Up to four Port Adelaide players could pull on a Power guernsey for the first time on Friday night in the NAB Cup opener against the Crows at AAMI Stadium.
Former Richmond player and internal trial star David Rodan, No. 5 draft pick Travis Boak, and fellow new draftees Nathan Krakouer and Justin Westhoff have been named in the 28-man squad.
The Power will have 24 players line-up in the match, although the final 24 isn’t required to be named until 30 minutes before the bounce.
The strong-looking 28-man squad named on Wednesday afternoon includes the likes of Peter Burgoyne, Daniel Motlop, Michael Wilson, Michael Pettigrew, Dean Brogan, and Nathan Lonie, who all spent significant time out of the Power side in 2006 with injury.
Notable absentees are Warren Tredrea (knee, modified training), Toby Thurstans (ankle), Matt Thomas (appendix), and Jacob Surjan (split webbing in his hand).
For Rodan, a birth on Friday night’s team would be a fitting reward for his superb pre-season and outstanding showing in last Friday’s internal trial when he kicked three goals from the midfield.
Boak, an 18-year-old classy midfielder from Geelong Falcons, also has shown good touch in his first few months in AFL surroundings.
The winner of Friday night’s match will continue its NAB Cup campaign against Geelong or Richmond in Darwin, while the loser will play trial games in Mount Gambier and Alice Springs in the following two weeks.
Channel 10 have confirmed they will be showing Friday night's game from 8pm into Adelaide.
The Power’s 28-man squad, from which 24 will play Adelaide on Friday night at AAMI Stadium is as follows...
2 WAKELIN, Darryl
3 SALOPEK, Steven
4 MOTLOP, Daniel
5 LADE, Brendon
6 THOMSON, Adam
7 BURGOYNE, Peter
8 BURGOYNE, Shaun
10 BOAK, Travis
11 WILLITS, Ryan
12 LONIE, Nathan
15 RODAN, David
16 PEARCE, Danyle
18 CORNES, Kane
20 BROGAN, Dean
21 WILSON, Michael
22 MAHONEY, Josh
23 SYMES, Brad
24 WHITE, Damon
25 CASSISI, Domenic
26 LOWER, Nick
29 KRAKOUER, Nathan
30 CHAPLIN, Troy
33 EBERT, Brett
35 CORNES, Chad
36 PETTIGREW, Michael
39 WESTHOFF, Justin
41 BENTLEY, Greg
44 LOGAN, Tom
Adelaide’s 28-man squad is...
2 MEESEN John
5 THOMPSON Scott
6 GRIFFIN Jonathon
7 VAN BERLO Nathan
8 BASSETT Nathan
9 EDWARDS Tyson
10 BODE Matthew
11 DOUGHTY Michael
12 SHIRLEY Robert
13 HUDSON Ben
14 MACKAY David
15 TORNEY Jason
16 MCGREGOR Ken
17 WELSH Scott
19 PFEIFFER Darren
21 KNIGHTS Chris
23 MCLEOD Andrew
25 RUTTEN Ben
26 DOUGLAS Richard
27 STEVENS Scott
28 VINCE Bernie
33 REILLY Brent
36 GOODWIN Simon
39 MATTNER Martin
40 PORPLYZIA Jason
42 ARCHARD Rhys
43 MCINTYRE Andrew
44 BOCK Nathan
