ANY RIVALRY between Port Adelaide and Adelaide has been thrown out the window in the wake of Phil Walsh's death, according to Power captain Travis Boak.

Boak's comment follows similar sentiment from Crows chairman Rob Chapman, who said on Monday that the iconic Showdown had been changed forever.

Port's skipper was unsure whether the rivalry between the clubs would ever be the same again but promised for this Showdown at least, there was no animosity, only brotherhood.

"The rivalry's been there for many years, and I guess after such tragic circumstances, rivalry just goes out the window," Boak said.

"Time will tell with future Showdowns … but at this stage we're definitely united as footy clubs.

"We're 100 per cent behind Adelaide in this period of time and we'll continue to be."

Adelaide captain Taylor Walker called on his teammates to put their emotions aside this week and focus on winning a crucial four points.

The Crows dropped to ninth on the ladder after the 56-point loss to West Coast on Saturday night and they are now just six premiership points ahead of the 12^th-placed Power.

Adelaide reviewed the performance on Monday, with Walker lamenting a second quarter in which the Eagles booted eight unanswered goals.

"We played some good footy but the second quarter obviously hurt us," Walker said.

"We weren't able to stem the flow, especially at centre bounces and Nic Naitanui getting his hands on it – he's a pretty freakish player."

Port will again be without fullback Alipate Carlile (hip/back), although Boak said the efforts of Tom Clurey and Cam O'Shea in the club's three-point win over Collingwood last week gave him great confidence.

Along with the sublime Jack Hombsch and Matthew Broadbent, Clurey and O'Shea held strong in a last quarter that saw the Magpies drive inside 50 on 18 occasions.

"[It showed] we can hang tough in moments in games when it does get pretty challenging," Boak said.

"[It offered us] a lot of confidence, certainly, that we can stay strong, that we can will ourselves over the line but we need to play four quarters – that's the key."

The skipper also talked up the leadership potential of young gun Ollie Wines, who was at his contested best against the Magpies with 34 possessions and 10 tackles.

Boak remains many years from retirement but he said Wines was the type of person capable of leading a football club as skipper.

Star Crow Patrick Dangerfield was also on song last week (36 disposals, eight tackles), setting up the potential for a blockbuster match-up against Wines.

"He's certainly got the qualities [to captain one day]," Boak said.

"Not only what you see [during] the game and what he does on game day but just the quality of person he is.

"He did play a role on Scotty (Pendlebury) on the weekend and may get another role on 'Paddy' (Dangerfield) this week but that's something that Ken (Hinkley) will decide.

"Ollie's embraced the challenge; he had (Sydney Swan Josh) Kennedy the week before and really enjoyed it."