Tredrea backs double act at Port

Travis Boak, here tackling Luke Ball, and Brad Ebert could make a good captaincy combination at Port Adelaide. Picture: Colleen Petch Source: Herald Sun

CLUB great Warren Tredrea says Port Adelaide should consider breaking with tradition and appoint dual captains for the first time.

With veteran skipper Dom Cassisi set to be replaced by a younger leader as the Power starts a new era under first-time coach Ken Hinkley, Tredrea said that with no standout replacement, the club should consider introducing the dual leadership model that has been so successful in Sydney.

The Swans, notably, have successfully employed joint skippers since 2006, with Adam Goodes and Jarrad McVeigh leading them to this year's premiership.

Tredrea suggested that midfielders Travis Boak, 24, and Brad Ebert, 22, would make a good captaincy combination.

"I just think for where Port is at, having dual captains would make a lot of sense," Tredrea said.

"The dual model has worked unbelievably well in Sydney for many years and it's certainly something Port should give a lot of thought to.

"There's a lot of pressure on captains in this town in particular so if Port can share the responsibility among two players I think it would be a good, positive step ..."

Hinkley who has put the captaincy vacancy sign up at Alberton is understood to be open to the idea of appointing joint skippers.

Cassisi is highly respected for the work he has done as captain in the past four years but he has failed to lead the club to higher than 10th.

Hinkley said he was not expecting to make a call on the Power captaincy until February or March, after he has seen how the players performed and led at training and in pre-season games. The playing group will also have a say on leadership.

Football operations manager Peter Rohde said that appointing more than one captain would come up for discussion but that it had its drawbacks.

"We haven't got into those discussions yet because at the moment Dom is our captain and we want to see how the pre-season pans out," he said.

"But the first thing that comes to mind when you're talking about dual captains is who wears the No.1 (guernsey)? The tradition at this club is that the captain always wears No.1, so that will also come into our thinking.''

Port has had four captains since entering the AFL in 1997 Gavin Wanganeen (1997-2000), Matthew Primus (2001-05), Tredrea (2006-08) and Cassisi (2009-12).
 

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