Port Adelaide is coming off a relatively good 2021 having made a home Preliminary Final for the second year in a row.
However, it would be wrong to say that their season was a major success given their 71-point drubbing at the hand of the Bulldogs in the Preliminary Final.
As the 2022 season approaches, the Power will be hoping their brigade of young talent, mixed with their off-season inclusions of Jeremy Finlayson and Josh Sinn, will be able to push them to the next level.
With a tonne of pressure now mounting for Ken Hinkley the Alberton side is no longer seen as a dark horse in September, but rather a genuine contender.
Ins: Jase Burgoyne (National Draft), Jeremy Finlayson (GWS Giants), Hugh Jackson (National Draft), Josh Sinn (National Draft), Sam Skinner (Brisbane Lions), Dante Visentini (National Draft), Trent Dumont (Rookie Draft), Sam Mayes (Rookie Draft)
Outs: Trent Burgoyne (delisted), Joel Garner (delisted), Tyson Goldsack (delisted), Hamish Hartlett (delisted), Peter Ladhams (Sydney Swans), Jarrod Lienert (delisted), Tom Rockliff (retired), Boyd Woodcock (delisted)
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Defining Period
Rounds 7-13 will prove to be of massive importance for the Power if they are to make a really strong surge for the flag.
In this stretch, the Alberton side will play last year's runners-up, the Western Bulldogs, along with fellow Preliminary Finalists Geelong and improving sides St Kilda, Essendon and Richmond.
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