Undeterred Port looks interstate

Port Adelaide has taken a punt on Victorian country boy Tom Clurey. Picture: Wayne Ludbey Source: Herald Sun

PORT Adelaide showed the departure of homesick Ben Jacobs hadn't put it off taking a Victorian with one of its early picks at the AFL National Draft.

The Power overlooked a pair of highly-touted Croweaters – Sturt ruckman Brodie Grundy and North Adelaide half-forward Sam Mayes – in favour of tough Bendigo Pioneers onballer Ollie Wines with its first call, pick No.7.

They then opted for another Victorian, tall defender Tom Clurey at pick No.29.

The selections come less than a fortnight after Port was forced to delist Jacobs, the 16th pick in the 2010 draft, when he quit the club to return to Victoria, citing homesickness.

Wines, 18, had been touted as possibly going as early as Melbourne's pick No.4 selection but slipped down the draft order.

He is a strong midfielder with a hard edge that can win the contested ball, has elite endurance and a ferocious tackle.

Clurey, who had been linked with the Crows' pick No.20 before the club forfeited that selection, is a strong-bodied backman who may be groomed as a long-term replacement for the departed Troy Chaplin.

The Power snared West Australian tall forward Mason Shaw with its third and final selection, pick No.30.
 

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