Port Adelaide has been dealt multiple injury blows at the worst possible time during Saturday night’s Qualifying Final against Brisbane.
Just minutes after Darcy Byrne-Jones was subbed out for tactical purposes during the third quarter, the Power copped two more blows to Dylan Williams then Trent McKenzie.
McKenzie’s setback looked more severe, with the defender landing awkwardly on his already injured left knee in a marking contest.
He had to be helped from the ground by club medicos as McKenzie grimaced in pain in what could be a brutal setback for Ken Hinkley’s side.
It came not long after Dylan Williams’ night ended prematurely due to a hamstring issue, seen with ice on the area on the interchange.
That’s terrible luck for Port Adelaide,” Channel 7 caller Alister Nicholson said.
It left the Power with just two on the bench thereafter as Brisbane really got hold of them late in the third and ballooned out its lead, all while Byrne-Jones sat on the interchange healthy.
Fair to say Hinkley would’ve been hoping to held off on that sub a little longer.
