Port captain Jonas again overlooked for AFL 選択
Port Adelaide 退役軍人s Travis Boak and Charlie Dixon will return from 傷害 to 直面する the Western Bulldogs as coach Ken Hinkley 主張するs it's not curtains for another stalwart.
Hinkley has again overlooked captain Tom Jonas for Friday night's fixture against the Dogs, with the 船長／主将 to play in 明言する／公表する league 階級s for a second week in a 列／漕ぐ／騒動 since serving an AFL 中断.
Jonas' form was patchy before his 禁止（する） but Hinkley is 毅然とした the 32-year-old backman remains 堅固に in his 計画（する）s.
"Just because he 行方不明になるs a week or two, that doesn't send any other message other than that you need to play 井戸／弁護士席 to get 支援する in," Hinkley told reporters on Thursday.
"I know how much Tom wants to play.
"He's a proud man and he's really important in this football club and has been, rightly, regarded as one of our best.
"Hopefully that comes 支援する to him pretty quick."
Hinkley said the good form of a （製品，工事材料の）一回分 of younger backmen, such as Lachie Jones and Kane Farrell, as his second-placed team rides a club 記録，記録的な／記録する nine-game winning streak 影響（力）d the 決定／判定勝ち（する） not to select Jonas.
"The team is in pretty good nick," he said.
"And we've got some people coming 支援する that we think need to come すぐに 支援する."
重要な 今後 Dixon has been absent since 負傷させるing a thigh in 一連の会議、交渉／完成する eight, while former captain Boak has 行方不明になるd the past two games because of a rib 病気.
Hinkley axed Ryan Burton, Riley Bonner and Ollie Lord while 指名するing two-gamer Josh Sinn in his starting 22.
Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge has lost defender Ed Richards for at least a month because of a ham string 緊張する and dropped Ryan Gardner, Oskar パン職人 and Tim O'Brien.
Versatile Josh Bruce returns for his first AFL game since 苦しむing a rib 傷害 in 一連の会議、交渉／完成する five while Alex Keath, Laitham Vandermeer and Rhylee West have also been 召喚するd.
Beveridge said his seventh-placed team 定評のある the challenge 現在のd by Port, who have won eight 連続した games at Marvel Stadium - they 港／避難所't lost at the 発生地 since 一連の会議、交渉／完成する 22 in 2019.
"They are certainly playing 影響力のある footy ... it's very impressive the way they're playing and they have got a good blend," he said.
"They're definitely one of the best going (around) at the moment."
