Taken at pick 16 in the 2007 National Draft, Lobbe has shown vast improvement over the past year since making the move to SANFL club West Adelaide.
Hamish Hartlett returns for his first game for 2010 while Jay Schulz and Paul Stewart return from injury while Cameron Hitchcock (back), Nathan Krakouer (groin), Daniel Stewart and Jackson Trengove (omitted) are all out of the side.
The game time has been pushed back five minutes to 7.15pm to allow for the ANZAC Ceremony. The Australian Defence Force (ADF) and the Australian Combined Emergency Services (ACES) will compete in the curtain raiser from 4.30pm. Around 1000 people from the ADF and ACES will be present at the game as guests of the Port Adelaide Football Club.
The Power’s final 22 to face St Kilda, as named at 4.30pm on Thursday, is as follows:
B: Jacob Surjan, Alipate Carlile, Troy Chaplin
HB:Paul Stewart, Chad Cornes, Steven Salopek
C: Danyle Pearce, Domenic Cassisi, Jason Davenport
HF: Matt Thomas, Warren Tredrea, David Rodan
F: Robbie Gray, Brett Ebert, Justin Westhoff
R: Dean Brogan, Travis Boak, Kane Cornes
Interchange: Hamish Hartlett, Jay Schulz, Matthew Lobbe, Tom Logan
Emergencies: Mitch Banner, Josh Carr, Michael Pettigrew
IN: Hartlett, Lobbe, Schulz, P. Stewart
OUT:Cameron Hitchcock (back), Nathan Krakouer (groin), Daniel Stewart, Jackson Trengove (omit)
NEW: Matthew Lobbe - 2007 National Draft - Pick 16
