People Power becomes a factor

The Bojanic family - Aleksandra and Miki, right, with sons Luka and Lazar. Picture: Sarah Reed. Source: Sunday Mail (SA)

PORT Adelaide supporters are voting with their feet as well as their wallets on the way to establishing a club membership record this week.

On Friday morning the Power's membership tally surpassed its previous best of 38,305 set in 1998 and by the end of the day stood at 38,600.

According to chief executive Keith Thomas the reason for the record was a flood of new and lapsed members returning to the club as well as those wanting to attend games.

The number of 11-game inclusive memberships has risen from 12,530 in 2012 to 15,465 in 2013.

Combined with three-game inclusive membership packages, the figure stands at 18,300 - of which 30 per cent (6100) are new or former members wanting back in on the Power's revival.

"That is a huge indicator that people want to come back and watch the team play," Thomas said.

"It means they're interested again in going to games."

Among those joining the party this season is the Bojanic family.

Micky, his wife Aleksandra and children Vida, 18, Luka, 13, and Lazar, 9, joined the club as family members last week.

Micky said they had been members since 1997 but let go in 2010 as work and sporting commitments took over.

"We still went to quite a few games but to be honest we left early quite a few times as well," Micky said.

But when his sons Luka and Lazar had a chance meeting with Power stars Brad Ebert and Angus Monfries at a Grange bakery while on school holidays last week, he felt compelled to rejoin the Port Adelaide family.

And of course the team starting the season 4-0 helped the decision as well.

"My boys bumped into Angus and Brad and they were fantastic, they (players) had their photos taken and asked the boys what sports they played," Micky said.

"I was so impressed that they took the time to speak to them that I rang up and got a family membership straight away.

"The style of footy they're playing is great to watch.

"They're trying to attack and go forward, whereas the last few years have been so frustrating.

"I don't mind if we go down if we kick 15 goals and the other team kicks 20, as long as we go down swinging."

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It's official - Power's the real deal

Port Adelaide captain Travis Boak celebrates a goal with Robbie Gray. Picture: Sarah Reed. Source: Sunday Mail (SA)

IT just keeps getting better for Port Adelaide.

The Power's dream start to the year continued at AAMI Stadium last night when it produced one of the great AFL comebacks.

Trailing by 41 points 19 minutes into the third quarter, Port lived up to its "never give in" catchcry to stun one of this year's premiership favourites, West Coast.

In a remarkable revival, the Power kicked 10 goals to three in the second half and five goals to one in the final term.

It hit the front for the first time 11 minutes into the last quarter.

The Eagles regained the lead with a Brad Dalziell goal entering time-on.

But Port - as it has done all season under first-year coach Ken Hinkley - hit back to kick the winning goal through Angus Monfries after some superb work from rookie sensation Jake Neade and Robbie Gray.

Kane Cornes, in his 250th game, scores a crucial goal against the Eagles. Picture: Sarah Reed.

The Power kicked just two goals in a dreadful first half but was inspired by best afield Hamish Hartlett - who won the Peter Badcoe VC Medal - and captain Travis Boak.

The star midfielders kicked three of Port's five final quarter goals to help extend Port's record winning start to a season to five.

"This win shows what we are made of," said a jubilant Hartlett after the game.

"We never give up and the boys are really proud to have won this game for Kane Cornes (who was playing his 250th game)."

The Power has now beaten Melbourne, GWS, Adelaide, Gold Coast and the Eagles in the opening five rounds to put one foot in the finals door.

It is an incredible turnaround for Port which hasn't made the finals since 2007 and in the past two seasons won a combined total of eight games.

Last night proved once and for all that this Power side is made of stern stuff.

Its first half was woeful and reminiscent of the dark days under previous coach Matthew Primus.

It was taught a football lesson by a finals-hardened Eagles side which, at 1-3, was playing for its finals life.

At half-time, Port had not taken a mark inside 50 while West Coast had hauled in 16 on its way to a 38-point lead.

The Power had crumbled under the weight of the Eagles' immense pressure in what became a tale of two halves.

Port was forced into a late change when defender Jasper Pittard failed to recover from soreness suffered in last week's win against Gold Coast.

His withdrawal paved the way for former Eagle Lewis Stevenson - an unlucky omission from the Power's named side - to play his first game against his former club. Stevenson started at half-back on brilliant playmaker Daniel Kerr.

Within four minutes, West Coast appeared to have its back to the wall.

Ace midfielder Matt Priddis was knocked out when he had his arms pinned in a perfect tackle from Monfries and he crashed head-first into the AAMI Stadium turf.

He was stretchered from the field on a mini-ambulance and was subbed out of the game 15 minutes later.

By that time, the Eagles - with Priddis's replacement Jamie Cripps on fire - had skipped to a 21-point lead, kicking the first 3.3 of the game.

Displaying a fierce desire to win the hard ball, West Coast dominated possession while Port crumbled under the pressure.

The Power struggled to get the ball out of its defensive half of the ground and it took a classy finish from Hartlett to break its scoring drought after 23 minutes when he burst inside 50 to goal on the run.

Amazingly, Port did not take a mark for the final 16 minutes of the term and when Kennedy broke clear of Alipate Carlile to kick his third goal of the quarter, the Eagles had broken to a 22-point lead at the first change.

The mark numbers highlighted West Coast's early dominance, with the visitors taking 30 to the Power's meagre seven.

Kennedy was at the forefront of nearly every Eagles attack and continued to give the Port defenders, in particular Carlile, nightmares in the second term.

The Power missed some gilt-edged chances in front of goal to keep itself in the match and when Kennedy bobbed up for his fourth major and Josh Hill and Jack Darling slotted goals, West Coast was out to a commanding 38-point lead at the long break.

Looking for some inspiration, Hinkley threw his side around after half-time with the move of Chad Wingard to full forward paying dividends.

He kicked two classy goals in the third quarter to give Port a glimmer of hope. That was all it needed.

PORT ADELAIDE  1.0   2.5    7.7    12.12 (84)

WEST COAST       4.4  7.13  9.16  10.19 (79)

Best - Port Adelaide: Hartlett, Boak, Wingard, Neade, O'Shea, Cornes. West Coast: Selwood, Shuey, Glass, Kennedy, Gaff, Waters.

Injuries - West Coast: M. Priddis (concussion).

Report - D. Glass (West Coast) for rough conduct by field umpire Pannell against P. Stewart in the second term.

Umpires: G. Fila, C. Kamolins, T. Pannell.

Crowd: 26,132 at AAMI Stadium.

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Power surge past Eagles

Port Adelaide unleashed a stunning late charge to overwhelm West Coast by five points in the AFL.

WEST Coast coach John Worsfold has refused to rule out a flag tilt should the Eagles finish the season outside the top four.

Another woeful outing in front of goal last night cost West Coast a win, as it let a 41-point, third-quarter lead slip to Port Adelaide and take its season to just one win and four losses.

A top-four finish has been the Eagles mantra since their semi-final exit last year off the back of a fifth placing at the end of the home and away season and history rules against teams winning the premiership after finishing outside the four.

No team has achieved the feat under the current system, but Worsfold last night refused to accept that as a fait accompli.

"We've still got a lot of footy ahead, that doesn't change," Worsfold said. "The premiership teams have come from the top four the majority of times and, if we don't make it, then this is going to be one of the rare years where maybe it doesn't.

"Our aim is to play better footy and we can do that, keep pushing up and anything is possible; we'll see where it takes us.

"But our focus is on playing better footy, not; how far we've got to go in the season, how many wins it's going to take to finish in certain spots."

West Coast Eagles player slook dejected after the game. Picture: Sarah Reed

West Coast faces more personnel issues this week, after losing reliable workhorse Matt Priddis, but Worsfold said the injury concerns ended there.

Darren Glass, who was reported for rough conduct, could consider himself unlucky in receiving a suspension as he did not leave the ground and did not appear to make head-high contact.

Worsfold said he was unsure whether Priddis would be available to face the Western Bulldogs on Sunday, but that reinforcements could be welcomed back after Sharrod Wellingham and Matt Rosa made it through a second week in the WAFL.

"(I spoke to Priddis) briefly and he's feeling good, so that's good," Worsfold said. "Wellingham and Rosa got through again, so they're up and going. They're available now, we're really pleased with how they went, so they're available for selection.

"To fast track them would have been to play them tonight, but we felt they needed the hitout to be now available for senior selection.

"But our focus at the moment is going to be to improve the football we're playing with the personnel we're playing and we can still do that, regardless of waiting for players to come back."

Ashton Hams is collected high by Tom Jonas. Picture: Sarah Reed

Last night was the second consecutive week that kicking errors hounded West Coast, after the side last week posted 7.23 to lose to Carlton at home.

A frank Worsfold said it was an area that offered little excuse and the side had to work through its mental demons.

"Our boys have been bad for a couple of weeks, but they haven't been bad for the weeks prior to that, or last year," he said.

"So there's something going on; (maybe) they're feeling the pressure, they're coughing it up, I don't know.

"They've got to kick the goals, that's their job, we expect them to kick them, not all the time, but certainly kick some of the ones they've missed the last couple of weeks."

Matt Priddis off after being concussed Picture: Reed Sarah

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Forward thinking needed for Freo

BIG SHOES: Jack Hannath may be required to help fill the forward breach at Fremantle. Picture: Paul Kane Source: Getty Images

FREMANTLE could turn to one-game players Tanner Smith and Jack Hannath as its key marking targets against Gold Coast on Saturday night after the loss of Kepler Bradley compounded its forward-line issues.

The Dockers were yesterday waiting on the results of scans that were expected to confirm Bradley ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in the second quarter of Friday night's thrilling one-point win against Richmond.

It comes as a devastating blow for the popular clubman and leaves the team struggling to find a viable target in attack.

Skipper Matthew Pavlich is likely to be out until after Fremantle's Round-11 bye following surgery on his plantaris tendon this week, while ruckman/forward Zac Clarke is yet to shake off a calf problem.

While Bradley has been a fringe player for much of his time at Freo, he was one of the players the club could least afford to lose, given the absence of Pavlich.

A lack of natural key forwards has been viewed as the weak spot on Fremantle's list for several years.

Bradley could be tempted to have controversial LARS surgery in a bid to get back before the finals.

The 27-year-old is out of contract at the end of the season and his future is in doubt.

Coach Ross Lyon rued the ACL curse striking at Fremantle again.

"It's really sad for any player, but when it's one of your own it makes it worse," Lyon said.

"But we'll support Kepler and rehabilitate him."

Promising youngster Smith made his debut in defence against Hawthorn last weekend but has the ability to play forward.

The 19-year-old will have a fitness test this week after missing Friday's match with a minor hamstring injury.

Ruckman Hannath had just four possessions in his debut against the Tigers but took a crucial mark with 30 seconds remaining and is likely to hold his place.

The Dockers need to manufacture a functioning forward line ahead of a critical five-game period leading into their Round-11 bye, before the anticipated returns of Pavlich and Aaron Sandilands.

Small forward Michael Walters said it was important the team found another tall target.

"We were kind of short once Kep went out. I think (Jonathon) Griffin and Jack Hannath swapped over every now and then," Walters said.

"It was just kick to them and we were trying to just crumb off them because we were so short.

"Me and Ballas (Hayden Ballantyne) aren't going to get the contested mark so we really felt it, that there was no one tall down there.''

Options for the match committee to consider include switching either Luke McPharlin or Michael Johnson into the forward line.

McPharlin and Johnson were excellent in defence against Richmond and coach Ross Lyon will be loath to remove either key plank from his back six.

"We'll wait and see what Ross is thinking," Johnson said. "The good thing is that I've played a number of roles in the past and if Ross wants me to play another role for the team, I'm happy to put my hand up.

"I think Luke's playing his best footy down back. He's our leader down there and leads by example so you don't really want to take him out of his best position.

"But whatever happens, we can move a number of players around to suit our strengths."

Defender Alex Silvagni, who played for Claremont yesterday, could even be considered as a wildcard forward solution.

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Fans roar for broom at Gabba

Brisbane Lions coach Michael Voss is under the pump. Picture: Michael Dodge. Source: Getty Images

BRISBANE'S coach, chairman and players are on notice.

Their fed-up fans have used a couriermail.com.au poll to express their loss of faith in the direction the club is headed, and to deliver a damning assessment of Michael Voss' coaching performance.

It is hardly news that Voss is under extreme pressure - the ladder and the uncompetitive nature of the Lions' recent performances told us that.

What the poll screams out is that the fans are demanding accountability from chairman Angus Johnson and his board.

Johnson instigated the review into the Lions' football department that extended Voss' contract until the end of this season, and he produced the strategic vision that promised fans a premiership by 2016.

At some point Johnson has to make a decision on the club's favourite son.

And there are candidates out there.

Hawks coach Alastair Clarkson is coming off contract and there has already been a push for his highly regarded assistant coach Adam Simpson, while Voss' assistant Mark Harvey also has supporters.

No one at Brisbane can honestly claim Voss' status as a champion player has not provided him a buffer during his coaching career.

It has influenced the board and, in the early days, the fans as well.

But no longer.

Johnson acknowledged the results of the poll could not be ignored but said there would be no knee-jerk reaction. "We are going to review his contract at end of year," he said.

"And as I have already said, we will not be providing running commentary on Michael's position.

"But I would say, I suspect if the poll was taken in the week after we won the NAB Cup grand final, the result would have been different."

The Lions hope the dissatisfaction with their recruiting will pass.

Only Brisbane really knows exactly what has happened in recent drafts and trade periods. But claims levelled against the club by industry insiders is that Voss and his football department have developed a habit of overruling the recruiters.

Essendon's gun youngster and 2011 Rising Star Dyson Heppell was the recruiters' choice in the 2010 draft but the Lions went for Jared Polec.

It has been said John Reid, who was heavily involved in the club at the time as the author of the first review into Voss' football department, was influential in that decision.

Polec, currently injured, has yet to make an impact and it has been suggested he will leave the club at the end of the year.

Johnson concedes there have been issues with recruiting but believes they have been sorted out.

"We have a new recruitment structure in place, it is only two years old and I think it is too early to make a judgment," he said.

"Recruitment is a major focus for us. We are always looking to improve, we have the third youngest list in the competition and I think we have played more debutants than any other club going around."

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Controversy sparks umpire review

SORE POINT: Was Richmond's Matt White robbed of a goal on Friday night? Picture: Daniel Wilkins Source: PerthNow

AFL football operations manager Mark Evans will ask the umpiring department to review the positioning of goal umpires in the wake of Fremantle's controversial one-point win over Richmond at Patersons Stadium on Friday night.

League spokesman Patrick Keane also said the AFL believed the controlling field umpire was wrong not to call for a score review after the bizarre last-quarter flashpoint.

Tiger Matt White failed to score with his shot on goal with three minutes remaining after the ball skidded into the goal umpire.

Experienced Perth-based official Dale Edwick was straddling the goal-line, with one leg inside the field of play.

The ball hit him in the groin and remained in play, before bemused Dockers midfielder Stephen Hill picked it up and walked it over the line.

Richmond did not receive a free kick for a deliberate rushed behind, despite Hill appearing to be under no direct pressure.

Goal umpires traditionally straddle the goal-line to get an optimal view, but the umpiring department is expected to reconsider whether there is any need for them to stand inside the field of play.

Former Freo captain Peter Bell and Melbourne great Garry Lyon were among leading figures who called yesterday for goal umpires to remain behind the goal-line, especially given they now had access to score reviews.

Talkback radio on both sides of the country was inundated by furious Tigers fans.

The incident will also fuel debate over whether teams who feel "robbed" by decisions should be able to call for score reviews themselves, similar to challenge systems used in tennis and cricket.

Tigers coach Damien Hardwick and Dockers counterpart Ross Lyon both said they believed White's shot would have been a goal.

A seething Hardwick said the ball had already crossed the line before striking the umpire anyway.

"I know it went through for a goal. It crossed the line," Hardwick said.

"Have you see the replay? Maybe we should've called a review you would've thought, no? Seriously, in a tight game - joke.

"There's a system in place. Use it, or don't bother."

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Stef limps into wounded Lions' den

Injured Stefan Martin, left, with embattled Lions coach Michael Voss. Picture: Michael Dodge. Source: Getty Images

BRISBANE has been rocked by another serious injury, with ruckman Stefan Martin set to miss six weeks with an ankle problem.

The 26-year-old had already been ruled out of today's must-win clash with his former club Melbourne.

But Lions medical staff yesterday confirmed Martin will go under the knife this week.

Martin was making a decent fist of the forward/back-up ruck role at the Lions but the ankle injury had hampered his movement in the past couple of weeks and it had showed no signs of improvement.

Billy Longer has been called up for today's Gabba clash, after being an emergency for last week's game against North Melbourne.

Martin's injury news comes days after star midfielder Daniel Rich suffered a broken shoulder blade in a training mishap, which will rule him out for eight weeks.

Fellow midfielders Claye Beams (knee, season) and Jared Polec (ankle, 4-6 weeks) are also in the expanding casualty ward. Matt Maguire will miss today's match with a leg injury but is expected back soon, while Simon Black and Brent Staker are also on the comeback trail from knee injuries.

Brisbane midfielder and former Demon Brent Moloney, who will celebrate his 150th AFL game, expects Melbourne to come out firing after a club-record 12-goal final quarter to set up their first win of the season against GWS last week.

"They'll come up here quietly confident of having a real crack," Moloney said.

"They finished off the game really well last week so we have to be ready to go from the start."

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Power answer Hinkley's challenge

Power coach Ken Hinkley called on his leaders to lift against West Coast. Picture: Getty Source: The Advertiser

KEN Hinkley's promise that his Port Adelaide players will never give in held up again last night as the Power extended its best-ever start to an AFL season to five wins.

Port overcame a 41-point deficit in the third term - 10 points more than it gave Adelaide at the same stage of the Showdown a fortnight ago - to beat West Coast by five points at AAMI Stadium.

Hinkley last night paid tribute to his team's leaders - best-afield Hamish Hartlett and captain Travis Boak - for carrying the Power to an extraordinary victory with their superb second-half efforts.

"I challenged Hamish at three-quarter time because I felt there was something there that he was going to deliver," said Hinkley. "I challenge my leaders really hard all the time; I demand things from them. I can't shy away from that.

"Hamish, Travis and Brad Ebert and Robbie Gray, Jay Schulz - our team leaders - they kept fighting, wanting to find a way. I know this group of young men want to do everyone proud ... they won't give up.

"I have a group that are just willing to give everything they've got. The message at half-time was to make sure we did not give up. And they did not give up."

At 5-0, Port will be considered a contender to reach the AFL finals for the first time since 2007. But Hinley says his "no limits" theme will not change at Alberton.

"No limits, no restrictions," said Hinkley. "People will want to make more of it, but we just need to make sure we stay focused. As I said on Friday, we will not get ahead of ourselves. If you step ahead of yourself, you'll be in
trouble. We're not going to do that."

Hinkley cleared his whiteboard at half-time to remove all the technical issues exposed in statistical sheets, such as the Eagles' dominance in contested football.

"We had some things written on the board - things I thought were hurting us - but I ended up rubbing them off; that was not our biggest problem," said Hinkley. "Our biggest problem was getting some effort. And if we had some effort we would put ourselves in the contest.

"In the end, you get what you deserve."

Port reported one injury with key defender Jackson Trengove, who was subbed for Robbie Gray after showing the signs of a sore foot. Key forward Jay Schulz also was nursing a sore foot after the game.

Neither is considered in doubt for next weekend's clash with North Melbourne in Hobart.

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Beams stays focused on recovery

Dayne Beams stretches out at Collingwood training. Picture: Wayne Ludbey. Source: Herald Sun

INJURED Collingwood star Dayne Beams has revealed plans to return to football within the next two to three weeks.

Speaking for the first time about the torn quad muscle that sidelined him for the past five games, Beams said he had plans to step up his running this week before aiming to return via the VFL in a fortnight.

He suffered the injury the day before Collingwood's first game against North Melbourne and had a slight setback a few weeks later which brought about a more conservative approach from the medical team.

"I'm not too far away," Beams said yesterday.

"I have just got back into training and things are looking positive again.

"Obviously, with the little re-bleed that I had, they have gone the ultra-conservative path now. It's a long year, so I have got to look after it, and hopefully come back in the second half of the season bigger and better."

Beams said he would likely "step it up a bit this week and see how my legs feel."

"My ambitions compared to the physios' are completely different. I am hoping for a couple of weeks, but obviously I will have to come back through the VFL.

"I am looking at about two or three weeks."

The 23-year-old midfielder said the injury had been "extremely frustrating", but it had been put into perspective by the season-ending knee injury suffered by his brother, Brisbane's Claye Beams.

Dayne said: "I had never torn a muscle before, so it was a different feeling.

"Claye is laying up on the couch and it is just so disappointing for him. I've really got nothing to complain about."

Beams is confident the Magpies would hit back hard from their Anzac Day loss in Friday night's game against St Kilda.

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Speedy Blues make Eagles pay

Carlton speedster Chris Yarran booted four goals to lead the Blues to victory. Picture: Daniel Wilkins Source: PerthNow

Eagles skipper Darren Glass played on despite injuring his shoulder in the first quarter. Picture: Daniel Wilkins Source: PerthNow

SPEED kills. It can also embarrass you as West Coast defender Adam Selwood found out last night.

Leg speed has never been a strong point for the 28-year-old veteran of 182 games, but his lack of it has never been more brutally exposed than at Patersons Stadium last night.

Twice in the decisive second quarter Carlton's Chris Yarran left Selwood in his wake as he kicked sensational running goals.

Not being able to catch Yarran is nothing to be ashamed of. But the fact Dennis Armfield and Jeff Garlett started well behind Selwood before catching him and putting on shepherds made it ugly.

To blame the wholehearted elder Selwood brother for the defeat would be wrong.

The host of Eagles who sprayed simple shots on goal will instead be looking in the mirror after the Blues stunned the Eagles 12.17 (89) to 7.23 (65).

The men at the centre of the bombshell trade between the clubs six years ago - Chris Judd and Josh Kennedy - were both only peripheral figures.

Carlton's 20-point half-time lead came despite Judd having no influence to that point.

Judd, the Eagles' 2006 premiership skipper, had just one kick and five handballs in the opening half.

The shutdown job was a team effort from the Eagles, with Scott Selwood, who finished with a game-high 32 disposals and seven clearances, and Luke Shuey keeping him on a leash in the midfield and Will Schofield and flag teammate Adam Selwood minding him when he was stationed forward.

Garlett booted Carlton's second major at the 21-minute mark of the first quarter but most eyes were on Eagles skipper Darren Glass, who was laying on the ground after hurting his right shoulder in an awkward fall.

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The veteran defender had his shoulder strapped and took part in one-on-one marking contests with runner Anthony Jones at quarter-time as a fitness test to decide whether he would play on.

Glass gamely battled on but was clearly restricted as he was forced to punch left-handed and struggled to tackle with his right arm.

The teams traded goals until Swan Districts product Yarran booted the first two of his brilliant running goals in the space of three minutes midway through the second term.

Yarran nonchalantly sprinted away from Adam Selwood to kick his second, before another WA recruit in Kane Lucas made it three in a row for the visitors.

With the Coasters in trouble 14 points down, the umpires looked to have come to the rescue as Callum Sinclair was handed a soft free kick in front of goal - his fourth free for the night.

The groans around Subiaco told the story as Sinclair hit the post from 20m out, taking West Coast's tally to a woeful 3.13. The Eagles finished with 14 behinds for the opening half, the equal highest first-half behind tally in the club's history.

When Glass was out-marked in front of goal by 184cm midfielder Brock McLean early in the third term, his bravery was becoming foolhardy but the Eagles opted to persist with the All-Australian captain, instead pulling Jamie
Cripps from the game to inject substitute Bradd Dalziell.

Mark LeCras gave the home side a glimmer of hope when his second goal 15 minutes into the third term ended a run of six majors to the rampant Blues. But West Coast's tally of 4.16 still said plenty about why it was in such dire trouble.

Yarran's lightning pace came back to haunt the Eagles when he panicked Eric Mackenzie into giving away a holding free kick in the goal square, converting to push the lead beyond five goals again.

It was now or never for a response and it finally came as Jack Darling, Andrew Gaff and Daniel Kerr combined for the last three goals of the third term to close the margin to a manageable 15 points at the final change.

It was a situation that required some magic and Kerr was the man to oblige as he landed his sensational drop punt from the point where the 50m arc intersected the boundary line at the Subiaco end of the ground.

The goal brought the loudest roar of the night from the crowd of 38, 674 and it would remain that way.

There was little more to cheer about as the Blues held the Eagles goal less throughout the final quarter.

Dalziell might have had fresh legs but even that was no help as he missed a simple set shot early in the final term to continue West Coast's shocking night in front of the sticks.

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