POWER star Chad Cornes is confident he’ll be fit to tackle the Swans at AAMI Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Cornes spent most of Wednesday’s training session practising handling the ball with his heavily guarded broken finger, but told coach Mark Williams he would definitely play this week.

Veteran Michael Wilson should also be available for selection.

Wilson played with SANFL side Port Adelaide Magpies last week and, predictably, pulled up a bit sore after his first hit-out in nearly eight months.

On Wednesday, Williams was fuming over Shaun Burgoyne’s three-game suspension, which was upheld by the AFL tribunal on Tuesday night, but he said neither Cornes nor Wilson would be rushed back purely because of the vice-captain’s absence.

“We can’t put Chad or his well being in jeopardy just because of Shaun, that doesn’t make sense and that’s the same with Michael,” he said.

“Michael’s legs were a bit sore after the game on Saturday, but it was not his achilles. When they come back from long term injury you have to look after them, so we’ll make sure we do that.”

Williams was also adamant the Burgoyne-ban would not take the focus off this week’s home clash with the Swans.

“I’ve read the reports, I’ve watched Sydney. I watched them last time we played them. I’ve watched their game, so don’t think we’ve disregarded Sydney at all.”

The Power’s ability to close out games has been queried this week on the back of the choking gesture made by Hawthorn forward Mark Williams.

Port Adelaide’s own Mark Williams denied it was a fitness issue, but said the Power would continue to look at the reasons why they have conceded match winning leads on two occasions this season.

“We won three games in a row. We nearly beat one of the best teams going around and we’re feeling like we’re not too far away from it,” he said.

“I read some criticism of our team losing leads and it’s very easy to gather all three of those occasions [the Brisbane, West Coast and Hawthorn games] and throw them in together, but on one of the occasions we won the game.

“On close analysis of the West Coast game you’ll see that we brought Peter Burgoyne off. Nathan Krakouer went to the half-back flank - so we were developing our players and giving people opportunities.

“We don’t make excuses and we continually look for reasons why [we don’t win].

We’re a club that is never satisfied with what’s happened and we’re continually chasing reasons.”