps (Carl), 2. Marc Murphy (Carl), 1. Travis Boak (PA) Crowd: 27,693 at the MCG
Round 13 BYE Round 14 Thursday 2 July, 7.20pm Port Adelaide 4.1 6.6 8.7 12.12 (84) Sydney Swans 4.1 8.5 12.7 14.10 (94) John Cahill Medal voting: R. Gray 15, Westhoff 10, Wingard 8, Pittard, Wines, Monfries 6, Hombsch 4, Hartlett 3, Broadbent, Lobbe, Boak Goals: Wingard 3, Westhoff, Krakouer 2, Hartlett, R. Gray, Boak, Ah Chee, Schulz Substitution: Alipate Carlile replaced by Andrew Moore at three-quarter time Brownlow Medal voting: Josh Kennedy (Syd), 2. Luke Parker (Syd), 1. Dan Hannebery (Syd) Crowd: 28,316 at the SCG Round 15 Thursday 9 July, 7.20pm Port Adelaide 5.3 6.6 8.11 9.12 (66) Collingwood 1.1 5.5 7.6 9.9 (63) John Cahill Medal voting: Wines 22, Westhoff, Hombsch 16, Wingard, Broadbent, Trengove 13, R. Gray 11, Boak 8, Ryder 7, Monfries, Clurey, O’Shea 6, Neade 5, Pittard 4, Impey 1 Goals: Wingard 3, Gray 2, Impey, Westhoff, Schulz, Monfries Substitution: Brendon Ah Chee replaced Matthew Lobbe at three-quarter time Brownlow Medal voting: 3. Ollie Wines (PA), 2. Taylor Adams (Coll), 1. Matthew Broadbent (PA) Crowd: 45,418 at the Adelaide Oval Round 16 Sunday 19 July, 2.50pm Port Adelaide 3.4 8.4 13.6 17.11 (113) Adelaide Crows 6.1 11.3 18.6 18.8 (116) John Cahill Medal voting: Wingard 14, Ryder, Hartlett 11, Broadbent, R. Gray, Boak 10, Krakouer 7, Neade 6, Schulz 4, Ebert, Young 1 Goals: Ryder, Wingard, R. Gray, Schulz 3, Lobbe 2, Boak 2, Monfries Substitution: Aaron Young replaced Brendon Ah Chee in the third quarter Brownlow Medal voting: Scott Thompson (Adel), 2. Travis Boak (PA), 1. Sam Jacobs (Adel) Crowd: 54,468 at the Adelaide Oval Round 17 Saturday 25 July, 7.20pm Port Adelaide 4.3 10.5 13.6 20.9 (129) Essendon 6.1 8.9 12.12 17.14 (116) John Cahill Medal voting: Boak 20, Wingard 13, Wines 11, Ryder 8, R. Gray 7, Hartlett, Neade 6, Broadbent, Westhoff 5, Schulz, Lobbe 3, Trengove 2, Young, Moore 1 Goals: Ryder 4, Schulz, Wingard 3, Neade, Boak 2, Ebert, Westhoff, Lobbe, R. Gray, Moore, White Substitution: Aaron Young replaced Angus Monfries at three-quarter time Brownlow Medal voting: 3. Travis Boak (PA), 2. Chad Wingard (PA), 1. Zach Merrett (Ess) Crowd: 23,705 at Docklands
Round 18 Sunday 2 August, 12.40pm Port Adelaide 4.5 8.5 12.7 17.10 (112) St Kilda 1.4 3.10 4.12 6.13 (49) John Cahill Medal voting: R. Gray 20, Wingard, Westhoff 19, Boak, S. Gray 16, Trengove 14, Hombsch 12, Broadbent 11, Hartlett, Neade 8, Ryder, Lobbe, Pittard, White 6, O’Shea 5, Schulz 4, Young, Colquhoun 3 Goals: Wingard 4, White, Schulz, Neade, Westhoff 2, Moore, R. Gray, Lobbe, S. Gray, Ryder Substitution: Sam Colquhoun replaced Ollie Wines at quarter time Brownlow Medal voting: 3. Robbie Gray (PA), 2. Travis Boak (PA), 1. Chad Wingard (PA) Crowd: 36,850 at the Adelaide Oval
Round 22 Saturday 29 August, 7.20pm Gold Coast 2.2 4.3 6.4 7.9 (51) Port Adelaide 2.4 6.9 10.11 12.16 (88) John Cahill Medal voting: S. Gray, Hartlett 19, Broadbent, Ebert 17, Amon 12, Ah Chee 11, Jonas, White, Westhoff 10, Wingard, Hombsch 9, Ryder, Lobbe 6, R. Gray 5, Krakouer 4, Pittard, Monfries, Butcher 2, Boak, Young 1 Goals: Amon 3, Westhoff, White, Wingard 2, Ah Chee, Ryder Substitution: Aaron Young replaced Angus Monfries at three-quarter time Brownlow Medal voting: 3. Hamish Hartlett (PA), 2. Sam Gray (PA), 1. Brandon Matera (GCS)Crowd: 9,343 at Carrara
Round 19 Saturday 8 August, 2.10pm Port Adelaide 3.3 3.5 6.7 9.10 (64) Western Bulldogs 2.2 9.7 12.13 19.14 (128) John Cahill Medal voting: Wingard 7, S. Gray 6, R. Gray 4, Westhoff, Ebert, Impey 2, Hombsch, O’Shea 1 Goals: Wingard, Schulz 2, Westhoff, Ryder, White, Boak, R. Gray Substitution: Sam Colquhoun replaced Matthew Lobbe in the third quarter Brownlow Medal voting: 3. Jackson Macrae (WBD), Matthew Boyd (WBD), 1. Mitch Wallis (WBD) Crowd: 20,590 at Docklands
Round 23 Saturday 5 September, 3.20pm Port Adelaide 1.3 9.4 13.8 18.14 (122) Fremantle 4.4 4.4 7.4 8.5 (53) John Cahill Medal voting: Hartlett 18, S. Gray 17, Jonas 16, Ebert, Westhoff, R. Gray 12, Schulz 10, Ryder, Pittard 9, White 8, Butcher 7, Broadbent, Neade 6, Ah Chee, Krakouer 5, Lobbe 4, O’Shea 3, Boak 2 Goals: Amon 3, Wingard 2, Westhoff 2, White 2, Ryder, Ah Chee, Ebert Substitution: Aaron Young replaced Angus Monfries at three-quarter time Brownlow Medal voting: 3. Justin Westhoff (PA), 2. Sam Gray (PA), 1. Michael Barlow (Frem)Crowd: 38,633 at the Adelaide Oval
Round 20 Saturday 15 August, 4.05pm Port Adelaide 5.5 9.10 11.13 16.15 (111) GWS 3.6 8.6 12.9 13.11 (90) John Cahill Medal voting: Ah Chee 19, Wingard, R. Gray, Ryder 13, Westhoff, Hartlett 12, Trengove 11, S. Gray 10, Jonas 9, Boak, Monfries 8, Neade 7, Impey, Hombsch, O’Shea 6, Butcher 5, Mitchell 4, Broadbent, Pittard 2, Ebert, White 1 Goals: Monfries 3, Westhoff 2, Ah Chee, Wingard, Neade, R. Gray, Ebert, Butcher, Hartlett Substitution: Nathan Krakouer replaced Matt White at three-quarter time Brownlow Medal voting: 3. Brendon Ah Chee (PA), 2. Callan Ward (GWS), 1. Rhys Palmer (GWS) Crowd: 33,281 at the Adelaide Oval Round 21 Friday 21 August, 7.50pm Port Adelaide 4.5 7.5 11.8 16.12 (108) Hawthorn 2.3 5.6 11.7 13.8 (86) John Cahill Medal voting: Wingard 21, R. Gray 20, S. Gray 19, Ryder 18, Ah Chee, Hartlett 14, Boak, Krakouer 13, Jonas 12, Monfries 10, White 9, Westhoff, Impey 7, Neade, Broadbent 6, Hombsch 5, Schulz 4, O’Shea, Ebert 1 Goals: Wingard 4, Monfries, Schulz 3, Neade 2, Hartlett, White, Ah Chee, S. Gray Substitution: John Butcher replaced by Kane Mitchell in the final quarter Brownlow Medal voting: 3. Robbie Gray (PA), 2. Chad Wingard (PA), 1. Sam Gray (PA) Crowd: 28,657 at Docklands
SANFL LEAGUE Round 1 BYE
Round 2 Friday 10 April, 7.10pm Port Adelaide 4.1 8.4 13.6 16.11 (107) South Adelaide 2.2 3.2 4.4 6.5 (41) A.R.McLean Medal Voting: Ah Chee 15, Butcher 13, Logan 11, A. Young 10, Mitchell, Moore, Colquhoun, Clurey, Krakouer 9, Byrne-Jones, Harvey, Austin 8, Summerton, S. Gray, Sharrad, O’Shea 6, Russell 5, Palmer 4, Wagner, Ross 3 Goals: Butcher 4, Ah Chee, Logan, Krakouer, Wagner 2, A. Young , S. Gray , Summerton, Harvey Magarey Medal voting: 3. Andrew Moore (PA), 2. Aaron Young (PA), 1. John Butcher (PA) Crowd: 1,683 at Noarlunga Oval Round 3 Saturday 18 April, 12.10pm Port Adelaide 3.5 5.9 12.12 15.15 (105) North Adelaide 3.0 4.2 8.2 10.9 (69) A.R. McLean Medal Voting: Stewart 13, Moore, Summerton 10, Logan 9, Colquhoun, S. Gray 8, Amon 7, Clurey, Redden, Neade 6,Butcher, ByrneJones, Austin, O’Shea 5, Harvey, Sharrad, Russell, Palmer, Wilson 4, Sawford 2, Wagner 1 Goals: Neade 3, Summerton, Moore, Amon, Butcher 2, Palmer, Redden, S. Gray, Stewart Magarey Medal voting: 3. Paul Stewart (PA), 2. Steven Summerton (PA), 1. Andrew Moore (PA) Crowd: 1,878 at Alberton Oval YEARBOOK 2015 93
Round 4 Friday 24 April, 7.10pm Port Adelaide 3.2 4.2 4.4 5.5 (35) Norwood 1.2 2.7 5.11 7.14 (56) A.R.McLean Medal Voting: Summerton, Amon 9, S. Gray 8, Austin, Sharrad 5, Young 4, Redden, Byrne-Jones, Russell 3, Logan, Clurey, Harvey 2, Butcher, O’Shea, Biemans 1 Goals: Palmer, Colquhoun, Amon, Biemans, S. Gray Magarey Medal voting: 3. Peter Persinos (NWD), 2. James Allen (NWD), 1. Sam Gray (PA)Crowd: 5,526 at the Adelaide Oval Round 5 Saturday 2 May, 2.10pm Port Adelaide 1.0 4.4 5.4 6.8 (44) WWT 1.1 1.1 6.3 9.7 (61 Goals: Harvey 2, Summerton, Butcher, Clurey , Haarsma A.R.McLean Medal Voting: Summerton, Logan, Ah Chee 8, Austin, Neade 6, S. Gray, Stewart, Colquhoun 5, Redden, Clurey, Palmer 4, ByrneJones, Haarsma 3, Russell, O’Shea, Sharrad, Sawford 1 Magarey Medal voting: 3. James Boyd (WWT), 2. Steven Summerton (PA), 1. Angus Rowntree (WWT) Crowd: 2,571 at Alberton Oval Round 6 Saturday 9 May, 2.10pm Port Adelaide 2.1 6.7 7.10 10.15 (75) Sturt 5.1 5.1 10.1 11.1 (67) A.R.McLean Medal Voting: Impey 10, Colquhoun 9, Logan 8, Neade 7, S. Gray, Clurey, Byrne-Jones, Amon 6, Austin, Palmer 5, Summerton, Wagner 4, Stewart, Redden, Russell, Sharrad, Harvey, Masters 3, Butcher, Biemans Goals: Harvey, Neade, Palmer 2, Butcher, Wagner, Biemans, S. Gray Magarey Medal voting: 3. Sam Colquhoun (PA), 2. Kory Beard (STU), 1. Paul Stewart (PA) Crowd: 2,078 at Alberton Oval Round 7 Sunday 17 May, 1.10pm Port Adelaide 3.4 7.8 13.10 20.14 (134) Adelaide Crows 5.1 8.4 12.5 15.9 (99) A.R.McLean Medal Voting: S. Gray, Summerton 12, Stewart 11, Byrne-Jones 10, Palmer, A. Young 9, Clurey, Moore 8, Austin, Logan, Ah Chee 6, Neade, Wagner, Russell, Sharrad, Harvey 4, Redden, Biemans, Shaw 3, Masters 2 Goals: Palmer, Neade 3, Austin, S. Gray, Wagner, Harvey 2, T. Logan, Stewart, Moore, Byrne-Jones, A. Young, Redden Magarey Medal voting: 3. Paul Stewart (PA), 2. Aaron Young (PA), 1. Jake Neade (PA) Crowd: 2,034 at Ralli Oval, Balaklava Round 8 Sunday 31 May, 2.10pm Port Adelaide 4.3 10.4 11.5 13.5 (83) Glenelg 0.0 3.3 6.7 11.9 (75) Goals: Neade, Harvey 3, Palmer, Summerton, A.
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Young 2, Sawford A.R.McLean Medal Voting: A. Young 10, Harvey 9, Moore, Logan 8, Palmer 7, Summerton, Neade 6, Mitchell 5, Wagner, Redden, R. Young 4, O’Shea, Masters 3, Russell, Colquhoun 2, Sharrad, Sawford, Ross Magarey Medal voting: 3. Aaron Young (PA), 2. Kane Mitchell (PA), 1. Jake Johansen (GLN) Crowd: 2,254 at Alberton Oval Round 9 Saturday 6 June, 2.10pm Port Adelaide 2.1 5.1 10.3 13.7 (85) Central District 3.5 8.7 8.9 11.11 (77) A.R.McLean Medal Voting: Colquhoun, Ah Chee 12, Mitchell, Krakouer 8, Moore, Russell 7, Logan, Byrne-Jones 6, Summerton 5, Harvey, Palmer, Redden 4, Wagner, Frampton 2, R. Young, Masters, O’Shea 1 Goals: Frampton, Colquhoun, Harvey, Mitchell, Summerton 2, Moore, R. Young, Palmer Magarey Medal voting: 3. Kane Mitchell (PA), 2. Paul Thomas (CD), 1. Brendon Ah Chee (PA) Crowd: 2,433 at Elizabeth Oval Round 10 Saturday 13 June, 2.10pm Port Adelaide 2.1 7.4
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A.R.McLean Medal Voting: Mitchell, Summerton 13, Krakouer, Logan 9, Moore, Russell, O’Shea 8, Masters, Sharrad 7, Ah Chee, Harvey 6, ByrneJones 5, Wagner, Neade, Biemans, Butcher, Howard 4, Palmer, R. Young 3, Frampton 2 Goals: Wagner, Moore, Neade 2, Palmer, Summerton, Mitchell, Howard, Butcher, Krakouer, Harvey Magarey Medal voting: 3. Steven Summerton (PA), 2. Kane Mitchell (PA), 1. Andrew Moore (PA) Crowd: 2,159 at Richmond Oval Round 11 Sunday 28 June, 2.10pm Port Adelaide 2.4 4.7 8.8 10.9 (69) Adelaide Crows 3.1 8.3 10.4 13.11 (89) A.R.McLean Medal Voting: Summerton 8, Logan, Stewart 6, Neade, S. Gray, Clurey, Amon 5, O’Shea, Masters, Austin 4, Harvey, A. Young 3, Sharrad, Butcher, Palmer, Frampton 2, Russell, ByrneJones 1 Goals: Summerton 3, Harvey 2, A. Young, Stewart, Palmer, Butcher, Redden Magarey Medal voting: 3. Jarrad Lyons (ADL), 2. Brodie Martin (ADL), 1. Paul Stewart (PA) Crowd: 4,864 at Alberton Oval Round 12 POSTPONED Round 13 Saturday 11 July, 2.10pm Port Adelaide 2.3 3.4 3.4 6.9 (45) Norwood 0.0 0.4 4.10 6.10 (46) A.R.McLean Medal Voting: A. Young 10, Krakouer 9, Palmer 8, Summerton 6, Austin, Russell, Moore 5, Mitchell, Biemans 4, Logan, Masters, ByrneJones, Redden, T. Gray 3, Colquhoun 2, Butcher,
Frampton, Sawford 1 Goals: Palmer, Butcher 2, Logan, Howard Magarey Medal voting: 3. Aaron Young (PA), 2. Dylan Reinbrecht (NWD), 1. Andrew Moore (PA) Crowd: 2,163 at Norwood Oval Round 14 Saturday 18 July, 2.10pm Port Adelaide 4.1 4.4 9.7 14.12 (96) WWT 3.5 4.8 6.10 7.13 (55) A.R.McLean Medal Voting: Mitchell, Redden, Colquhoun, S. Gray 10, Moore 8, T. Gray 7, Summerton, Amon 6, Masters, Byrne-Jones 5, Austin, Butcher 4, Russell, Haarsma, Reynold, Hollingworth-Hughes 3, Biemans, Logan, Harvey 2, Howard 1 Goals: Redden, Colquhoun, T. Gray 2, Summerton, Wagner, Amon, Biemans, Reynolds, Mitchell, Moore, Howard Magarey Medal voting: 3. Kane Mitchell (PA), 2. Sam Gray (PA), 1. Sam Colquhoun (PA) Crowd: 2,272 at Woodville Oval Round 15 Sunday 26 July, 2.10pm Port Adelaide 1.2 1.2 3.5 6.6 (42) Sturt 2.4 6.6 8.7 10.9 (69) A.R.McLean Medal Voting: S. Gray 13, Masters, Butcher 4, Summerton, Austin, Logan 3, Logan, Harvey 2, Mitchell, Redden 1 Goals: Harvey 2, Mitchell, Ah Chee, Amon, Howard Magarey Medal voting: 3. Zane Kirkwood (STU), 2. James Battersby (STU), 1. Sam Gray (PA) Crowd: 2,440 at Unley Oval Round 16 Saturday 1 August, 2.10pm Port Adelaide 3.1 8.2 11.3 12.7 (79) Central District 2.2 5.3 9.6 9.8 (62) A.R.McLean Medal Voting: Summerton Goals: Harvey, R. Young 3, Sharrad, Biemans 2, Redden, Howard Magarey Medal voting: 3. Steven Summerton (PA), 2. Travis Schiller (CD), 1. Luke Habel (CD) Crowd: 1,536 at Alberton Oval Round 17A Saturday 8 August, 2.10pm Port Adelaide 2.2 7.5 11.11 15.16 (106) North Adelaide 2.2 4.5 6.5 7.5 (47) A.R.McLean Medal Voting: Mitchell 16, Monfries 13, Summerton 9, Logan, Ah Chee, Sawford, Krakouer 8, Jonas 6, Russell, Sharrad, Palmer 5, Butcher, Amon 4, Masters, T. Gray, Redden 3, Frampton, Howard 2 Goals: Monfries 4, Krakouer 3, Palmer 2, Sharrad, Howard, Masters, Mitchell, Shaw, Ah Chee Magarey Medal voting: 3. Kane Mitchell (PA), 2. Brendon Ah Chee (PA), 1. Angus Monfries (PA) Crowd: 1,964 at Prospect Oval Round 17B Friday 14 August, 7.10pm Port Adelaide 3.0 5.4 9.8 14.11 (95) Glenelg 7.2 10.6 11.7 14.10 (94) A.R.McLean Medal Voting: Sawford 20, Lobbe 12, Young 11, Summerton 8, Logan 7, Haarsma
5, Sharrad, Frampton, Stewart 4, Russell, Amon, Masters, T. Gray, Byrne-Jones, Moore 2, Palmer, Davidson Goals: Sawford 4, Frampton 2, Stewart, A. Young 2, Lobbe, Summerton, Haarsma, Sharrad Magarey Medal voting: 3. Ben Sawford (PA), 2. Clint Alleway (GLN), 1. Andrew Bradley (GLN) Crowd: 2,723 at Glenelg Oval Round 18 Saturday 22 August, 2.10pm Port Adelaide 1.1 7.4 10.8 14.10 (94) South Adelaide 2.4 6.6 6.7 9.9 (63) A.R.McLean Medal Voting: Summerton 12, Moore, Colquhoun 9, Redden 6, Logan, Stewart, Russell, Amon 5, Lobbe, Howard 4, A. Young 3, Sawford, Sharrad 2, Masters, T. Gray, Byrne-Jones, Palmer 1 Goals: Amon, Moore, Stewart 3, Redden 2, Logan, Frampton , T. Gray Magarey Medal voting: 3. Andrew Moore (PA), 2. Joel Cross (SA), 1. Steven Summerton (PA) Crowd: 2,396 at Alberton Oval Round 19 Sunday 30 August, 2.10pm Port Adelaide 4.2 6.4 11.6 17.6 (108) West Adelaide 2.1 5.6 6.8 10.11 (71) A.R.McLean Medal Voting: Summerton 16, Mitchell 14, Moore, Howard 9, Colquhoun 8, R. Gray 7, Russell 6, Sawford, Davidson, Shaw 4, Logan, Stewart, Byrne-Jones, Palmer, Reynolds, Clurey 3, Masters, Harvey 2, Sharrad 1 Goals: Summerton 5, Shaw 3, Reynolds 2, Mitchell, Moore, Palmer, Stewart, Byrne-Jones, Russell, Harvey Magarey Medal voting: 3. Steven Summerton (PA), 2. Kane Mitchell (PA), 1. Jason Porplyzia (WA) Crowd: 3,123 at Alberton Oval Qualifying Final Sunday 6 September, 3.10pm Port Adelaide 4.2 5.2 5.4 6.5 (41) West Adelaide 1.2 4.5 8.8 10.10 (70) A.R.McLean Medal Voting: Summerton 6, Colquhoun, Russell 4, Mitchell, Redden 3, Reynolds 2, Davidson, Byrne-Jones, Clurey, R. Young 1 Goals: Davidson, Sawford, T. Gray, Stewart, Russell, Reynolds Crowd: 8,031 at the Adelaide Oval First Semi Final Sunday 13 September, 12.10pm Port Adelaide 2.0 4.1 7.1 11.3 (69) Central District 5.3 8.6 8.13 10.14 (74) A.R.McLean Medal Voting: Clurey 8, Summerton 6, Mitchell 5, Redden, Masters, Frampton 4, Russell, Reynolds, Butcher, Biemans 3, Karl Amon 2, Colquhoun, Hollingworth-Hughes 1 Goals: Butcher 3, Frampton 2, Redden, Summerton, Biemans, Sharrad, Moore, Palmer Crowd: 9,247 at the Adelaide Oval
SANFL RESERVES Round 1 - BYE
Round 2 Friday 10 April, 4.30pm South Adelaide 5.2 6.5 7.8 7.10 (52) Port Adelaide 3.1 9.2 12.4 17.9 (111) Best and Fairest voting: Sawford 15, Gordon 11, T. Gray, Biemans, Wilson 10, Haarsma, Reynolds 9, Coulson, Masters 8, Corcoran, Cooper, R. Young, Phelps 7, Hollingworth-Hughes 6, Davidson, Roads, Benbolt 5, Miller, Tylor 3, D. Redden 1 Goals: Gordon 3, Corcoran 2, T. Gray 2, Wilson 2, Tylor, D. Redden, Reynolds, Biemans, Coulson, Roads, Hollingworth-Hughes, Young at Noarlunga Oval Round 3 Saturday 18 April, 9.25am Port Adelaide 3.2 5.2 9.3 12.8 (80) North Adelaide 0.3 7.6 10.10 11.14 (80) Best and Fairest voting: Haarsma 13, R. Gray, Biemans, Hollingworth-Hughes 9, Coulson, Masters 8, Ross, Mahney, Northeast 7, R. Young, Davidson, Roads 6, Corcoran 5, Reynolds 4, Miller 3, Gordon, Cooper, Phelps, Foster 2, Benbolt, Redden 1 Goals: Northeast 2, R. Young 2, Biemans 2, Foster, Corcoran, Miller, Haarsma, Reynolds, Coulson at Alberton Oval Round 4 Friday 24 April, 4.20pm Port Adelaide 0.4 0.6 0.7 1.10 (16) Norwood 3.3 7.9 10.14 13.16 (94) Best and Fairest voting: Haarsma, Mahney, Sawford 9, R. Gray 8, Masters, Hawkins 6, Davidson, Corcoran 4, Clarke 3, HollingworthHughes 2, Reynolds, Miller, J. Williams 2, Ross, Roads Goals: Roads at Adelaide Oval Round 5 Saturday 2 May, 11.25am Port Adelaide 2.2 4.2 6.2 6.2 (38) WWT 2.4 6.12 11.15 20.19 (139) Best and Fairest voting: Masters, HollingworthHughes 10, T. Gray 9, Hawkins, J. Williams 6, Davidson, Corcoran, Miller, Ross, Northeast 5, Reynolds, Wilson, Halkias 2, Mahney, Roads, Gordon, Smith 1 Goals: Miller 2, Gordon, Ross, Reynolds, Wilson at Alberton Oval Round 6 Saturday 9 May, 11.25am Port Adelaide 3.5 4.6 6.10 10.12 (72) Sturt 1.2 5.6 7.7 13.8 (86) Best and Fairest voting: Gordon, R. Young 12, T. Gray, Corcoran, Sawford 10, Haarsma 9, J. Williams, Reynolds 7, Hollingworth-Hughes, Hawkins, Davidson, Halkias 5, Ross 4, Cooper 3, Mahney, M. Williams 2, Miller, Northeast, Wilson, Smith, Boyd Goals: Gordon 6, R. Young 2, Northeast, Ross at Alberton Oval Round 7 Friday 22 May, 7.10pm Port Adelaide 4.1 5.3 South Adelaide 4.2 5.2
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Best and Fairest voting: Sawford 18, R. Young Corcoran 17, Haarsma 16, R. Gray 15, Gordon 13, J. Williams 11, Reynolds, Hollingworth-Hughes 9, Hawkins 8, Ross 7, Davidson 6, Halkias, Mahney 5, Cooper, Foster, Proude 3, M. Williams, Cook, Miller, Northeast, Wilson, Smith, Boyd 1 Goals: R. Young, Reynolds 2, Gordon, Halkias, Haarsma, Proude at Noarlunga Oval Round 8 Sunday 31 May, 11.25am Port Adelaide 5.1 9.4 11.5 14.9 (93) Glenelg 5.1 7.2 11.5 13.8 (86) Best and Fairest voting: Gordon 12, M. Wlliams 10, Corcoran, Haarsma, Reynolds 9, T. Gray, Hawkins 7, Cooper 6, Proude 5, Hollingworth-Hughes, Cooke, Northeast 4, Davidson, Mahney, Deeley-Godfrey 3, J. Williams, Zavrl, Karpany 2, Miller, Halkias Goals: Reynolds 5, M. Williams 3, T. Gray, Cook, Northeast, Cooper, Miller, Haarsma at Alberton Oval Round 9 Saturday 6 June, 11.25am Central District 3.1 6.3 6.5 8.5 (53) Port Adelaide 6.5 8.6 15.10 23.13 (151) Best and Fairest voting: Reynolds, Sawford 12, Haarsma 11, Corcoran, T. Gray, Hawkins 9, Deeley-Godfrey 8, Cooper, Proude, Northeast 7, Gordon 6, Cook, Ross 5, M. Williams, Davidson 4, Hollingworth-Hughes, Mahney, Zavrl, Foster 3, J. Williams, Miller 2 Goals: Reynolds 5, Miller 3, Northeast 3, DeeleyGodfrey 3, Gordon 2, Corcoran, Cook, Ross, M. Williams, Foster, Hawkins, Sawford at Elizabeth Oval Round 10A Saturday 13 June, 11.25am Port Adelaide 4.4 9.6 11.10 20.12 (132) West Adelaide 0.1 5.2 7.4 9.5 (59) Best and Fairest voting: T. Gray, Proude 12, Sawford 11, Haarsma, Corcoran 10, Reynolds 9, Hawkins, Ross 8, Gordon 7, Zavrl, Foster, Miller 5, Deeley-Godfrey, Northeast, HollingworthHughes 4, Cooper, Cook, M. Williams, Davidson, Mahney, J. Williams 3 Goals: Gordon 4, Proude, Northeast, Miller 3, Ross 2, Cook 2, T. Gray, Cooper, Reynolds at Richmond Oval Round 10B Saturday 19 June, 11.25am Port Adelaide 1.4 6.9 7.9 11.11 (77) Norwood 5.2 5.3 11.4 11.5 (71) Best and Fairest voting: Sawford 13, T. Gray 12, Haarsma 10, Corcoran 9, Reynolds 8, Davidson 7, Roos, Cooper 6, Proude, Foster, Deeley-Godfrey, Mahney 4, Hollingworth-Hughes 3, Zavrl, Cook, M. Williams, J. Williams 2, Gordon, Northeast, Halkias 1 Goals: Sawford 3, Reynolds, Cooper 2, Haarsma, Deeley-Godfrey, Northeast, Ross at Norwood Oval
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Round 11 BYE Round 12 BYE Round 13 Saturday 11 July, 11.25am Port Adelaide 4.0 5.2 8.5 11.7 (73) Norwood 3.1 6.1 7.2 9.5 (59) Best and Fairest voting: M. Williams 12, Reynolds 11, Coulson 8, Hawkins, Ross 7, Haarsma 6, Proude, Cook 5, Corcoran, Gordon 4, Mahney, Miller 3, Davidson, Foster, Deeley-Godfrey, HollingworthHughes, Beinke 2, Cooper, J. Williams 1 Goals: Reynolds 5, Gordon, Mahney, Miller, Proude, J. Williams, Cooper at Norwood Oval Round 14 Saturday 18 July, 11.25am Port Adelaide 2.1 4.3 7.5 7.7 (49) WWT 2.3 5.6 11.6 19.8 (122) Best and Fairest voting: Corcoran 11, Ross 9, Sawford 8, Miller 5, M. Williams, Hawkins, Davidson 4, Halkias 3, Mahney, Deeley-Godfrey, Beinke, J. Williams, Phelps 2, Coulson, Cook, Foster, Ginever 1 Goals: Miller 3, Sawford, Halkias, Corcoran, Ross at Woodville Oval Round 15 Sunday 26 July, 11.25am Port Adelaide 2.2 4.6 7.7 12.10 (82) Sturt 0.3 2.4 5.6 9.10 (64) Best and Fairest voting: Corcoran 14, Sawford 11, Hawkins 8, Haarsma 7, Reynolds, Proude, Hollingworth-Hughes 6, Davidson, Sharrad 5, Zavrl 4, Ross, Mahney, Foster 3, Miller, M. Williams, Deeley-Godfrey 2, Coulson, Cooper 1 Goals: Reynolds, Miller 2, Foster, M. Williams, Deeley-Godfrey, Phelps, Proude, Hawkins, Sawford, Halkias at Unley Oval Round 16 Saturday 1 August, 11.25am Port Adelaide 2.4 3.5 6.6 9.9 (63) Central District 2.2 2.3 4.5 4.7 (31) Best and Fairest voting: Deeley-Godfrey 12, Corcoran 10, M. Williams 9, Haarsma, Hollingworth-Hughes, Davidson 7, Proude, Phelps 4, Hawkins, Zavrl, Ross, Cooper, Wheadon 3, Mahney, Coulson, Beinke, Vassallo 2, Foster Goals: Deeley-Godfrey 4, M. Williams, Phelps 2, Haarsma at Alberton Oval Round 17A Saturday 8 August, 11.25am Port Adelaide 2.2 2.3 8.4 13.6 (84) North Adelaide 1.2 4.4 7.6 7.6 (48) Best and Fairest voting: Haarsma 11, Hawkins 9, M. Williams, Ross, Gordon 8, Coulson, Foster 6, Corcoran, Davidson 5, Proude, Phelps, Mahney, Beinke 4, Cooper, Reynolds, Northeast 3, Hollingworth-Hughes 2, Zavrl, Cook 1 Goals: Gordon 3, Hawkins, Reynolds, Northeast 2, Haarsma, Coulson, Phelps, Proude at Prospect Oval
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Round 17B Saturday 8 August, 11.25am Port Adelaide 0.1 3.1 4.2 6.5 (41) Glenelg 4.3 10.8 13.11 17.15 (117) Best and Fairest voting: Hawkins 10, Corcoran 8, Reynolds 7, M. Williams, Coulson 5, Gordon, Hollingworth-Hughes 4, Cooper, Northeast 3, Ross, Foster, Beinke, J. Williams 1 Goals: Reynolds 3, Northeast 2, Gordon at Glenelg Oval Round 18 Saturday 22 August, 11.25am Port Adelaide 4.2 7.5 10.7 15.10 (100) South Adelaide 3.1 5.2 7.4 8.5 (53) Best and Fairest voting: Corcoran, Coulson 10, M. Williams 8, Davidson 7, Reynolds, HollingworthHughes 6, Hawkins, Northeast, Ross, Beinke, Proude 5, Gordon, Cooper, Foster, J. Williams, Phelps 3, Cook, Miller 2, Zavrl, Deeley-Godfrey 1 Goals: Reynolds, Gordon 3, Coulson, Northeast 2, Phelps, Zavrl, Ross, Hawkins, Deeley-Godfrey at Alberton Oval Round 19 Sunday 30 August, 11.25am Port Adelaide 4.2 8.5 12.8 15.10 (100) West Adelaide 5.3 8.4 12.6 12.7 (79) Best and Fairest voting: Corcoran 11, Haarsma 10, Hawkins, Gordon 8, Coulson 7, Phelps 6, Ross 5, Proude, Mahney, Hollingworth-Hughes, Cooper, Foster, Dixon 4, Northeast, Cook 2, DeeleyGodfrey, Miller, Beinke, J. Williams, Clarke, R. Young Goals: S. Gordon 4, T. Phelps 3, J. Ross 2, W. Northeast, C. Cook, J. Deeley-Godfrey, K. Miller, K. Dixon, B. Coulson At Alberton Oval Qualifying Final Saturday 5 September, 11.25am Port Adelaide 4.3 9.4 10.7 14.11 (95) North Adelaide 3.2 7.5 9.5 14.6 (90) Best and Fairest voting: Corcoran, M. Williams 10, Hawkins, Biemans 9, Ross 8, Proude 7, Mahney 6, Hollingworth-Hughes, Cooper 5, Coulson, Phelps, Northeast 4, Foster, Deeley-Godfrey 3, Haarsma, Miller 2, Gordon, Beinke, J. Williams, Clarke 1 Goals: Biemans 4, M. Williams, Northeast, Proude, Coulson 2, Foster, Deeley-Godfrey at Glenelg Oval Second Semi Final Saturday 12 September, 2.10pm WWT 1.1 4.3 8.6 15.9 (99) Port Adelaide 7.2 8.3 9.5 9.5 (59) Best and Fairest voting: Corcoran, Proude 8, Hawkins 7, Haarsma 6, Coulson, Sawford 5, Northeast, T. Gray 4, Ross, Cooper, Foster, Miller 3, Gordon, Phelps, Deeley-Godfrey, M. Williams 2, Cook, J. Williams, Clarke 1 Goals: Northeast 3, Gordon, Coulson 2, T. Gray, Sawford at Richmond Oval
Preliminary Final Saturday 19 September, 11.25am Port Adelaide 3.4 7.5 10.8 12.9 (81) North Adelaide 5.1 11.5 12.9 20.10 (130) Best and Fairest voting: Gordon 10, Haarsma 8, Corcoran, Hawkins, M. Williams 7, Roads 6, Ross 5, Deeley-Godfrey 4, Proude, Cooper 3, Coulson 2, Foster, Phelps, J. Williams 1 Goals: Gordon 5, Coulson 2, M. Williams, DeeleyGodfrey, Roads, Miller, Proude at Richmond Oval
TOTAL
U18
RESERVES
LEAGUE
CLUB
RANKING
POINTS
%
AGAINST
FOR
DRAWN
LOST
WON
PLAYED
CLUB
AFTER FINALS
MINOR ROUND
LADDERS AFTER MINOR ROUND
SANFL STANLEY H. LEWIS TROPHY
AFL 1
2
Fremantle
22
17
5
0
1857
1564
118.7
68
1
Woodville-West Torrens
1600
900
800
2300
2
1
West Coast
22
16
5
0
2330
1572
148.2
66
2
Norwood
1100
450
700
2250
3
5
Hawthorn
22
16
6
0
2452
1548
158.4
64
3
Port Adelaide
1300
575
-
1875
4
6
Sydney Swans
22
16
6
0
2006
1578
127.1
64
4
West Adelaide
1100
200
300
1600
5
3
Richmond
22
15
7
0
1930
1568
123.1
60
5
South Adelaide
950
325
150
1425
6
4
Western Bulldogs
22
14
8
0
2101
1825
115.1
56
6
Sturt
600
475
350
1425
7
7
Adelaide Crows
21
13
8
1
2107
1821
115.7
54
7
Glenelg
450
475
450
1375
8
North Adelaide
100
500
700
1300
8
North Melbourne
22
13
9
0
2062
1937
106.5
52
9
8
Port Adelaide
22
12
10
0
2002
1874
106.8
48
9
Central District
950
150
150
1250
10
Geelong
21
11
9
1
1853
1833
101.1
48
10
Adelaide Crows
850
-
-
850
11
Greater Western Sydney
22
11
11
0
1872
1891
99.0
44
12
Collingwood
22
10
12
0
1972
1856
106.3
40
13
Melbourne
22
7
15
1
1573
2044
77.0
28
14
St Kilda
22
6
15
0
1695
2162
78.4
26
15
Essendon
22
6
16
0
1580
2134
74.0
24
16
Gold Coast
22
4
17
1
1633
2240
72.9
18
17
Brisbane Lions
22
4
18
0
1557
2306
67.5
16
18
Carlton
22
4
18
0
1525
2354
64.8
16
Woodville-West Torrens
18
16
2
0
1392
1001
58.17
32
SANFL LEAGUE 1
2
2
4
Port Adelaide
18
13
5
0
1489
1178
55.83
26
3
1
West Adelaide
18
11
7
0
1634
1342
54.91
22
4
5
Norwood
18
11
7
0
1276
1221
51.10
22
5
3
Central District
18
9
8
1
1328
1246
51.59
19
6
South Adelaide
18
9
8
1
1215
1169
50.96
19
7
Adelaide Crows
18
8
9
1
1662
1408
54.14
17
8
Sturt
18
6
12
0
1333
1507
46.94
12
9
Glenelg
18
4
13
1
1386
1735
44.31
9
10
North Adelaide
18
1
17
0
957
1865
33.91
2
Woodville-West Torrens
18
15
0
0
1630
822
66.48
30
SANFL RESERVES 1
1
2
3
Port Adelaide
18
11
6
1
1417
1361
51.01
23
3
2
North Adelaide
18
9
7
2
1380
1238
52.71
20
4
4
Glenelg
18
9
8
1
1577
1437
52.32
19
5
5
Sturt
18
9
8
1
1254
1347
48.21
19
Norwood
18
9
9
0
1308
1192
52.32
18
6 7
South Adelaide
18
6
11
1
1169
1315
47.06
13
8
West Adelaide
18
3
13
2
1113
1612
40.84
8
9
Central District
18
3
15
0
1222
1746
41.17
6
YEARBOOK 2015 97
HALL OF FAME BRUCE ABERNETHY
LESLIE ‘BRO’ DAYMAN
SCOTT HODGES
GREG PHILLIPS
DARREN SMITH
Player 1979-1981, 1987-1992
1921-1931, 1937
Player 1987-1998
Player 1976-1982, 1987-1993
Player 1984-1998
Games 190 | Goals 115
Games 166 | Goals 401
Games 183 | Goals 693
Games 343 | Goals 93
Games 343 | Goals 505
Premierships 1979, 1980, 1981,
Premierships 1921, 1928
Premierships 1988, 1989, 1990,
Premierships 1977, 1979, 1980,
Premierships 1988, 1989, 1990,
1988, 1989, 1990, 1992
Best and Fairest 1923, 1924, 1928
1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998
1981, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992
1992, 1994, 1995, 1996
Best and Fairest 1987
Club leading goalkicker 1928-1931
Best and Fairest 1990, 1996
Best and Fairest 1988
Club leading goalkicker 1986, 1987
Jack Oatey Medal 1988
League leading goalkicker 1929
Club leading goalkicker 1988,
Captain 1991-1993
JOHN ABLEY
RUSSELL EBERT
1989, 1990, 1994, 1996
HARRY ‘TICK’ PHILLIPS
GAVIN WANGANEEN
Player 1950-1961
Player 1968-1978, 1980-1985
Games 212 | Goals 1
Games 392 | Goals 294
Premierships 1951, 1954, 1955,
Premierships 1977, 1980, 1981
1870-2000 Left forward pocket
1956, 1957, 1958, 1959
Best and Fairest 1971, 1972, 1974,
All-Australian 1956, 1958, 1961
1976, 1977, 1981
RON ‘BRICK’ HOFFMAN
Port Adelaide’s Greatest Ever
Magarey Medal 1971, 1974, 1976, 1980
Team 1870-2000 Full back
DAVE BOYD Player 1948-1960
Magarey Medal 1990 Ken Farmer Medal 1990, 1994, 1996
Games 197 | Goals 184
Games 198 | Goals 126
SANFL games 23 | goals 46
Premierships 1890, 1897
AFL games 174 | goals 138
Best and Fairest 1888, 1891,
Premierships 1990 (SANFL), 2004
1892, 1893
(AFL)
Player 1939-1948
Captain 1899-1900
Best and Fairest (AFL) 2003
Captain 1974-1978
Games 103 | Goals 181
Club leading goalkicker 1888
Port Adelaide All-Australian
Port Adelaide’s Greatest Ever
Administrator 1972-1992
Chairman 1910
Team 1870-2000 Centre Coach 1983-1987
Port Adelaide’s Greatest Ever Team
SAMSON ‘SHINE’ HOSKING
JEFF POTTER
Games 222 | Goals 183
Captain-coach 1983-1985
Premierships 1951, 1954, 1955,
TIM EVANS
Games 163 | Goals 45
1956, 1957, 1958, 1959 Magarey Medal 1956
Player 1975-1986
1916*, 1917*, 1921
Port Adelaide’s Greatest Ever
Games 248 | Goals 1044
Best and Fairest 1910
Team 1870-2000 Left half-forward
Premierships 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981
Magarey Medal 1910, 1915
Club leading goalkicker 1975,
Coach 1921, 1927-1931, 1936-
Club leading goalkicker 1964
1938, 1942-1944
Port Adelaide’s Greatest Ever Team
Premierships 1921, 1928, 1936,
1870-2000 Interchange
CRAIG BRADLEY Player 1981-1985 Games 98 | Goals 101 Premiership 1981 Best and Fairest 1982, 1984, 1985
JOHN CAHILL Player 1958-1973 Games 264 | Goals 286 Premierships 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965 Best and Fairest 1966, 1968, 1970, 1973 Captain 1967-1973 Port Adelaide’s Greatest Ever Team 1870-2000 Right wing
1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 League leading goalkicker 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984 Port Adelaide’s Greatest Ever Team 1870-2000 Full forward
BRIAN FAIRCLOUGH Coach/administrator 1972-2003 Under-19 coach 1972-1978 Under-19 Premierships 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 Reserves coach/League assistant 1979-1982, 1987-1989, 1992-1995
Player 1907-1921, 1927, 1936 Premierships 1910, 1913, 1914,
1937, 1942
HENRY KNEEBONE Medical officer 1966-1993
Captain-coach 1950-1958
Magarey Medal 1938, 1945
Club leading goalkicker 1940,
Club leading goalkicker 1937, 1945
1941, 1947, 1948
Port Adelaide’s Greatest Ever Team
League leading goalkicker 1947
1870-2000 Right forward pocket
Chairman of selectors 1990-1996
1994, 1995
(SANFL) 1997-1998 (AFL)
1921
1992, 1994, 1994, 1995, 1996
Captain-coach 1939-1940, 1945-1947
ALLAN ‘BULL’ REVAL Player 1932-1943, 1945 Games 184 | Goals 79
Trainer/Head Trainer 1933-1973
Premierships 1936, 1937, 1939,
GEOF MOTLEY
Best and Fairest 1939
1942
Player 1979-1995 Games 269 | Goals 288 Premierships 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995 Coach 1996-2003 Premierships 1996, 1998, 1999
1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965
Premierships 1954, 1955, 1956,
Best and Fairest 1958, 1959,
Player 1937-1948
1963, 1965
Games 182 | Goals 50
Captain 1959-1966
Premierships 1937, 1939 and 1942
Magarey Medal 1964
Best and Fairest 1946 Captain 1942, 1943, 1944
NEVILLE HAYES
Team 1870-2000 Right half back
Captain-coach 1948
Player 1953-1965
HAROLD OLIVER
DICK RUSSELL
Games 217 | Goals 58
Player 1910-1915, 1919-1922
Player 1947-1953
Administrator 1992-95, 97-2004
Premierships 1954, 1955, 1956,
Games 110 | Goals 88
Games 121 | Goals 1
Port Adelaide CEO (SANFL)
1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963
Premierships 1910, 1913, 1914, 1921
Premierships 1951
1992-1995
Best and Fairest 1957, 1960
Best and Fairest 1911, 1912
Best and Fairest 1948, 1949, 1951
Port Adelaide CEO (AFL)
Port Adelaide’s Greatest Ever
Port Adelaide’s Greatest Ever Team
Port Adelaide’s Greatest Ever
1997-2004
Team 1870-2000 Left half-back
1870-2000 Right half-forward
Team 1870-2000 Left back pocket
98 PORT ADELAIDE FOOTBALL CLUB
STEPHEN WILLIAMS
LEW ROBERTS
Premierships 1954, 1955, 1956,
Port Adelaide’s Greatest Ever
Captain 1979-1982
1870-2000 Rover, Captain-Coach
Player 1949-1959
Games 250 | Goals 156
SANFL Coach 2006-2009
1981
Port Adelaide’s Greatest Ever Team
Captain-coach 1940-1941
Captain-coach 1959-1961
Player 1971-1983 Premierships 1977, 1979, 1980,
Premierships 1962, 1963, 1965
KENNETH LLOYD ZUCKER
Port Adelaide’s Greatest Ever
Best and Fairest 1994
Games 256 | Goals 428
Coach 1962-1973
Team 1870-2000 Follower
Player 1953-1966
BRIAN CUNNINGHAM
Captain 1994-1997
Best and Fairest 1950, 1955
Premierships 1939, 1942
1981, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992,
Premierships 1988, 1989, 1990,
Games 151 | Goals 240
1951, 1955
EDWARD ‘TED’ MCMAHON
Games 314 | Goals 302
Player 1950-1958
1947
1987-1989
Premierships 1910, 1913, 1914,
FOSTER NEIL WILLIAMS
Games 147 | Goals 414
Premierships 1977, 1979, 1980,
Player 1983-1997
1870-2000 Right back pocket
Club leading goalkicker 1950,
Chairman 1983-1989
Games 147 | Goals 222
Port Adelaide’s Greatest Ever Team
Best and Fairest 1937, 1938, 1945,
General manager 1949-1980
Player 1908-1922
ROBERT BERRIMA QUINN M.M.
Best and Fairest 1956
Player 1939-1948
Administrative record
TIM GINEVER
1969
1956, 1957, 1958, 1959
1956, 1957, 1958
League Premierships 1979, 1980,
committee 2003-present
Best and Fairest 1961, 1964, 1967,
Premierships 1951, 1954, 1955,
Premierships 1936, 1937, 1939
Selection committee 1979-1982,
ANGELO CONGEAR
1965
Games 248 | Goals 90
Premierships 1951, 1954, 1955,
1981, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994
Inaugural Port Adelaide AFL coach
Premierships 1959, 1962, 1963,
Player 1948-1961
Games 239 | Goals 386
Administrator 1949-80, 83-89
Chairman, life membership
Games 235 | Goals 289
TED WHELAN
ALLAN ‘BOB’ MCLEAN OBE
Reserves Premierships 1980, 1988
AFL director 1999, 2000
Player 1959-1970
selections 2001, 2003
Player 1933-1940, 1944-1947
SANFL Coach 1974-1982, 88-96
AFL Coach 1997-1998
Player 1990, 1997-2006
Player 1886-1900
Games 185 | Goals 263 1957, 1958, 1959 Club leading goalkicker 1949 Port Adelaide’s Greatest Ever Team 1870-2000 Interchange
HONOUR ROLL 1997 - 2014 AFL Year
Pos
Chairman and President
Chief Executive Officer
Club Captain
Best and Fairest
Leading Goalkicker
Coach
2015
9
D.J. Koch
K.A. Thomas
T.A. Boak
R.T. Gray
C.J Wingard
53
K.M. Hinkley
2014
3
D.J. Koch
K.A. Thomas
T.A. Boak
R.T. Gray
J.M. Schulz
66
K.M. Hinkley
2013
6
D.J. Koch
K.A. Thomas
T.A. Boak
C.J Wingard
J.M. Schulz
49
K.M. Hinkley / A.R. Richardson
2012
14
B. Duncanson /
K.A. Thomas
D. Cassisi
K.G. Cornes
J.M. Schulz
42
D.J. Koch 2011
16
M.R. Primus / G.A. Hocking
B. Duncanson
M.E. Haysman /
D. Cassisi
K.A. Thomas
T.A. Boak /
R.T. Gray
32
M.R. Primus M.M. Williams /
J.T. Trengove
2010
10
B. Duncanson
M.E. Haysman
D. Cassisi
K.G. Cornes
J.M. Schulz
33
2009
10
B. Duncanson
M.E. Haysman
D. Cassisi
W.G. Tredrea
W.G. Tredrea
51
M.M. Williams
2008
13
G.C. Boulton
J.M. James /
W.G. Tredrea
K.G. Cornes
D. Motlop
57
M.M. Williams
K.G. Cornes
B.A. Ebert
56
M.M. Williams
M.R. Primus
M.E. Haysman 2007
2
G.C. Boulton
J.M. James
W.G. Tredrea
2006
12
G.C. Boulton
J.M. James
W.G. Tredrea
B.D. Lade
J.W. Mahoney
29
M.M. Williams
2005
6
G.C. Boulton
J.M. James
M.R. Primus
W.G. Tredrea
W.G. Tredrea
65
M.M. Williams
2004
1
G.C. Boulton
B.A. Cunningham
M.R. Primus
W.G. Tredrea
W.G. Tredrea
81
M.M. Williams
2003
4
G.C. Boulton
B.A. Cunningham
M.R. Primus
G.A. Wanganeen
W.G. Tredrea
58
M.M. Williams
2002
3
G.C. Boulton
B.A. Cunningham
M.R. Primus
M.R. Primus
S.A. Dew
51
M.M. Williams
2001
5
G.C. Boulton
B.A. Cunningham
M.R. Primus
W.G. Tredrea
W.G. Tredrea
51
M.M. Williams
2000
14
G.C. Boulton
B.A. Cunningham
G.A. Wanganeen
B.A. Montgomery
W.G. Tredrea
32
M.M. Williams
1999
7
G.C. Boulton
B.A. Cunningham
G.A. Wanganeen
S.M. Paxman
W.G. Tredrea
40
M.M. Williams
1998
10
G.C. Boulton
B.A. Cunningham
G.A. Wanganeen
A.S. Kingsley
W.G. Tredrea
33
J.V. Cahill
1997
9
G.C. Boulton
B.A. Cunningham
G.A. Wanganeen
D.I. Mead
S. Cummings
70
J.V. Cahill
SANFL Year
Pos
Chair of Management
General Manager
Captain
Best and Fairest
Leading Goalkicker
Coach
2015
4
S.P. Summerton
S.P. Summerton
M.J. Harvey
21
G.A. Hocking
2014
2
S.P. Summerton
S.P. Summerton
J.W. Butcher
32
G.A. Hocking
2013
6
B. Leys / M. Bishop
J.R. Melklejohn
S.R. Gray
J.R.J Thurgood
38
K.D. McGregor
N. Rawlings /
J.R. Melklejohn
J.L. Clayton
L.N. Harder
29
A.D. Bamford
J.R. Melklejohn
M.R. Dolling
B.T. Mercer
30
A.D. Bamford
J.R. Melklejohn
S.P. Summerton
C.T. Cloke
25
A.D. Bamford
C.L. Ah Chee
B.J. Murray
J.A. Perry
43
T. Ginever
G. Fiacchi / T. Thiele
2012
7
A. Panas
B. Leys 2011
2010
6
8
A. Panas
N. Rawlings
President
Chairman
Chief Executive Officer
J. Firth
B. McFarlane
G. Edwards / N. Rawlings
2009
8
R. Cope
B. McFarlane
M.P. Richardson / G. Edwards
2008
5
R. Cope
R. Cope
M.P. Richardson
C.L. Ah Chee
J.L. Clayton
D.A. Hargraves
53
T. Ginever
2007
6
R. Cope
R. Cope
M.P. Richardson
M.P. Clayton
J.L. Clayton
B.P. LeCras
45
T. Ginever
2006
5
D. Basheer
D. Basheer
M.P. Richardson
M.P. Clayton
J.L. Clayton
C.R. Waterhouse
52
T. Ginever
2005
3
D. Basheer
D. Basheer
M.P. Richardson
A.J. Brown
J.L. Clayton
C.R. Waterhouse
75
J.V. Cahill
2004
6
D. Basheer
D. Basheer
P.J. Belton
A.J. Brown
K. DePasquale
P.T. Evans
29
M. Knights
2003
5
B. Duncanson
B. Duncanson
P.J. Belton
D.J. Poole
B.A. Ebert
P.T. Evans
46
S.F. Williams
2002
6
B. Duncanson
B. Duncanson
P.J. Belton
D.J. Poole
C.L. Ah Chee
M.W.B. Lokan
22
S.F. Williams
2001
3
B. Duncanson
J.D. McBain
P.J. Belton
D.J. Poole
R.P. O’Connor
A.J. Brown
27
S.F. Williams
2000
2
B. Duncanson
J.D. McBain
P.J. Belton
D.J. Poole
P.S. McGuiness
P.J. Smith
41
S.F. Williams
1999
1
B. Duncanson
J.D. McBain
D.S. Hutton /
D.J. Brown
D.J. Poole
P.T. Evans
35
S.F. Williams
P.J. Belton 1998
1
F.E. Hayter
J.D. McBain
D.S. Hutton
D.R. Borlase
B.A. Beinke
B.A. Beinke
39
S.F. Williams
1997
2
F.E. Hayter
S.J. Forrest /
D.S. Hutton
T. Ginever
T. Ginever
P.S. McGuiness
36
S.F. Williams
J.D. McBain ^ In caretaker capacity
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Year
Pos. President
Chairman
Chief Executive Officer Captain
Best & Fairest
Leading Goalkicker
Coach
Port Adelaide admitted to Australian Football League for 1997 season, continued in South Australian National Football League 1996 1 G.C.Boulton B.E.Wilson/ S.J.Forest R.T.Clayton/ D.S.Hutton T.Ginever S.L.Hodges S.L.Hodges 117* 1995 1 G.C.Boulton B.E.Wilson B.A.Cunningham T.Ginever R.J.West M.J.Tylor 53 1994 1 G.C.Boulton B.E.Wilson B.A.Cunningham T.Ginever T.Ginever S.L.Hodges 130* 1993 3 G.C.Boulton B.E.Wilson B.A.Cunningham G.I.Phillips T.I.Bond M.J.Tylor 93* 1992 1 B.H.Weber B.H.Weber B.A.Cunningham G.I.Phillips N.C.Buckley+ M.J.Tylor 97* 1991 5 B.H.Weber B.H.Weber R.T.Clayton G.I.Phillips P.J.Northeast D.R.Borlase 25 1990 1 B.H.Weber B.H.Weber R.T.Clayton R.H.Johnston S.L.Hodges+ S.LHodges 153* 1989 1 B.H.Weber A.R.McLean O.B.E. R.T.Clayton R.H.Johnston R.H.Johnston S.LHodges 79 1988 1 B.H.Weber A.R.McLean O.B.E. D.J.McKenzie R.H.Johnston G.I.Phillips S.LHodges 74 1987 4 B.H.Weber A.R.McLean O.B.E. D.J.McKenzie R.H.Johnston B.R.Abernethy D.M.Smith 71 1986 4 B.H.Weber A.R.McLean O.B.E. D.J.McKenzie R.H.Johnston M.J.Leslie D.M.Smith 49 1985 7 K.L.Duthie A.R.McLean O.B.E. D.J.McKenzie R.F.Ebert C.E.Bradley T.N.Evans 96 1984 2 K.L.Duthie A.R.McLean O.B.E. D.J.McKenzie R.F.Ebert C.E.Bradley T.N.Evans 137 1983 6 K.L.Duthie J.J.Swain/ R.B.Taylor R.F.Ebert S.R.Clifford T.N.Evans 63 A.R.McLean O.B.E. 1982 3 K.L.Duthie J.J.Swain R.B.Taylor B.A.Cunningham C.E.Bradley T.N.Evans 125* 1981 1 K.L.Duthie J.J.Swain R.B.Taylor B.A.Cunningham R.F.Ebert T.N.Evans 98* 1980 1 K.L.Duthie J.J.Swain A.R.McLean B.A.Cunningham S.R.Clifford T.N.Evans 146* 1979 1 K.L.Duthie J.J.Swain A.R.McLean B.A.Cunningham M.S.Faletic T.N.Evans 82 1978 3 K.L.Duthie J.J.Swain A.R.McLean R.F.Ebert S.R.Clifford T.N.Evans 90* 1977 1 K.L.Duthie J.J.Swain A.R.McLean R.F.Ebert R.F.Ebert T.N.Evans 88* 1976 2 K.L.Duthie J.J.Swain A.R.McLean R.F.Ebert R.F.Ebert+ R.G.Gerlach 90 1975 3 K.L.Duthie J.J.Swain A.R.McLean R.F.Ebert P.B.Woite+ T.N.Evans 64 1974 3 K.L.Duthie J.J.Swain A.R.McLean R.F.Ebert R.F.Ebert+ D.F.Cahill 54 1973 5 K.L.Duthie J.J.Swain A.R.McLean J.V.Cahill J.V.Cahill J.V.Cahill 59 1972 2 F.B.Harvey C.A.Darwent A.R.McLean J.V.Cahill R.F.Ebert M.D.James 62 1971 2 F.B.Harvey C.A.Darwent A.R.McLean J.V.Cahill R.F.Ebert+ E.W.Freeman 50 1970 3 F.B.Harvey C.A.Darwent A.R.McLean J.V.Cahill J.V.Cahill E.W.Freeman 75 1969 6 F.B.Harvey C.A.Darwent A.R.McLean J.V.Cahill J.G.Potter M.Dittmar 28 1968 2 F.B.Harvey C.A.Darwent A.R.McLean J.V.Cahill J.V.Cahill R.F.Ebert 44 1967 2 F.B.Harvey C.A.Darwent A.R.McLean J.V.Cahill J.G.Potter E.W.Freeman 74 1966 2 F.B.Harvey C.A.Darwent A.R.McLean G.P.Motley J.V.Cahill E.W.Freeman 81* 1965 1 F.B.Harvey C.A.Darwent A.R.McLean G.P.Motley G.P.Motley E.W.Freeman 74 1964 2 F.B.Harvey C.A.Darwent A.R.McLean G.P.Motley J.G.Potter J.G.Potter 42 1963 1 F.B.Harvey C.A.Darwent A.R.McLean G.P.Motley G.P.Motley R.H.Johns 54* 1962 1 F.B.Harvey C.A.Darwent A.R.McLean G.P.Motley P.K.Obst R.H.Johns 76* 1961 3 F.B.Harvey C.A.Darwent A.R.McLean G.P.Motley J.G.Potter R.H.Johns 54 1960 3 F.B.Harvey C.A.Darwent A.R.McLean G.P.Motley N.C.Hayes W.J.Dittmar 69* 1959 1 F.B.Harvey C.A.Darwent A.R.McLean G.P.Motley G.P.Motley W.J.Dittmar 74* 1958 1 F.B.Harvey C.A.Darwent A.R.McLean F.N.Williams G.P.Motley R.H.Johns 55* 1957 1 F.B.Harvey C.A.Darwent A.R.McLean F.N.Williams N.C.Hayes R.H.Johns 77 1956 1 F.B.Harvey C.A.Darwent A.R.McLean F.N.Williams A.E.Whelan R.H.Johns 70* 1955 1 F.B.Harvey C.A.Darwent A.R.McLean F.N.Williams F.N.Williams F.N.Williams 35 1954 1 F.B.Harvey A.J.Swain A.R.McLean F.N.Williams R.W.Clitt T.E.Garland 44 1953 2 F.B.Harvey A.J.Swain A.R.McLean F.N.Williams H.A.McDonald R.D.Whitaker 35 1952 3 F.B.Harvey A.J.Swain A.R.McLean F.N.Williams R.D.Whitaker R.W.Clitt 27 1951 1 Dr.W.H.Baudinet A.J.Swain A.R.McLean F.N.Williams R.L.Russell N.E.Clark 37 1950 3 Dr.W.H.Baudinet A.J.Swain A.R.McLean F.N.Williams F.N.Williams F.N.Williams 40 1949 6 Dr.P.T.S.Cherry A.J.Swain A.R.McLean R.C.Schumann R.L.Russell K.L.Zucker 51 1948 7 Dr.P.T.S.Cherry A.J.Swain C.Hayter/ L.C.Dayman L.E.Roberts R.L.Russell A.R.McLean 48 1947 3 Dr.P.T.S.Cherry A.J.Swain C.Hayter R.B.Quinn R.B.Quinn A.R.McLean 80* 1946 2 Dr.P.T.S.Cherry A.J.Swain C.Hayter R.B.Quinn L.E.Roberts K.M.Jolly 46 1945 2 Dr.P.T.S.Cherry A.J.Swain C.Hayter R.B.Quinn R.B.Quinn+ R.B.Quinn 51
J.V.Cahill/ S.F.Williams J.V.Cahill J.V.Cahill J.V.Cahill J.V.Cahill J.V.Cahill J.V.Cahill J.V.Cahill J.V.Cahill R.F.Ebert R.F.Ebert R.F.Ebert R.F.Ebert R.F.Ebert J.V.Cahill J.V.Cahill J.V.Cahill J.V.Cahill J.V.Cahill J.V.Cahill J.V.Cahill J.V.Cahill J.V.Cahill F.N.Williams F.N.Williams F.N.Williams F.N.Williams F.N.Williams F.N.Williams F.N.Williams F.N.Williams F.N.Williams F.N.Williams F.N.Williams F.N.Williams G.P.Motley G.P.Motley G.P.Motley F.N.Williams F.N.Williams F.N.Williams F.N.Williams F.N.Williams F.N.Williams F.N.Williams F.N.Williams F.N.Williams J.McCarthy L.E.Roberts R.B.Quinn R.B.Quinn R.B.Quinn
Normal League Football Resumes 1944 2 1943 2 1942 1
Dr.P.T.S.Cherry Dr.P.T.S.Cherry Dr.P.T.S.Cherry
A.J.Swain A.J.Swain A.J.Swain
C.Hayter C.Hayter C.Hayter
L.E.Roberts L.E.Roberts L.E.Roberts
No Awards - Combined with West Torrens Football Club
S.Hosking S.Hosking M. Drury/S. Hosking
Port Adelaide combined with West Torrens Football Club during World War Two 1941 4 Dr.P.T.S.Cherry A.J.Swain C.Hayter A.R.Reval J.D.Skelly A.R.McLean 62 1940 3 Dr.P.T.S.Cherry A.J.Swain C.Hayter R.B.Quinn/ A.R.Reval R.C.Schumann A.R.McLean 47 1939 1 Dr.P.T.S.Cherry A.J.Swain C.Hayter R.B.Quinn A.R.Reval A.E.Hollingworth 78 1938 2 Dr.P.T.S.Cherry A.J.Swain C.Hayter N.Hender R.B.Quinn+ A.E.Hollingworth 45 1937 1 Dr.P.T.S.Cherry W.E.Baudinet C.Hayter J.Dermody R.B.Quinn R.B.Quinn 51 1936 1 C.T.Gun W.E.Baudinet C.Hayter J.Dermody A.E.Hollingworth J.M.Prideaux 86 1935 2 C.T.Gun W.E.Baudinet C.Hayter R.C.Johnson J.Dermody J.M.Prideaux 95 1934 2 C.T.Gun W.E.Baudinet C.Hayter V.W.Johnson A.E.Hollingworth J.M.Prideaux 73 1933 5 C.T.Gun W.E.Baudinet C.Hayter S.F.Ween J.Dermody N.Hender 48 1932 4 C.T.Gun W.E.Baudinet C.Hayter S.F.Ween E.W.Mucklow N.Hender 55 1931 3 Dr.P.T.S.Cherry W.E.Baudinet C.Hayter V.W.Johnson M.W.Allingham L.C.Dayman 62 1930 2 Dr.P.T.S.Cherry A.O.R.Tapp C.Hayter V.M.Johnson V.W.Johnson L.C.Dayman 99 1929 2 Dr.P.T.S.Cherry A.O.R.Tapp C.Hayter V.W.Johnson E.W.Mucklow L.C.Dayman 86* 1928 1 Dr.P.T.S.Cherry A.O.R.Tapp C.Hayter V.W.Johnson L.C.Dayman L.C.Dayman 41
A.R.Reval R.B.Quinn/ A.R.Reval R.B.Quinn S.Hosking S.Hosking S.Hosking L.J.Ashby L.J.Ashby H.B.Dewar S.F.Ween S.Hosking S.Hosking S.Hosking S.Hosking
League changed name to South Australian National Football League 1927 3 Dr.P.T.S.Cherry C.McArthur
100 PORT ADELAIDE FOOTBALL CLUB
C.Hayter
P.A.Bampton
C.H.Keal
H.D.Logan
66
S.Hosking
Year
Pos. President
1926 2 1925 2 1924 4 1923 7 1922 5 1921 1 1920 3 1919 4
Dr.P.T.S.Cherry S.H.Skipper S.H.Skipper S.H.Skipper S.H.Skipper Dr.A.V.Benson Dr.A.V.Benson Dr.A.V.Benson
Chairman
Chief Executive Officer Captain
Best & Fairest
Leading Goalkicker
C.McArthur C.McArthur C.McArthur C.McArthur C.McArthur P.O’Grady F.I.Hansen F.I.Hansen
A.McKelvie A.McKelvie A.McKelvie A.McKelvie C.V.Tyler C.V.Tyler C.V.Tyler C.V.Tyler
L.C.Hodge P.A.Bampton L.C.Dayman L.C.Dayman C.G.Dayman C.E.Adams C.E.Adams W.J.Ashley
H.D.Logan H.D.Logan M.W.Allingham M.W.Allingham M.W.Allingham M.W.Allingham F.E.Dewar L.L.Lackman
M.W.Allingham C.H.Keal C.H.Keal C.G.Dayman S.W.Howie W.H.Oliver J.W.Robertson/ B.Olds H.V.Pope/ A.T.McFarlane
Coach 36 56 28 42 47 43 24 26*
M.W.Allingham A.Hosie A.Hosie C.G.Dayman S.W.Howie S.Hosking F.I.Hansen F.I.Hansen
League Football resumes following cessation of hostilities 1918 1917 1916
2 1 1
Dr.A.V.Benson Dr.A.V.Benson Dr.A.V.Benson
Unknown Unknown Unknown
C.V.Tyler C.V.Tyler C.V.Tyler
H.F.Eaton H.F.Eaton H.F.Eaton
Not Awarded Not Awarded Not Awarded
Unknown J.T.Hayman 24* J.T.Hayman 40
H.F.Eaton H.F.Eaton H.F.Eaton
League Football Suspended 1916-1918 owing to World War One; Port Adelaide founding club of South Australian Patriotic Football Association 1915 2 Dr.A.V.Benson M.G.Donaghy J.Hodge A.T.McFarlane H.F.Eaton A.Congear 21 1914 1 Dr.A.V.Benson M.G.Donaghy J.Hodge J.W.Londrigan W.J.Ashley+ J.S.Dunn 33* 1913 1 Dr.A.V.Benson M.G.Donaghy J.Hodge J.W.Londrigan H.F.Eaton F.I.Hansen 39* 1912 2 R.Cruickshank J.V.Earle J.Hodge C.T.Cocks/ S.Hosking W.H.Oliver F.I.Hansen 37* 1911 2 R.Cruickshank J.V.Earle J.Hodge G.P.Dempster W.H.Oliver F.I.Hansen 41* 1910 1 W.E.Mattinson H.T.Phillips J.Hodge J.Woollard S.Hosking+ F.I.Hansen 47 1909 2 W.E.Mattinson R.A.Walsh J.Hodge M.G.Donaghy J.S.Dickson A.Congear 30
A.T.McFarlane J.W.Londrigan J.W.Londrigan Unknown M.G.Donaghy/ J.Woollard A.Hosie A.Hosie
Year Pos. President Chairman Chief Executive Officer Captain Leading Player Leading Goalkicker
Captain in charge of training
1908 3 W.E.Mattinson W.H.Harvey 1907 2 W.E.Mattinson W.H.Harvey
33* 32*
J.McGargill J.McGargill
42* 30* 28 40 25 27 15 12 34 27*
J.McGargill J.McGargill J.McGargill J.McGargill J.McGargill J.McGargill J.McGargill J.McGargill J.McGargill J.McGargill
J.Hodge J.Hodge
E.Strawns/ M.G.Donaghy^ J.S.Dickson L.T.Corston J.P.Mack+
J.Mathison J.Quinn
Association changed name to South Australian Football League 1906 1 1905 2 1904 2 1903 1 1902 3 1901 2 1900 6 1899 3 1898 2 1897 1
W.E.Mattinson W.H.Harvey W.E.Mattinson W.H.Harvey W.E.Mattinson W.H.Harvey W.E.Mattinson W.H.Harvey W.E.Mattinson W.H.Harvey R.Cruickshank W.H.Harvey W.Fisher W.H.Harvey W.Fisher W.H.Harvey W.Fisher R.Cruickshank C.Tucker/ W.Fisher R.Cruickshank
J.Hodge J.Sweeney J.Sweeney J.Sweeney J.Sweeney J.Sweeney J.Sweeney J.Sweeney H.W.Hills/ J.Sweeney H.W.Hills
J.Fletcher/ L.T.Corston^ J.Quinn A.Hosie/J.Quinn^ A.Hosie A.Hosie A.Hosie H.T.Phillips H.T.Phillips K.McKenzie K.McKenzie
E.Strawns J.Quinn L.T.Corston J.J.Tompkins L.T.Corston E.Strawns J.Quinn S.A.Malin+ A.Hoise K.McKenzie
J.Mathison J.Mathison J.J.Tompkins J.J.Tompkins J.N.Healy J.Quinn H.Tompkins W.Stark W.Stark J.J.Tompkins
Introduction of District football 1896 5 C.Tucker/ W.Fisher H.M.Adams H.W.Hills K.McKenzie G.Linklater 1895 3 W.Fisher H.M.Adams J.Sweeney A.Miers O.L’estage 1894 3 J.Cleave A.Mackie J.Sweeney K.McKenzie A.Miers 1893 3 J.Cleave R.Cruickshank J.Sweeney K.McKenzie W.Murray/ H.T.Phillips 1892 2 J.Formby R.Cruickshank J.Sweeney K.McKenzie H.T.Phillips 1891 2 J.Formby J.Sweeney R.Cruickshank/ A.H.Bushby K.McKenzie H.T.Phillips 1890 1 J.Formby J.Sweeney R.Cruickshank K.McKenzie C.Fry 1889 2 J.Formby J.Sweeney R.Cruickshank W.Bushby H.G.Hamilton 1888 2 J.Formby R.Cruickshank J.Sweeney W.Bushby H.T.Phillips 1887 2 J.Formby T.Gifford E.C.LeMessurier W.Bushby W.Bushby 1886 4 J.Formby T.Gifford J.Litchfield W.Bushby C.Fry 1885 3 J.Formby E.E.LeMessurier E.C.LeMessurier R.Turpenny/ C.Kellett^ M.M.Coffee 1884 1 J.Formby T.Gifford E.C.LeMessurier R.Turpenny C.Kellet/G.Cairns 1883 2 J.Formby T.Gifford E.C.LeMessurier E.E.LeMessurier^/ R.Turpenny R.Kirkpatrick
A.Lees 19 J.McGargill A.McKenzie 25 J.McGargill A.McKenzie 36 J.McGargill A.McKenzie 59 J.McGargill A.McKenzie J.McKenzie J.McKenzie C.Fry H.T.Phillips/ J.McKenzie A.H.Bushby C.Fry/M.M.Coffee R.C.Roy R.C.Roy J.Litchfield
43 37 32* 32* 23
J.McGargill J.McGargill J.McGargill J.McGargill J.McGargill
25 6 13 22* 13*
J.McGargill J.McGargill R.Turpenny R.Turpenny R.Turpenny
1882 3 J.Formby T.G.Smith E.C.LeMessurier C.Kellett J.Munro 1881 5 J.Formby T.G.Smith E.E.LeMessurier/ J.Carter W.Fletcher^/ J.Sandilands J.Sidoli 1880 6 J.Formby T.G.Smith J.W.Channon J.A.Atkins/ J.Carter^ J.Sidoli 1879 2 J.Hart (jnr) J.A.Rann C.Wells W.Fletcher T.G.Smith 1878 2 J.Hart (jnr) J.A.Rann C.Wells W.Fletcher T.G.Smith 1877 4 J.Hart (jnr) J.A.Rann C.Wells W.Fletcher T.G.Smith
G.Slatter J.Watt E.E.LeMessurier E.C.LeMessurier E.E.LeMessurier/ J.Carter A.LeMessurier
6 6 3 4 3
C.Kellett J.Sandilands J.A.Atkins W.Fletcher W.Fletcher
5
W.Fletcher
Port Adelaide founding club of the South Australian Football Association 1876 1875 1874 1873 1872 1871 1870
5 2 2 2 2 3 3
J.Hart (jnr) J.Hart (jnr) J.Hart (jnr) J.Hart (jnr) J.Hart (snr) J.Hart (snr) J.Hart (snr)
W.E.Mattinson W.E.Mattinson W.E.Mattinson W.E.Mattinson W.E.Mattinson W.E.Mattinson W.E.Mattinson
C.Wells F.Ireland F.Ireland F.Ireland G.Ireland G.Ireland R.W.J.Leicester
W.Fletcher R.C.Sandilands J.A.Rann/C.Wells^ H.Sparnon/ G.Middleton G.Middleton F.Stone J.Wald/G.Dale^
E.E.LeMessurier S.Tyzack/J.A.Rann 1 H.Ford H.Ford/Warren 2 Unknown S.Tyzack Unknown 1 Unknown F.Stone J.Wald J.Wald 2
W.Fletcher R.C.Sandilands J.A.Rann H.Sparnon G.Middleton F.Stone J.Wald
Port Adelaide Football Club established May 1870 * Denotes league leading goal kicker in same year. + Denotes Magarey Medallist. ^ Denotes acting in role.
YEARBOOK 2015 101
AFL RECORDS Overall Record 418 games 212 wins, 201 losses, 5 draws Grand Finals 2 Premierships 1 - 2004 Biggest Crowds Overall 97,302 v Geelong, Grand Final, 2007, MCG Home 53,518 v Adelaide Crows, Round 16, 2015, Adelaide Oval Away 51,883 v Collingwood, Round 1, 1997, MCG Highest Score 29.14 (188) v Hawthorn, Round 13, 2005, Football Park Lowest Score 3.3 (21) v Collingwood, Round 20, 2011, Football Park Greatest Winning Margin 117 points v Hawthorn, Round 13, 2005, Football Park Best Winning Sequence 8 games - Round 8, 2002 to Round 15,2002; Round 15, 2003 to Round 22, 2003; Round 4, 2014 to Round 12,2014 (bye Round 9) Worst Losing Sequence 11 games - Round 11, 2011 to Round 23, 2011 (byes Round 12, 18) Most Games Kane Cornes (300) Warren Tredrea (255) Peter Burgoyne (240) Chad Cornes (239) Brendon Lade (234) Most Consecutive Games Kane Cornes (174) Brendon Lade (106) Brad Ebert (91, current sequence) Matthew Broadbent (80) Jay Schulz (73) AFL Game Records Held in Guernsey Numbers 18 Kane Cornes (293) Port Adelaide Game Record by Guernsey Numbers 18 Kane Cornes (293) 35 Chad Cornes (239) 16 Warren Tredrea (208) 7 Peter Burgoyne (195) 39 Justin Westhoff (181) Most Games as Captain Warren Tredrea (96) Matthew Primus (86) Dom Cassisi (75) Travis Boak (69) Gavin Wanganeen (61)
102 PORT ADELAIDE FOOTBALL CLUB
Most Games As Coach Mark Williams (274) Ken Hinkley (70) Matthew Primus (47) John Cahill (44) Garry Hocking (4) Alan Richardson (1) Most Goals Warren Tredrea (549) Jay Schulz (265) Stuart Dew (245) Brett Ebert (240) Justin Westhoff (229) Top Goalkicking performances 8 Warren Tredrea, Jay Schulz 7 Scott Cummings, Warren Tredrea, Scott Cummings, Daniel Motlop, Jay Schulz Top Scoring performances 8.4 Warren Tredrea (v Carlton, Round 7, 1998, Princes Park) 8.2 Jay Schulz (v Western Bulldogs, Round 14, 2014, Adelaide Oval) 7.6 Scott Cummings (v Essendon, Round 17, 1997, MCG) 7.4 Warren Tredrea (v Richmond, Round 8, 2009, Football Park) 7.3 Jay Schulz (v Brisbane Lions, Round 15, 2011, Gabba) Top Disposals performances 45 Peter Burgoyne (v North Melbourne, Round 22, 2008, MCG) 41 Kane Cornes (v Western Bulldogs, Round 14, 2008, Marrara), Peter Burgoyne (v Adelaide, Round 3, 2008, Football Park), Travis Boak (v Brisbane Lions, Round 4, 2014, Adelaide Oval) 40 Brad Ebert (v Sydney Swans, Round 13, 2014, SCG) Australian Football Hall of Fame Members As Legend Haydn Bunton Senior (also Fitzroy, Perth) As Player Craig Bradley (also Carlton), Nathan Buckley (also Brisbane Bears, also Collingwood), Russell Ebert (also North Melbourne), Geof Motley, Andrew McLeod (also Adelaide Crows), Robert Quinn, Warren Tredrea, Gavin Wanganeen (also Essendon) As Coach John Cahill (also coach Collingwood), Foster Williams (also coach West Adelaide, South Adelaide) As Administrator Allan Robert McLean AFL Indigenous Team of the Century Gavin Wanganeen (half-back flank), Byron Pickett (interchange), Peter Burgoyne (interchange) Norm Smith Medallists Byron Pickett (2004) Jock McHale Medallists Mark Williams (2004)
AFL Rising Star Award Winners Michael Wilson (1997), Danyle Pearce (2006) Nominations Bowen Lockwood (Round 3, 1997), Michael Wilson (Round 4, 1997), Brendon Lade (Round 7, 1997), Nathan Eagleton (Round 21, 1997), Warren Tredrea (Round 7, 1998), Nick Stevens (Round 9, 1998), Stuart Dew (Round 13, 1998), Matthew Bode (Round 19, 1999), Chad Cornes (Round 10, 2000), Josh Carr (Round 22, 2000), Brent Guerra (Round 17, 2001), Shaun Burgoyne (Round 13, 2002), Brett Ebert (Round 11, 2004), Danyle Pearce (Round 3, 2006), Brad Symes (Round 9, 2006), Jacob Surjan (Round 11, 2006), Troy Chaplin (Round 16, 2006), Robbie Gray (Round 12, 2007), Justin Westhoff (Round 15, 2007), Travis Boak (Round 19, 2007), Alipate Carlile (Round 22, 2008), Jackson Trengove (Round 20, 2010), Jasper Pittard (Round 4, 2011), Chad Wingard (Round 22, 2012), Ollie Wines (Round 1, 2013), Jake Neade (Round 13, 2013), Jarman Impey (Round 8, 2014) Michael Tuck Medallists Adam Kingsley (2001), Nick Stevens (2002) Premierships 2004 Runner-Up 2007 Minor Premiers (McClelland Trophy) 2002, 2003, 2004 Wooden Spoons nil AFL Coaches Association Champion Player of the Year winner Warren Tredrea (2004), Robbie Gray (2014) AFL Coaches Association Coach of the Year winner Mark Williams (2004), Ken Hinkley (2013) Showdown Medallists (introduced 2000) 17 medals/15 medallists Nick Stevens (Round 22, 2000), Josh Francou (Round 3, 2001; Round 18, 2001; Round 20, 2002), Jarrad Schofield (Round 5, 2002), Peter Burgoyne (Round 22, 2003), Warren Tredrea (Round 22, 2004), Shaun Burgoyne (Round 20, 2005), Chad Cornes (Round 21, 2006), Danyle Pearce (Round 16, 2008), Dean Brogan (Round 6, 2009), Robbie Gray (Round 6, 2010), Dom Cassisi (Round 17, 2010), Justin Westhoff (Round 4, 2011), Travis Boak (Round 3, 2013), Chad Wingard (Round 19, 2013), Hamish Hartlett (Round 2, 2014), Robbie Gray (Round 5, 2015)
Peter Badcoe VC Medallists (Port Adelaide-awarded ANZAC Medal) 7 medallists Josh Carr (2004), Warren Tredrea (2005), Brendon Lade (2006), Chad Cornes (2007), Kane Cornes (2008), David Rodan (2010), Hamish Hartlett (2013), Travis Boak (2014, 2015)
Highest Score in a Final 26.8 (164) v North Melbourne, 1st Elimination Final, 2005
Best Finals Winning Streak 4 games (2004-2005) Worst Finals Losing Streak 4 games (1999-2002)
Lowest Score in a Final 5.10 (40) v Adelaide, 1st Semi Final, 2005
Pre-season/Night premierships 45 games - 26 wins, 19 losses Premierships 2001, 2002
Greatest Winning Margin in a Final 87 points v North Melbourne, 1st Elimination Final, 2005 87 points v North Melbourne, 2nd Preliminary Final, 2007
Finals 22 games – 11 wins, 11 losses Most Finals Appearances 19 Kane Cornes 17 Peter Burgoyne, Warren Tredrea 16 Chad Cornes 14 Shaun Burgoyne, Stuart Dew, Adam Kingsley, Gavin Wanganeen
Greatest Losing Margin in a Final 119 points v Geelong, Grand Final, 2007 Most Goals in a Final 5 Brendon Lade v Sydney, 1st Qualifying Final, 2003
Records by Venue Venue
Records by Club
P
W
L
D
Win %
Football Park*
213
127
84
2
59.62
Adelaide
Opponent
P
W
L
D
Win %
39
21
18
0
53.85
Docklands
46
18
28
0
39.13
MCG
39
15
23
1
38.46
Hawthorn
31
18
18
0
58.06
Fremantle
31
17
14
0
54.84
Subiaco
28
14
14
0
Adelaide Oval
26
18
8
0
50.00
Brisbane Lions
30
13
15
2
43.33
69.23
North Melbourne
30
9
21
0
30.00
Gabba
15
4
9
2
26.67
SCG
14
3
11
0
21.43
Melbourne
29
18
11
0
62.07
Geelong
29
9
19
1
31.03
Kardinia Park
13
2
11
0
15.38
Carlton
28
15
12
1
53.57
Marrara Oval
10
4
6
0
40.00
West Coast
27
17
10
0
62.96
York Park
8
5
3
0
62.50
St Kilda
26
16
10
0
61.54
Princes Park*
8
4
4
0
50.00
Essendon
26
15
11
0
57.69
Waverley Park*
5
1
4
0
20.00
Carrara
4
4
0
0
100.00
Richmond
26
15
10
1
57.69
Collingwood
26
12
14
0
46.15
Sydney Swans
26
7
19
0
26.92
Western Bulldogs
25
13
12
0
52.00
Manuka
4
1
3
0
25.00
Traeger Park Oval
2
2
0
0
100.00
W.A.C.A. Ground*
2
1
1
0
50.00
Gold Coast
6
5
1
0
83.33
Sydney Showgrounds
2
1
1
0
50.00
Greater Western Sydney
5
4
1
0
80.00
0.00
440
224
211
5
Bellerive Oval TOTALS Club Membership^ 1997: 35,809 1998: 38,305 1999: 37,166 2000: 34,935 2001: 33,296 2002: 36,229 2003: 35,425 2004: 36,340 2005: 36,834
1
0
1
0
440
224
211
5
2006: 33,648 2007: 34,073 2008: 34,185 2009: 30,605 2010: 29,029 2011: 32,581 2012: 35,543 2013: 39,838 2014: 48,968 2015: 54,057
Average Home Attendance 1997: 33,829 1998: 31,657 1999: 31,271 2000: 26,377 2001: 30,778 2002: 30,413 2003: 31,845 2004: 29,877 2005: 32,911
TOTALS
2006: 27,257 2007: 27,870 2008: 23,842 2009: 24,349 2010: 23,045 2011: 21,678 2012: 19,886 2013: 26,916 2014: 44,364 2015: 42,929
Teal denotes active individual in 2015 Italics denote new record, ranking or achievement * inactive venue/club ^ after AFL membership audit
YEARBOOK 2015 103
SANFL RECORDS Overall Record^ 2616 games 1714 wins, 853 losses, 65 draws Grand Finals 60 Premierships 36 Biggest Crowds Overall: 66,897 v Sturt, Grand Final, 1976, Football Park Home: 22,738 v Norwood, Round 11, 1977, Alberton Oval Away: 30,618 v South Adelaide, Round 2, 1965, Adelaide Oval Highest Score 37.21 (243) v Woodville 13.4 (82) 9 April 1980, Football Park Lowest Score 1.1 (7) v North Adelaide 6.10 (46) 5 May 1900, Alberton Oval Greatest Winning Margin 169 points v Woodville Round 17, 1970, Woodville Oval Greatest Losing Margin 122 points v Norwood Round 5, 1997, Adelaide Oval Best Winning Sequence 28 games - 21 June 1913 to 19 June 1915 Worst Losing Sequence 7 games – 14 May 2002 to 1 June 2002 Most Games Russell Ebert (392) Greg Phillips, Darren Smith (343) Tim Ginever (314) Kym Kinnear (272) Stephen Williams (269) Most Games as Coach Foster Williams (447) John Cahill (443) Stephen Williams (167) Samson Hosking (172)~ Russell Ebert (116) Most Goals Tim Evans (1044) Scott Hodges (693) Darren Smith (505) Rex Johns (451) Brian Cunningham (428) Top Goalkicking performance 16 Tim Evans (v West Adelaide, 1890, Alberton) Magarey Medallists 23 medals/18 medallists Stanley Malin (1899), Jack Mack (1907), Samson Hosking (1910, 1915), William John Ashley (1914), Charles Adams (1921), Peter Bampton (1925), Robert Quinn (1938, 1945), David Boyd (1956), Geof Motley (1964), Trevor Obst (1967), Russell Ebert (1971, 1974, 1976, 1980), Peter Woite (1975), Greg Anderson (1986), Scott Hodges (1990), Nathan Buckley (1992), Anthony Brown (2001), Ryan O’Connor (2001), Brett Ebert (2003), Jeremy Clayton (2005) 104 PORT ADELAIDE FOOTBALL CLUB
R.O. Shearman Medallists 2 Ryan O’Connor (2001), Steven Summerton (2014) South Australian Football Hall of Fame Inductees Bruce Abernethy, John Abley, David Boyd, Craig Bradley, John Cahill, Brian Cunningham, Leslie Dayman, Russell Ebert, Tim Evans, Josh Francou (also NA), Tim Ginever Neville Hayes, Ned Hender (also Glenelg/West, Glenelg), Scott Hodges, Samson Hosking, Ray Huppatz (also Woodville), W ‘Vic’ Johnson (also coach SA), Robert McLean (also player Norwood), Peter Mead, Geof Motley, William Oliver, Greg Phillips, Jeff Potter, Robert Quinn, Allan Reval, Warren Tredrea, Ted Whelan, Mark Williams, Foster Williams, Peter Woite SANFL Indigenous Team of the Century Richie Bray (half-forward flank), Andrew McLeod (centre), Gavin Wanganeen (halfback flank), Byron Pickett (half-back flank), Graham Johncock (back pocket), Corey Ah Chee (full back), Shaun Burgoyne (ruck rover), Aaron Davey (interchange), Peter Burgoyne (interchange), Fabian Francis (reserve) SANFL Leading Goalkicker Medallists 27 times/16 players 1883: James Litchfield (13) 1884: Robert Roy (22) 1889: Charile Fry (32) 1890: John McKenzie (32) 1897: James Tompkins (27) 1905: James Mathison (30) 1906: James Mathison (42) 1907: John Quinn snr (32) 1908: James Mathison (33) 1910: Frank Hansen (46) 1911: Frank Hansen (41) 1912: Frank Hansen (37) 1913: Frank Hansen (39) 1914: John Dunn (33) 1919: Len Lackman (25) 1929: Leslie ‘Bro’ Dayman (86) 1947: Bob McLean (80) 1956: Rex Johns (70) 1958: Rex Johns (55) 1959: Wally Dittmar (74) 1960: Wally Dittmar (69) 1962: Rex Johns (76) 963: Rex Johns (54) 1966: Eric Freeman (81) 1977: Tim Evans (87) 1978: Tim Evans (90) 1980: Tim Evans (146) Ken Farmer Medallists 8 times/3 players 1981: Tim Evans (98) 1982: Tim Evans (125) 1984: Tim Evans (127) 1990: Scott Hodges (153) 1992: Mark Tylor (87) 1993: Mark Tylor (90) 1994: Scott Hodges (129) 1996: Scott Hodges (117)
Jack Oatey Medallists 10 medals Russell Ebert (1981), Bruce Abernethy (1988), Russell Johnston (1989), George Fiacchi (1990), Nathan Buckley (1992), Darryl Wakelin (1994), Anthony Darcy (1995), David Brown (1996), Brett Chalmers (1998), Darryl Poole (1999) Premiership Coaches 7 Archibald Hosie (1910), John Londrigan (1913,1914), Samson Hosking (1921, 1928, 1936,1937) Robert Quinn (1939), Foster Williams (1951, 1954,1955,1956,1957,1958, 1962,1963,1965), John Cahill (1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1988,1989,1990,1992,1994,1995), Stephen Williams (1996,1998,1999) 2 as training coach N.R. Turpenny (1884), J. McGargill (1890, 1897, 1903, 1906) Premierships 1884, 1890, 1897, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1921, 1928, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 995, 1996, 1998, 1999 Runners-Up 1889, 1898, 1901, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1915, 1929, 1930, 1934, 1935, 1938, 1945, 1946, 1953, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1984, 1997, 2014 Minor Premiers 44 times Wooden Spoons 1886, 1896, 1900 Stanley H. Lewis Memorial Trophy (best performed club across three grades) 1962, 1963, 1964, 1970, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1999 Finals 220 games – 119 wins, 99 losses, 1 drawn Highest Score in a Final 29.14 (182) v North Adelaide, Preliminary Final, 1990 Lowest Score in a Final 0.12 (12) v North Adelaide, 1st Semi Final, 1906 Greatest Winning Margin in a Final 94 points v North Adelaide, Grand Final, 1989 Greatest Losing Margin in a Final 84 points v West Adelaide, Elimination Final, 1991 Best Finals Winning Streak Nine games: (1955-1958) Worst Finals Losing Streak Five games (1907-1909, 1924-1928,1984-1987) Pre-season/Night premierships Premierships 1961, 1973, 1989 Championships of Australia Champions: 1890, 1910, 1913, 1914 Runner-Up: 1897
Records by Venue Venue
Records by Club
P
W
L
D
Win %
P
W
L
D
Alberton
944
710
214
20
75.21
Norwood
Opponent
404
195
192
17
Win % 48.27
Adelaide Oval
630
362
253
15
57.46
South Adelaide
361
250
98
13
69.25
Football Park*
238
162
73
3
68.07
North Adelaide (Medindie)
326
225
101
0
69.02
Norwood Oval
108
46
61
1
42.59
West Adelaide (1890-current)
292
189
100
3
64.73
Prospect Oval
93
63
30
0
67.74
Sturt
291
188
101
2
64.60
Glenelg Oval
93
62
30
1
66.67
Glenelg
248
175
67
3
71.77
Unley Oval
93
52
41
0
55.91
West Torrens (Port Natives)
235
173
61
1
73.62
Thebarton Oval*
64
40
23
1
62.50
Central District
144
86
56
2
59.72
Richmond Oval
55
33
22
0
60.00
Woodville-West Torrens
71
36
35
0
50.70
Elizabeth Oval
55
26
27
2
47.27
Kensington*
52
33
17
2
63.46
Woodville Oval
47
33
13
1
70.21
Glanville*
35
14
10
11
40.00
Noarlunga Oval
24
16
8
0
Hindmarsh*
23
17
6
Jubilee Oval*
17
10
South Parklands*
14
Wayville
Woodville
58
50
7
1
86.21
Adelaide (original - SAFA)
51
33
13
5
64.71
Victorians/North Adelaide
23
10
6
7
43.48
South Park
18
15
2
1
83.33
66.67
Kensington
16
6
6
4
37.50
0
73.91
West Adelaide/Glenelg**
14
12
2
0
85.71
7
0
58.82
Sturt/South Adelaide**
14
10
4
0
71.43
7
6
1
50.00
Norwood/North Adelaide**
14
9
5
0
64.29
13
5
7
1
38.46
Gawler
8
7
1
0
87.50
North Parklands*
9
1
6
2
11.11
Hotham/North Adelaide
5
5
0
0
100.00
Montefiore Hill*
6
1
3
2
16.67
Prospect
5
5
0
0
100.00
Gawler*
5
4
1
0
80.00
Woodville (original)
5
3
1
1
60.00
East Parklands*
5
1
3
1
20.00
Young Australians
5
0
1
4
0.00
Port Lincoln*
2
2
0
0
100.00
Adelaide Crows
4
3
1
0
75.00
Hawthorn*
1
1
0
0
100.00
St Francis Xaviers
3
3
0
0
100.00
Mt Gambier*
1
1
0
0
100.00
West Adelaide (original)
3
3
0
0
100.00
Port Pirie*
1
1
0
0
100.00
Mitcham
2
2
0
0
100.00
Whyalla*
1
1
0
0
100.00
South Australian Railways
2
2
0
0
100.00
Largs Bay*
1
1
0
0
100.00
Sturt Central
2
2
0
0
100.00
Clare*
1
1
0
0
100.00
Kenilworth
2
1
1
0
50.00
Balaklava
1
1
0
0
100.00
Kingston*
1
0
0
1
0.00
2633
1707
861
65
TOTALS Club Membership 1986: 3404 1987: 3537 1988: 2959 1989: 3156 1990: 3298 1991: 2493 1992: not available 1993: 2454 1994: 6347 1995: 8839 1996: 5292
Average Home Attendance 1997: 3898 1998: 4122 1999: 3869 2000: 4078 2001: 3478 2002: 2274 2003: 2498 2004: 2857 2005: 3100 2006: 3228 2007: 3043 2008: 3424 2009: 3106 2010: 3051 2011: 3013 2012: 2752 2013: 2943 2014: 3256 2015: 2914
Royal Park
1
1
0
0
100.00
Bankers
1
1
0
0
100.00
Police
1
1
0
0
100.00
Adelaide Kensington
1
1
0
0
100.00
Australs
1
1
0
0
100.00
Officers of Ships
1
1
0
0
100.00 0.00
Alberton and Queenstown TOTALS
1
0
0
1
2633
1707
861
65
Teal denotes active individual in 2015 Italics denote new record, ranking or achievement ~ excludes patriotic football competition ^in local (1870-1876), SAFA/SAFL/SANFL (18771915, 1919-1941,1945-present), Patriotic (19161918, 1942-1944) football
YEARBOOK 2015 105
RECORDS
CLUB AND COMBINED INDIVIDUAL RECORDS All-Australian selections 22 players/1 coach/37 selections John Abley (1956, 1958, 1961), John Cahill (1969), Greg Phillips (1980), Mark Williams (1980, 2004 as coach), Tony Giles (1983), Craig Bradley (1983, 1985), Stephen Curtis (1983), Greg Anderson (1987), Martin Leslie (1988), Adam Heuskes (1997), Matthew Primus (2001, 2002), Warren Tredrea (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004), Gavin Wanganeen (2001, 2003), Josh Francou (2002), Brett Montgomery (2002), Chad Cornes (2004, 2007), Kane Cornes (2005, 2007), Shaun Burgoyne (2006), Brendon Lade (2006,2007), Travis Boak (2013, 2014), Chad Wingard (2013,2015), Robbie Gray (2014,2015) Fos Williams Medallists (Best SA player in State and State of Origin games) Greg Phillips (1982 v WA), Craig Bradley (1985 v WA), 1986 v Victoria, 1991 Origin v Victoria, 1993 Origin v Victoria), David Hynes (1992 Origin v WA), Greg Anderson (1993 Origin v WA), Simon Tregenza (1995 Origin v Victoria), Brayden Lyle (1997 v Victoria), Stephen Carter (2000 v WA) Simpson Medallists (Best player in Origin games involving WA in Perth) Max James (1977), Craig Bradley (1985) Port Adelaide representatives in Interstate Teams 1880: G Gliddon (2 games), E LeMessurier (1), J Sidoli (1) 1881: R Buchan, M Coffee, J Sidoli, R N Turpenny, J Watt (members of SA touring side of Victoria – teams unavailable) 1890: A Bushby (2) C Fry (2), P Gardiner (2), H G Hamilton (2), W Kempster, K McKenzie (2), H Phillips (1), H Stevens (1), A Tomlin (2), G Webb (1) 1891: P Gardiner (1), H G Hamilton (2), W Kempster (2), K McKenzie (2), A Miers (2), H Phillips (2), A E Tomlin (2), G Webb (2) 1892: V Coracevich (1), H G Hamilton (1), A McKenzie (1), J McKenzie (1), J McKenzie (1), A Miers (1), H Phillips (1), A Schwann (1), G Davis (1) 1893: A E Tomlin (1) 1894: V Coracevich (1), P Gardiner (1), W Kempster (1), A McKenzie (1), K McKenzie (1), A Miers (1), H Ninham (1), H Phillips (1), G Webb (1) 1899: A Hosie (1), S Malin (1), T Munyard (1), F E Smithers (1), G Webb (1) 1900: A Hosie (1) 1901: A Hosie (2), J Quinn (2) 1902: L T Corston (1), A Hosie (2), E Strawns (2) 1903: L T Corston (1), E Strawns (2), J Whicker (2)
1904: J Davis (1), A Gosling (1), J Quinn (1), E Strawns (1) 1905: J Davis (2), G P Dempster (1), J Fletcher (1), A Gosling (2), F James (1), E Strawns (2) 1906: L T Corston (1), J Davis (2), G P Dempster (2), J Fletcher (2), J Mathieson (1), E Strawns (1), J Tompkins (1) 1907: E M Beare (1), R James (1), J Mack (1), E Strawns (1) 1908: E M Beare (4), C T Cocks (1), J S Dickson (4), M G Donaghy (1), J Mack (2), J Woolard (3) 1909: G P Dempster (2), J S Dickson (2) 1910: C T Cocks (1), A Congear (1), F S Curnow (1), J S Dickson (1) 1911: E J Callinan (1), C T Cocks (1), A Congear (6), F Hansen (6), S Hosking (5), W H Oliver (6) 1912: J W Ashley (2), E J Callinan (1), A Congear (2), S Hosking (2), W Mahoney (2), W H Oliver (2) 1913: A Congear (1), J F Eaton (1), F Hansen (1), F J Magor (1), A J Maynard (1) 1914: J W Ashley, A Congear, F J Magor, A T McFarlane, J Robertson, J C Watson (members of SA squad to Australian National Football Carnival, Sydney) 1919: J W Ashley (2), A Congear (2), E Dewar (1), S Hosking (2), B Olds (1) 1920: E Dewar (2) 1921: C E G Adams (1), P Bampton (2), L G Beck (2), S Hosking (1), W H Oliver (1), P Taylor (2) 1922: B Bampton (2) 1923: M Allingham (1), Clem Dayman (2), L C Dayman (2), E Mucklow (4) 1924: M Allingham (2), C Dayman (4), L C Dayman (2), B McInnes (2) 1925: M Allingham (1), P Bampton (2), L C Dayman (4), A Hoffman (1) 1926: P Bampton (3), L C Dayman (3), A Hoffman (2), C Johnson (1), C Keal (2), E Mucklow (3) 1927: P Bampton (1), V Johnson (2), C Keal (2), E Mucklow (3) 1928: H Galliford (1), V Johnson (1), S Ween (1) 1929: R Conole (1), L C Dayman (3), V Johnson (1), C T Maywald (1), T J Quinn (3), J S Wade (4) 1930: L C Dayman (3), V Johnson (4), T Quinn (3), I T Waye (3) 1931: M W Allingham (1), L C Dayman (2), V Johnson (2), C T Maywald (2), J Mott (1), I T Wayne (2), S F Ween (1) 1932: D Eden (1), A Hender (1), N Hender (4), V Johnson (1), J Mott (2) 1933: J Dermody (4), A Hender (2), N Hender (4), V Johnson (1), K Obst (1), R Whitaker (1) 1934: J Dermody (4), N Hender (4), J C Hooper (4), A R Reval (1) 1935: J Dermody (3), D Eden (1), N Hender (3), A Hollingworth (1), R Johnson (1), A R Reval (2), K West (1), W Whicker (1), W Yates (1) 1936: J Dermody (3), N Hender (3), T Kellaway (1), K Obst (2), R B Quinn (3), A R Reval (3)
106 PORT ADELAIDE FOOTBALL CLUB
1937: J Dermody (2), N Hender (2), A Hollingworth (2), S Jacquier (1), T Kellaway (1), R Meers (2), R B Quinn (2), A R Reval (2) 1938: B Bampton (3), N Hender (5), A Hollingworth (3), R Meers (1), R B Quinn (3), A R Reval (3), K West (3) 1939: N Hender (2), A R McLean (1), A R Reval (2) 1941: T Kellaway (1), A R McLean (1), K Obst (1), L E Roberts (1), J Skelly (1) 1945: W McFarlane (1), L G MclEan (1), R B Quinn (1), L E Roberts (1) 1946: L R Kretschmer (1), W McFarlane (3), A R Mclean (4), R B Quinn (2), L E Roberts (4) 1947: L R Kretschmer (1), W McFarlane (3), A R Mclean (2), R B Quinn (2), R C Schumann (3) 1948: L C Dayman (1), R L Russell (2), R C Schumann (1) 1949: D E Boyd (3), K Growden (2), R L Russell (4), R C Schumann (4) 1950: D E Boyd (3), K Growden (1), R L Russell (4), R D Whitaker (4), F N Williams (4) 1951: D E Boyd (2), A S Greer (2), H A McDonald (1), R L Russell (3), R D Whitaker (3), F N Williams (2) 1952: D E Boyd (3), R W Clift (2), H A McDonald (2), R C Russell (3), R D Whitaker (4), F N Williams (1) 1953: J W Abley (4), D E Boyd (2), R F Luke (3), R L Russell (2), R D Whitaker (3), F N Williams (4) 1954: D E Boyd (1), R W Clift (2), T E Garland (1), B Jaggard (1), H A McDonald (2), G P Motley (1), A E Whelan (1), F N Williams (1) 1955: R W Clift (1), N C Hayes (4), B W Jaggard (2), H A McDonald (4), G P Motley (3), A E Whelan (1), F N Williams (4), K L Zucker (2) 1956: J W Abley (4), D E Boyd (3), G P Motley (3), D L Thompson (3), F N Williams (4), A E Whelan (4), K L Zucker (4) 1957: J W Abley (3), N C Hayes (2), R F Johns (4), M A Kretschmer (3), H A McDonald (4), P Obst (1), D L Thompson (2), A E Whelan (5), F N Williams (4) 1958: J W Abley (3), D E Boyd (2), I G Hannaford (1), N C Hayes (4), G P Motley (4), K F Tierney (4), A E Whelan (4), F N Williams (2) 1959: J W Abley (3), J V Cahill (3), W J Dittmar (4), I G Hannaford (3), N C Hayes (3), B H Key (2), M A Kretschmer (1), G P Motley (4), P K Obst (1), A E Whelan (4) 1960: J W Abley (2), W J Dittmar (2), I G Hannaford (3), N C Hayes (3), R F Johns (1), G P Motley (1), T D Obst (3), A E Whelan (1) 1961: J W Abley (3), J V Cahil (3), I G Hannaford (2), N C Hayes (2), T D Obst (1), J G Potter (3) 1962: J V Cahill (3), I G Hannaford (3), N C Hayes (2), G P Motley (2), P K Obst (2), J G Potter (3) 1963: J V Cahill (3), I G Hannaford (3), N C Hayes (1), G P Motley (3), S K Traynor (1), J G Potter (3) 1964: J W Abley (2), W J Dittmar (2), I G Hannaford (3), N C Hayes
(3), R F Johns (1), G P Motley (1), T D Obst (3), A E Whelan (1) 1965: J V Cahill (4), G A Cooper (3), E W Freeman (4), G P Motley (4), J G Potter (4) 1966: J V Cahill (3), J G Potter (4) 1967: R Elleway (2), E W Freeman (2), T D Obst (1), J G Potter (2) 1968: R Elleway (2), D F Errey (2), J G Potter (2), K Spencer (1) 1969: J V Cahill (3), R Elleway (3) 1970: J V Cahill (2), R F Ebert (1), R Elleway (1), D F Errey (1), P Woite (2) 1971: J V Cahill (3), R F Ebert (3), R W Kingston (2), B Light (2), P Woite (2) 1972: R F Ebert (3), R W Kingston (2), P Woite (2) 1973: D Cahill (2), R F Ebert (2), M James (2), B Light (1) 1974: D Cahill (1), B Cunningham (1), R F Ebert (2), P Woite (1) 1975: D Cahill (2), R F Ebert (2), M James (1), B Light (1), P Woite (2) 1977: D Cahill (1), B Cunningham (2), R F Ebert (2), M James (2), P Woite (2) 1978: B Cunningham (1), C Fragomeni (1), G Phillips (1) 1979: D Cahill (1), R F Ebert (2)*, T Evans (3), M Faletic (1), M James (2)*, G Phillips (2), T Sorrell (3), M M Williams (1) 1980: B Abernethy (1), D Cahill (1), B Cunningham (2), R F Ebert (5), T Evans (3), M Faletic (1), A Giles (3), M James (1)*, G Phillips (4), M M Williams (5) 1981: B Abernethy (1), R F Ebert (1), T Evans (1) 1982: B Abernethy (1) *, P Belton (1), R F Ebert (2), I Eckermann (2), T Evans (1), A Giles (1), D Hughes (2), R Johnston (2), G Phillips (2) 1983: C Bradley (2), S Curtis (1), R F Ebert (2), A Giles (2), G Phillips (1) * 1984: G Anderson (1), C Bradley (2), A Giles (1), R Johnston (1), M Leslie (2), G Phillips (1) *, D Russell (2) 1985: C Bradley (2), G Anderson (2), M Leslie (1), R Johnston (1), D Russell (1) 1986: M Leslie (1), G Anderson (2) 1987: G Anderson, B Abernethy, G Phillips 1988: G J Phillips, M Leslie, B Abernethy, R Johnston 1989: D Smith, G Phillips, B Abernethy, R Delaney 1990: B Abernethy, G Phillips, S Tregenza, D Smith 1991: R Delaney, G Fiacchi, P Northeast, G Smallridge, D Smith, M M Williams 1992: N Buckley, B Chalmers, R Delaney 1993: R Delaney, B Chalmers, D Borlase, D Smith 1994: B Chalmers, D Smith, S Hodges, T Malakellis 1995: C Waterhouse, D Mead, S Carter, B Leys, T Ginever, R West, D Smith 1996: S J Carter, D Mead, D Poole 1997: T Bamford 1997 SOO: S Bond, S Cummings*,
A Heuskes, B D Lade, B Lyle, D I Mead, G A Wanganeen, M Wilson 1998: B Leys, R Ambrose, B Beinke 1998 SOO: N Eagleton, J Francou, B D Lade, W G Tredrea, G A Wanganeen 1999: D Brown, J Wait, B Leys, S Carter 1999 SOO: P G Burgoyne, S Cummings*, J Francou, D I Mead, W G Tredrea 2000: C L Ah Chee, S Carter, B Chalmers 2001: C L Ah Chee, R P O’Connor, T Carr, J Wait 2002: C L Ah Chee, R P O’Connor, J Wait 2003: no representatives 2004: SANFL did not participate 2005: C L Ah Chee, J L Clayton 2006: S Eichner, C L Ah Chee, J L Clayton, M P Clayton 2007: SANFL did not participate 2008: C L Ah Chee, J L Clayton 2008 HOFTM: P G Burgoyne, S Burgoyne, K G Cornes, D Motlop 2009: J L Clayton, C L Ah Chee 2011 and 2010: SANFL did not participate 2012: J R Meiklejohn, S R Gray 2013: J R Meiklejohn, S R Gray 2014: S P Summerton 2015: S P Summerton
Teal denotes active individual in 2015 Italics denote new record, ranking, or achievement * denotes playing in non-South Australian competition/team SOO denotes AFL State of Origin game HOFTM denotes one-off Hall of Fame Tribute Match (1) numbers in brackets denote number of representative games played in year if more than one
LEADING DISPOSALS
LEADING GOALKICKER
COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD JOHN McCARTHEY AWARD
BEST PLAYER UNDER-21 GAVIN WANGANEEN MEDAL
BEST TEAM MAN FOS WILLIAMS MEDAL Travis Boak
Brendon Ah Chee
Oliver Wines
Nathan Krakouer
Chad Wingard (53)
Travis Boak (25.6)
Kane Cornes
Travis Boak
Matthew Lobbe
Oliver Wines
Bradley Ebert
Jay Schulz (66)
Travis Boak (26.8)
Kane Cornes
Travis Boak
Justin Westhoff
Oliver Wines
Jack Hombsch
Jay Schulz (49)
Kane Cornes (27.4)
Bradley Ebert
Thomas Jonas
Chad Wingard
Jay Schulz (42)
Kane Cornes (25.5)
Domenic Cassisi
Tom Logan
Hamish Hartlett
Robert Gray (32)
Kane Cornes (22.0)
Travis Boak, Jackson Trengove
BEST TEAM MAN FOS WILLIAMS MEDAL
BEST AND FAIREST THIRD PLACE
BEST AND FAIREST SECOND PLACE
Thomas Logan
LEADING DISPOSALS
2011
MOST IMPROVED
Brad Ebert, Matthew Broadbent
BEST FIRST YEAR PLAYER
Travis Boak
Kane Cornes
BEST AND FAIREST JOHN CAHILL MEDAL
Chad Wingard
YEAR
2013 2012
LEADING GOALKICKER
Jack Hombsch
BEST FINALS PLAYER
Chad Wingard Travis Boak
BEST PLAYER UNDER-21 GAVIN WANGANEEN MEDAL
Robert Gray Robert Gray
COACHES’ AWARD
BEST AND FAIREST THIRD PLACE
2015 2014
YEAR
BEST AND FAIREST SECOND PLACE
BEST AND FAIREST JOHN CAHILL MEDAL
PORT ADELAIDE AFL AWARD WINNERS
2010
Kane Cornes
Troy Chaplin
Alipate Carlile
Domenic Cassisi
Cameron Hitchcock
Paul Stewart
Jackson Trengove
Jay Schulz (33)
Kane Cornes (27.5)
2009
Warren Tredrea
Kane Cornes
Troy Chaplin
Domenic Cassisi
Hamish Hartlett
Robert Gray
Travis Boak
Warren Tredrea (51)
Kane Cornes (27.1)
2008
Kane Cornes
Domenic Cassisi
Daniel Motlop
Domenic Cassisi
Paul Stewart
Travis Boak
Alipate Carlile
Daniel Motlop (57)
Kane Cornes (27.9)
2007
Kane Cornes
Chad Cornes
Peter Burgoyne
Troy Chaplin
Justin Westhoff
David Rodan
Justin Westhoff
Brett Ebert (56)
Kane Cornes (27.8)
2006
Brendon Lade
Shaun Burgoyne
Kane Cornes
Brendon Lade
Matthew Thomas
Shaun Burgoyne
Danyle Pearce
Joshua Mahoney (29)
Kane Cornes (27.1)
2005
Warren Tredrea
Kane Cornes
Domenic Cassisi
Darryl Wakelin
Danyle Pearce
Domenic Cassisi
Chad Cornes
Warren Tredrea (65)
Kane Cornes (24.6)
2004
Warren Tredrea
Kane Cornes
Michael Wilson
Michael Wilson
Brett Ebert
Kane Cornes
Roger James
Warren Tredrea (81)
Peter Burgoyne (21.0)
2003
Gavin Wanganeen
Warren Tredrea
Peter Burgoyne
Josh Carr
Toby Thurstans
Dean Brogan
Brendon Lade
Warren Tredrea (58)
Nick Stevens (24.1)
2002
Matthew Primus
Warren Tredrea
Chad Cornes, Joshua Francou
Josh Carr
Shaun Burgoyne
Chad Cornes
Matthew Bishop
Stuart Dew (51)
Nick Stevens (21.1)
2001
Warren Tredrea
Josh Carr
Nick Stevens
Matthew Primus
Kane Cornes
Josh Carr
Warren Tredrea (51)
Josh Francou (24.2)
2000
Brett Montgomery
Nick Stevens
Fabian Francis
Matthew Primus
Josh Carr
Roger James
Warren Tredrea (32)
Nick Stevens (24.1)
1999
Stephen Paxman
Warren Tredrea
Adam Kingsley
Josh Francou
Barnaby French
Warren Tredrea
Warren Tredrea (40)
Peter Burgoyne (21.1)
1998
Adam Kingsley
Donald Dickie
Darren Mead
Brayden Lyle
Nick Stevens
Warren Tredrea
Warren Tredrea (33)
Donald Dickie (19.8)
1997
Darren Mead
Matthew Primus
Michael Wilson
Brayden Lyle
Darren Mead
Scott Cummings (70)
Brayden Lyle (22.0)
Peter Burgoyne
YEARBOOK 2015 107
PORT ADELAIDE SANFL AWARD WINNERS Year
Best and Fairest
Best and Fairest 2nd
Best and Fairest 3rd
Magarey Medal vote leader
Coaches’ Trophy
A.R.McLean Medal
Most Consistent
Most Dedicated
Most Couragerous
Max Porter Memorial Trophy
Fos Williams Memorial Trophy
Anthony Williams Memorial Trophy
2015
Steven Summerton
Tom Logan
Kane Mitchell
Kane Mitchell
Brendon Ah Chee
Steven Summerton
Anthony Biemans
Tom Logan
2014
Steven Summerton
Ben Newton
Tom Logan
Steven Summerton (15)
Brendon Ah Chee
Steven Summerton
Ben Newton
Tom Logan
2013
Sam Gray
Zane Kirkwood
Kory Beard and Steven Summerton
Sam Gray (21)
Zane Kirkwood
Kory Beard
Steven Summerton
Daniel Kulikowski
2012
Jeremy Clayton
James Meiklejohn
Sam Gray
Mitch Banner (9)
Kory Beard
Luke Slattery
Jarrod Young
Daniel Kulikowski
2011
Mark Dolling
Luke Harder
Steven Summerton
Steven Summerton (8)
James Meiklejohn
Mark Dolling
Daniel Kulikowski
Luke Harder
2010
Steven Summerton
Mark Dolling
Luke Slattery
Mark Dolling (10)
Josh Thurgood
Steven Summerton
Jarrod Young
Kory Beard
2009
Brad Murray
Daniel Elstone
Corey Ah Chee
Brad Murray (10)
Zane Kirkwood
Brad Murray
Justin Perkins
Daniel Elstone
2008
Jeremy Clayton
Steven Summerton
Daniel Elstone
Jeremy Clayton (15)
Tom Carr
Joel Perry
Kristian DePasquale
Daniel Elstone
2007
Jeremy Clayton
James Meiklejohn
Brad Murray
Shayne Biasci
Joel Perry
Justin Perkins
Levi Greenwood
2006
Jeremy Clayton
John Baird
Corey Ah Chee
Matthew King
Corey Ah Chee
Mark Clayton
Kristian DePasquale
2005
Jeremy Clayton+
Tony Brown
Mark Clayton
Corey Ah Chee
Daniel Elstone
Kristian DePasquale
Mark Clayton
2004
Kristian DePasquale
Nigel Fiegert
Corey Ah Chee
Corey Ah Chee
Corey Ah Chee
Kristian DePasquale
Nigel Fiegert
2003
Brett Ebert+
Craig Parry
Ricky O’Loughlin
Craig Parry
Craig Parry
Mark Clayton
Corey Ah Chee
2002
Corey Ah Chee
Jared Ilett
Nigel Fiegert
2001
Ryan O’Connor
Anthony Brown
Corey Ah Chee
Jeremy Clayton (winner)
Brett Ebert (winner)
Anthony Brown Anthony Brown, Ryan O’Connor
Darryl Poole
Ryan O’Connor
Jared Ilett
Mark Clayton
Shane Holmes
Alf Steed
2000
Phillip McGuinnes
Corey Ah Chee
Nigel Fiegert
Alan Didak
Phillip McGuinnes
Mark Clayton
Alf Steed
1999
Darryl Pool
Phillip McGuinnes
Stephen Carter and Brian Leys
Tony Bamford
Phillip McGuinnes
Damien Brown
Mark Clayton
1998
Bryan Beinke
Stephen Carter
Brett Chalmers
Andrew Obst
Bryan Beinke
Richard Ambrose
Brian Leys
Alf Steed
1997
Tim Ginever
Nigel Fiegert
Darryl Borlase
Tim Ginever
Matthew Ashley
Darren Smith
Phillip McGuinness
Mark Clayton
1996
Scott Hodges
Darryl Poole
Darryl Borlase
Fabian Francis
Brian Leys
Darryl Borlase
Michael Wilson
Darryl Poole
1995
Robert West
Tim Ginever
Darren Mead
Robert West
Darren Mead
Rohan Smith
Roger Delaney
Tim Ginever
1994
Tim Ginever
Stephen Williams
Scott Spalding
Tony Malakellis
George Fiacchi
Scott Spalding
Stephen Williams
Stephen Carter
1993
Troy Bond
Roger Delaney
Paul Northeast
Paul Northeast
Brayden Lyle
Roger Delaney
Tim Ginever
Darryl Borlase
1992
Nathan Buckley+
Brett Chalmers
Roger Delaney
Nathan Buckley
Roger Delaney
Darryl Borlase
Darren Smith
1991
Paul Northeast
Gary Smallridge
Wes Fellowes
George Fiacchi
Adrian Settre
George Fiacchi
Gary Smallridge
Mark Williams
1990
Scott Hodges
Simon Tregenza
David Brown
Scott Hodges
David Hutton
Simon Tregenza
Mark Williams
Tim Ginever
1989
Russell Johnston
Simon Tregenza
Greg Phillips
Simon Tregenza
Tim Ginever
Simon Tregenza
Darren Smith
Stephen Williams
1988
Greg Phillips
Stephen Williams
Darren Smith
Martin Leslie
Stephen Williams
Darren Smith
Tim Ginever
Tim Ginever
1987
Bruce Abertnethy
Russell Johnston
Stephen Curtis
Bruce Abernethy
Russell Johnston
Phillip Harrison
Martin Leslie
1986
Martin Leslie
Greg Anderson
Russell Johnston
Greg Anderson
Greg Anderson
Craig Lum
1985
Craig Bradley
Greg Anderson
Dwayne Russell
Greg Anderson
David Baker
Mark Lawson
1984
Craig Bradley
Stephen Clifford
Martin Leslie
Craig Bradley
1983
Stephen Clifford
Russell Ebert
Craig Bradley
Craig Bradley
1982
Craig Bradley
Russell Johnston
Greg Phillips
Greg Phillips
Brian Cunningham
1981
Russell Ebert
Bruce Abernethy
Stephen Clifford
Russell Ebert
Brian Cunningham
Most Attention to Training
1980
Stephen Clifford
Greg Phillips
Russell Ebert
Russell Ebert
Brian Cunningham
Mark Williams
1979
Milan Faletic
Brian Cunningham
Trevor Sorrell and Tony Giles
1978
Stephen Clifford
Russell Ebert
Brian Cunningham
1977
Russell Ebert
Darrell Cahill
Brian Cunningham
1976
Russell Ebert
Brian Cunningham
Darrell Cahill
Russell Ebert
1975
Peter Woite
Russell Ebert
Darrell Cahill
Peter Woite
1974
Russell Ebert
Darrell Cahill
Peter Woite
Russell Ebert
1973
John Cahill
Darrell Cahill
Max James
Captain’s Trophy
Kym Curtis Russell Ebert
Ian B. Eckermann
Best Team Man
Best Player in Finals
Most Improved
Vice Presidents’ Best Team Man
Best First Year Player
Bruce Webber Memorial Trophy
Best Club Man
Supporters Award
Leading Goal Kicker
Bob Clayton Memorial Trophy
Louis Sharrad
not awarded
Sidney Masters
Garry Hocking
Steven Summerton
Mitchell Harvey (21)
Anthony Biemans
Aaron Young
Karl Amon
Linda Crabb
Steven Summerton
John Butcher (32)
John Settre
Sam Gray
Kory Beard
Jake Johansen
Josh Thurgood (38)
Jarrod Young
James Meiklejohn
Aseri Raikiwasa
Luke Harder (29)
Daniel Kulikowski
Matthew Lokan
Justin Hoskin
Brad Mercer (30)
James Meiklejohn
Cameron Cloke
Luke Carey
Cameron Cloke (25)
Corey Ah Chee
James Meiklejohn
Daniel Stanley
Joel Perry (43)
Daniel Lees
Mark Dolling
Brad Murrey
Kerren Hall
Daniel Hargraves (56)
Tom Carr
James Meiklejohn
Kristian DePasquale
Levi Greenwood
Brent LeCras (39)
Matthew Lokan
James Meiklejohn
Jeremy Clayton
Mark Dolling
Clive Waterhouse (51)
Ivan Maric
Clive Waterhouse (75)
Tony Brown
Corey Ah Chee
Kyle Jenner
Anthony Brown
Cameron Ilett
Nigel Fiegert
Shayne Biasci
Paul Evans (29)
Paul Evans
Nathan McDowall
Brett Ebert
Harry Miller
Paul Evans (46)
Brayden Lyle
Jared Ilett
Corey Ah Chee
Brett Ebert
Matthew Lokan (22)
Stephen Carter
James Wilson
Ryan O’Connor
James Wilson
Anthony Brown (27)
Corey Ah Chee
Phillip McGuinness
Corey Ah Chee
Phillip Smith (41)
Brian Leys
Darryl Poole
Julian Wait
Brian Leys and Darryl Borlase
Ricky O’Loughlin
Paul Evans (35)
Daniel Morgan
Stephen Carter and David Brown
Daniel Jaques
Paul Vines
Bryan Beinke (39)
Darryl Borlase
Tim Ginever
Jared Poulton
Brett Higgins
Phillip McGuinness
Darryl Poole
Darryl Poole
Bryan Beinke
Nigel Fiegert
Scott Hodges
Darren Smith
Tim Ginever
Michael Wilson
Clive Waterhouse
Tim Ginever and Stephen Williams
Tim Ginever
Simon Pedler
Darryl Wakelin
Corey Ah Chee Ricky O’Loughlin
Mark Tylor Roger Delaney
Scott Hodges
Scott Hodges
Che Cockatoo-Collins
Mark Tylor
Tim Ginever
Nathan Buckley
Julian Burton
George Fiacchi
Paul Northeast
Scott Hodges
Nathan Buckley
Mark Tylor
Darryl Borlase
Greg Phillips
Greg Phillips
Scott Hodges
Gavin Wanganeen
Tim Ginever
Scott Hodges
Greg Phillips
Greg Phillips
Mark Tylor
Paul Northeast
Adrian Settre
Russell Johnston
Paul Northeast
Scott Hodges
David Hynes
David Brown
Russell Johnston
Martin Leslie
Scott Hodges
Stephen Curtis
Roger Delaney
Andrew Obst
Stephen Curtis
Darren Smith
Martin Leslie
Russell Boyd and Stephen Williams
Geoff Phelps
Russell Ebert
Darren Smith
Tim Ginever
Arlen Kennedy
Russell Johnston
Tim Evans
Dwayne Russell
Wayne Mahney
Chris Natt
Tim Evans
John Harvey
Greg Anderson
Ivan Eckermann
Stephen Curtis
Martin Leslie
Ben Harris
Chris Natt
Russell Ebert
Russell Johnston Dexter Kennedy
Russell Ebert Russell Ebert Peter Woite Russell Ebert
Tim Evans Tim Evans
Russell Ebert
Danny Hughes
Greg Phillips
Tim Evans
Greg Phillips
Ross Agius
Chris Natt
Darren Cahill
Tony Giles
Bruce Abernethy
Greg Phillips
A.J. Gill
A.J.Gill
Peter Woite
Greg Phillips
A. Hannan
Randall Gerlach
Kym Kinnear
Kym Kinnear
N.W.Phillips
Randall Gerlach
Russell Ebert
Tim Evans
Bruce Abernethy
Tim Evans Tim Evans
Round 1, 1997 v Collingwood, MCG
53
Steve Brosnan
Round 1, 1997 v Collingwood, MCG
54
Matthew Bishop
3
Shayne Breuer
3
54
Round 1, 1997 v Collingwood, MCG
55
Josh Carr
4
Ian Downsborough
4
7
Round 1, 1997 v Collingwood, MCG
56
PAFC AFL DEBUT
NAME
90 137
PAFC AFL GAMES
AFL CAP NO.
9 2,1
NUMBERS WORN
PAFC AFL DEBUT
Brayden Lyle Matthew Primus
NAME
1 2
AFL CAP NO.
PAFC AFL GAMES
NUMBERS WORN
AFL PLAYER LIST
37
1
4,19
132
Round 3, 2000 v Western Bulldogs, Docklands
25,9,2
124
Round 8, 2000 v Melbourne, Football Park
Brent Guerra
34
65
Round 12, 2000 v North Melbourne, SCG Round 18, 2000 v Western Bulldogs, Football Park
Round 4, 2000 v Brisbane, Football Park
5
Shane Bond
5
57
Round 1, 1997 v Collingwood, MCG
57
Paul Koulouriotis
32
3
6
Scott Cummings
6
37
Round 1, 1997 v Collingwood, MCG
58
Darryl Wakelin
2
146
7
Fabian Francis
8
86
Round 1, 1997 v Collingwood, MCG
59
Cain Ackland
30
12
Round 1, 2001 v Brisbane, Football Park
8
Josh Francou
10
156
Round 1, 1997 v Collingwood, MCG
60
Dean Brogan
42,20
174
Round 9, 2001 v Melbourne, Football Park
39,18
300
Round 10, 2001 v Hawthorn, MCG
11
54
Round 2, 2002 v Melbourne, MCG
9
Brent Heaver
12
16
Round 1, 1997 v Collingwood, MCG
61
Kane Cornes
10
Stephen Paxman
14
138
Round 1, 1997 v Collingwood, MCG
62
Damien Hardwick
Round 1, 2001 v Brisbane, Football Park
11
Michael Wilson
15,21
192
Round 1, 1997 v Collingwood, MCG
63
Shaun Burgoyne
8
157
Round 3, 2002 v St. Kilda, Docklands
12
Donald Dickie
19
55
Round 1, 1997 v Collingwood, MCG
64
Domenic Cassisi
25,1
228
Round 14, 2002 v Fremantle, Subiaco
13
Brendon Lade
20,5
234
Round 1, 1997 v Collingwood, MCG
65
Adam Morgan
23
3
Round 15, 2002 v Sydney, SCG
14
David Brown
21
22
Round 1, 1997 v Collingwood, MCG
66
Jaxon Crabb
42
4
Round 18, 2002 v St. Kilda, Football Park
15
Damian Squire
24
5
Round 1, 1997 v Collingwood, MCG
67
Allan Murray
37
1
Round 19, 2002 v Carlton, Princes Park
16
Peter Burgoyne
26,7
240
Round 1, 1997 v Collingwood, MCG
68
Byron Pickett
15
55
Round 1, 2003 v West Coast, Subiaco
17
Adam Kingsley
29
170
Round 1, 1997 v Collingwood, MCG
69
Stuart Cochrane
26
54
Round 1, 2003 v West Coast, Subiaco
18
Darryl Poole
30
24
Round 1, 1997 v Collingwood, MCG
70
Toby Thurstans
28
110
Round 1, 2003 v West Coast, Subiaco
19
Darren Mead
33
122
Round 1, 1997 v Collingwood, MCG
71
Steven Salopek
31,3
121
Round 1, 2003 v West Coast, Subiaco
20
Stephen Carter
36
10
Round 1, 1997 v Collingwood, MCG
72
Christopher Hall
13
2
Round 3, 2003 v Hawthorn, Football Park
21
Adam Heuskes
39
37
Round 1, 1997 v Collingwood, MCG
73
Michael Pettigrew
36
103
Round 1, 2004 v Essendon, Football Park
22
Gavin Wanganeen
1,4
173
Round 2, 1997 v Essendon, Football Park
74
Jacob Surjan
39,9
121
Round 1, 2004 v Essendon, Football Park
23
Warren Tredrea
16,1,16
255
Round 2, 1997 v Essendon, Football Park
75
Brett Ebert
33
166
Round 2, 2004 v West Coast, Subiaco
24
Nigel Fiegert
17
19
Round 2, 1997 v Essendon, Football Park
76
Josh Mahoney
22
67
Round 4, 2004 v Melbourne, MCG
25
Bowen Lockwood
22
50
Round 2, 1997 v Essendon, Football Park
77
Troy Chaplin
30
140
Round 4, 2004 v Melbourne, MCG
26
Stephen Daniels
28
58
Round 4, 1997 v Adelaide, Football Park
78
Brad Symes
23
20
Round 8, 2004 v North Melbourne, Docklands
27
Tom Carr
42,32
5
Round 4, 1997 v Adelaide, Football Park
79
Damon White
24
55
Round 8, 2004 v North Melbourne, Docklands
28
Nathan Eagleton
25,11
56
Round 5, 1997 v Brisbane, Football Park
80
Aaron Shattock
12
11
Round 1, 2005 v Fremantle, Subiaco
29
Roger James
38
147
Round 5, 1997 v Brisbane, Football Park
81
Peter Walsh
42
35
Round 1, 2005 v Fremantle, Subiaco
30
John Rombotis
7
9
Round 8, 1997 v North Melbourne, Princes Park
82
Benjamin Eckermann
13
4
Round 7, 2005 v North Melbourne, Football Park
31
Jarrod Cotton
44
4
Round 10, 1997 v Carlton, Football Park
83
Adam Thomson
6
28
32
Mark Conway
35
1
Round 14, 1997 v Hawthorn, Waverley Park
84
Stephen Gilham
32
1
33
Stuart Dew
37,17
180
Round 15, 1997 v West Coast, Subiaco
85
Danyle Pearce
41,16,6
154
Round 18, 2005 v North Melbourne, Manuka Oval
34
Nathan Steinberner
34,11
20
Round 21, 1997 v Richmond, MCG
86
Daniel Motlop
15,4
83
Round 1, 2006 v North Melbourne, Football Park
Round 11, 2005 v St. Kilda, York Park Round 18, 2005 v North Melbourne, Manuka Oval
35
Paul Geister
31
1
Round 22, 1997 v St. Kilda, Football Park
87
Nathan Lonie
34,12
40
Round 2, 2006 v Sydney, SCG
36
Chris Naish
4
18
Round 1, 1998 v Sydney, Football Park
88
Fabian Deluca
37
11
Round 5, 2006 v Collingwood, Docklands
37
Danny Morton
13
20
Round 1, 1998 v Sydney, Football Park
89
James Ezard
9
4
Round 8, 2006 v Brisbane, Football Park
38
Matthew Bode
25,23
29
Round 1, 1998 v Sydney, Football Park
90
Elijah Ware
14
2
Round 12, 2006, v West Coast, Football Park
39
Nick Stevens
36
127
Round 6, 1998 v Fremantle, Football Park
91
Matt Thomas
32,21
87
Round 14, 2006 v Richmond, Football Park
40
Paul Evans
40
6
Round 6, 1998 v Fremantle, Football Park
92
Tom Logan
44
117
Round 15, 2006 v Geelong, Kardinia Park
41
Brett Chalmers
7
25
Round 8, 1998 v St. Kilda, Waverley Park
93
Alipate Carlile
27
165
Round 16, 2006 v St. Kilda, York Park
42
Mark Harwood
18
30
Round 10, 1998 v Richmond, MCG
94
Nick Lower
26
20
Round 19, 2006 v Western Bulldogs, Marrara Oval
43
Tom Harley
27
1
Round 14, 1998 v Geelong, Football Park
95
Greg Bentley
41,22
21
Round 19, 2006 v Western Bulldogs, Marrara Oval
44
Jarrad Schofield
6
131
Round 1, 1999 v Sydney, SCG
96
Ryan Willits
11
3
Round 20, 2006 v Collingwood, Football Park
45
Che Cockatoo-Collins
12
75
Round 1, 1999 v Sydney, SCG
97
David Rodan
15
111
Round 1, 2007 v Fremantle, Subiaco
46
Jared Poulton
27
88
Round 1, 1999 v Sydney, SCG
98
Nathan Krakouer
29,7
40
Round 1, 2007 v Fremantle, Subiaco
47
Barnaby French
31
62
Round 1, 1999 v Sydney, SCG
99
Adam Cockshell
34
2
Round 1, 2007 v Fremantle, Subiaco
48
Derek Murray
41,26
23
Round 5, 1999 v Melbourne, MCG
100
Robert Gray
17,9
136
49
Chad Cornes
35
239
Round 6, 1999 v Adelaide, Football Park
101
Justin Westhoff
39
181
Round 10, 2007 v Hawthorn, Football Park
50
Scott Bassett
42,41,21
15
Round 14, 1999 v Collingwood, MCG
102
Travis Boak
10
177
Round 12, 2007 v Essendon, Football Park
51
Michael Stevens
24
17
52
Brett Montgomery
3
126
Round 10, 2007 v Hawthorn, Football Park
Round 17, 1999 v Fremantle, WACA
103
Paul Stewart
14
87
Round 1, 2008 v Geelong, Football Park
Round 1, 2000 v Essendon, Docklands
104
Mitch Farmer
13
3
Round 18, 2008 v St. Kilda, Docklands
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Round 19, 2008 v Carlton, Docklands
40,24
6
Round 20, 2008 v Collingwood, Football Park
Marlon Motlop
11
5
Round 21, 2008 v Melbourne, Football Park
109
Wade Thompson
37
2
Round 3, 2009 v Melbourne, Football Park
110
Hamish Hartlett
22,8
112
Round 4, 2009 v Hawthorn, Football Park
111
Jason Davenport
41
28
Round 7, 2009 v North Melbourne, Docklands Round 12, 2009 v Western Bulldogs, Marrara Oval
Nick Salter Ryan Williams
107
Matthew Westhoff
108
112
Danny Meyer
113
Matthew Broadbent
114
PAFC AFL DEBUT
NUMBERS WORN
Round 18, 2008 v St. Kilda, Docklands
2
NAME
21
19
AFL CAP NO.
43,19
105 106
42
9
32,5
125
Jackson Trengove
12
113
Round 1, 2010 v North Melbourne, Football Park
115
Andrew Moore
26
55
Round 1, 2010 v North Melbourne, Football Park
116
Jay Schulz
28
116
Round 1, 2010 v North Melbourne, Football Park
117
Mitch Banner
31,11
19
Round 1, 2010 v North Melbourne, Football Park
118
Scott Harding
119
Cameron Hitchcock
120
Round 16, 2009 v West Coast, Football Park
38
2
Round 1, 2010 v North Melbourne, Football Park
45, 2
35
Round 1, 2010 v North Melbourne, Football Park
Cameron Cloke
47
1
Round 3, 2010 v Brisbane, Football Park
121
Daniel Stewart
43
36
Round 4, 2010 v Geelong, Kardinia Park
122
Matthew Lobbe
23
84
123
Jay Nash
22
8
Round 9, 2010 v Melbourne, Marrara Oval Round 1, 2011 v Collingwood, Docklands
Round 5, 2010 v St Kilda, Football Park
124
Cameron O’Shea
13
68
125
Jasper Pittard
29
76
Round 1, 2011 v Collingwood, Docklands
126
Jarrad Irons
47
3
Round 1, 2011 v Collingwood, Docklands
127
Simon Phillips
22
9
Round 7, 2011 v Hawthorn, Football Park
128
Ben Jacobs
16
26
Round 8, 2011 v Sydney, SCG
129
John Butcher
32,11
28
Round 21, 2011 v Hawthorn, MCG
130
Tom Jonas
42
73
Round 21, 2011 v Hawthorn, MCG
131
Brad Ebert
7
93
Round 1, 2012 v St Kilda, Football Park
132
Chad Wingard
20
89
Round 1, 2012 v St Kilda, Football Park
133
Jarrad Redden
34
16
Round 1, 2012 v St Kilda, Football Park
134
John McCarthy
35
21
Round 1, 2012 v St Kilda, Football Park
135
Brent Renouf
4
16
Round 4, 2012 v Collingwood, Docklands
136
Darren Pfeiffer
31
16
Round 4, 2012 v Collingwood, Docklands
137
Aaron Young
40
42
138
Nathan Blee
24
6
Round 20, 2012 v Hawthorn, York Park
Round 5, 2012 v Adelaide, Football Park
Round 1, 2013 v Melbourne, MCG
139
Campbell Heath
3
12
140
Angus Monfries
6
60
Round 1, 2013 v Melbourne, MCG
141
Lewis Stevenson
15
9
Round 1, 2013 v Melbourne, MCG
142
Ollie Wines
16
62
Round 1, 2013 v Melbourne, MCG
143
Jake Neade
32,3
34
Round 1, 2013 v Melbourne, MCG
144
Kane Mitchell
37,2
31
Round 1, 2013 v Melbourne, MCG
145
Sam Colquhoun
30
16
Round 7, 2013 v Richmond, Football Park
146
Jack Hombsch
36
52
Round 10, 2013 v Western Bulldogs, Marrara Oval
147
Tom Clurey
17
9
Round 1, 2014 v Carlton, Docklands
148
Matt White
19
40
Round 1, 2014 v Carlton, Docklands
149
Jared Polec
21
29
Round 1, 2014 v Carlton, Docklands
150
Jarman Impey
24
35
Round 1, 2014 v Carlton, Docklands
151
Sam Gray
46
17
Round 4, 2014 v Brisbane Lions, Adelaide Oval
152
Ben Newton
38
4
Round 7, 2014 v Greater Western Sydney, Manuka
153
Patrick Ryder
4
18
Round 1, 2015 v Fremantle, Subiaco
154
Brendon Ah Chee
41
11
Round 3, 2015 v North Melbourne, Docklands
155
Karl Amon
15
7
Round 7, 2015 v Brisbane Lions, Gabba
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