PORT Adelaide captain Connor Rozee wants to carry a broken hand into battle and land a proverbial blow on rival Adelaide’s finals ambitions.
Rozee plans to return for Saturday night’s Showdown of the South Australian rivals, pending how his left hand copes with mid-week training.
“We’ll reassess after we finish training on Wednesday … at the moment, the plan is to play.”
The 11th-placed Power are out of finals contention but the Crows will return to September for the first time since 2017.
Adelaide holds third spot but is far from settled – it is one win from top spot but also one win from seventh – with Port hoping to dent its run to the finals.
“That will be the plan pretty much every week from now on,” Rozee said.
“Any scalp that we can take will be a building block for the future.
“It’s always a competitive battle and anyone can win it.
“There is no lack of motivation when it comes to these games … the fact is, the intensity is much higher than a lot of other games, which makes it very exciting to play in.”
Rozee sidestepped suggestions the looming Showdown had become the Power’s biggest game of the season.
“Every week is our biggest game from here on out,” he said.
“We aren’t playing finals and it’s extremely disappointing because that is what you come into every year wanting to do, and what we have done pretty consistently for the last few years.
