Port Adelaide have made the “significant call” to play captain Tom Jonas within the reserves after serving his one-game suspension.
Jonas missed final week’s win over Richmond on the MCG after being hit with a ban for a harmful sort out in opposition to Melbourne.
But the Power have made the daring determination to ease Jonas again by way of the SANFL with the Port Adelaide Magpies as an alternative of in Saturday’s conflict with Hawthorn.
Port coach Ken Hinkley acknowledged how uncommon it’s to depart a captain out of the group when match and out there.
“It is a big call, a significant call, but it’s a call for a team in really good form,” Hinkley advised reporters on Thursday.
“Really consistent with our behaviours and we don’t separate, whether it be the captain or a first-year player.”
Hinkley stated the important thing defender accepted the news with humility and was ready to play his position with Port’s reserves group.
“We’re in really good form, Tom’s missed a bit of footy now over the last month,” the coach stated.
“As a good leader of our football club, he understands the players who came in played really well.
“He understands the team’s going really well and he would never put himself in front of the team regardless of his position. He’s very accepting of what’s going on.”
Hinkley failed to ensure Jonas would return for Port’s round-13 match, a Friday night time blockbuster in opposition to the Western Bulldogs at Marvel Stadium on June 9.
Brownlow medallist Ollie Wines and defender Darcy Byrne-Jones are Port’s vice-captains.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
