Michelangelo Rucci

Adelaide, Roccacinquemiglia

Contributor at Port Adelaide Football Club

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Hinkley expects response in Showdown LVII

1 week ago | portadelaidefc.com.au | Michelangelo Rucci

KEN HINKLEY is taking nothing for granted. His team has a strong record in responding after heavy defeat - and the opportunity comes in a pride-building Showdown hosted by Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval on Saturday night. But there needs to be improvement in the key themes that are exposed in Showdowns that demand fierce commitment to the contest - a hot contest in derbies.
History complete: Retrospective Showdown Medallists announced

1 week ago | portadelaidefc.com.au | Michelangelo Rucci

DARREN MEAD is never to be forgotten from Port Adelaide's inaugural AFL season in 1997 considering the key defender has his name in gold lettering on the club honour board as its first John Cahill Medallist. Today, after waiting 28 years, Mead also is to be immortalised as the first Showdown Medallist from that phenomenal first derby won by Port Adelaide at Football Park in 1997.
From 1997 to 2025: The evolution of the Showdown

1 week ago | portadelaidefc.com.au | Michelangelo Rucci

LATE in Showdown I - as Port Adelaide has a 40-point lead erode to put what Leigh Matthews had called a "thrashing" become dicy - key defender Darren Mead put his fist to a ground ball to send the Sherrin over the boundary line at the northern end of Football Park. The master of Showdown I was playing for time in a very different time, 1997.
Hinkley on Bulldogs: It will be a great battle

2 weeks ago | portadelaidefc.com.au | Michelangelo Rucci

LEADERSHIP is more powerful in actions rather than words - and Port Adelaide's young leadership pairing of Connor Rozee and Zak Butters is acting with maturity beyond a partnership in just its second season. This was highlighted at the weekend during the three quarter-time break when Rozee and Butters sought to refocus midfielder Jason Horne-Francis amid the taunting from his former North Melbourne team-mates at Adelaide Oval.
“I am filled with gratitude”: Powell-Pepper on 150 games

2 weeks ago | portadelaidefc.com.au | Michelangelo Rucci

SOME anniversaries pass without notice. This is a good sign for Port Adelaide forward Sam Powell-Pepper. "Oh yeah, round seven last year ...," noted Powell-Pepper in walking off Adelaide Oval on Saturday evening with sound legs, a year - exactly to the day - after he was limping into the changerooms early with a serious knee injury. "One year since I did my knee," added Powell-Pepper, needing to reboot a memory. "Now that I think about it, that year went quick ...
Remembering Joe Watson: Lest We Forget

3 weeks ago | portadelaidefc.com.au | Michelangelo Rucci

JOE Watson was a hero in the Port Adelaide district well before he eagerly traded his black-and-white football uniform for a khaki tunic in 1914. A year earlier, the citizens of Port Adelaide had struck a gold medal to recognise his part as a young, energetic half-forward in the Port Adelaide team that had beaten VFL premier Fitzroy for the Champions of Australia title. A league player at 17, Watson was their local hero - a cult hero in the making.
Hinkley: Winning differently shows growth ahead of Anzac round clash

3 weeks ago | portadelaidefc.com.au | Michelangelo Rucci

KEN HINKLEY avoids the parallel of battle in war and football. But as Port Adelaide pays tribute to the Anzac story by hosting North Melbourne at Adelaide Oval on Saturday afternoon, there is a storyline that comes off the same page as Gallipoli. From early defeat to Collingwood at the MCG in a season-opener that has new context with time, Port Adelaide is crafting the long game for victory. "We are building our game," Hinkley said at Alberton on Wednesday.
Hinkley: Confidence creates energy that creates excitement

1 month ago | portadelaidefc.com.au | Michelangelo Rucci

KEN HINKLEY labels his team's next opponent, Sydney, as the model of consistency in AFL football. This theme challenges Port Adelaide after finding scintillating form against then-league leader Hawthorn in the Gather Round closer. Can Port Adelaide replicate? "We would like to think so; we would like to hope so," said Hinkley at Alberton on Wednesday in the build up to the preliminary final rematch with Sydney at the SCG on Sunday. "We were dynamic for two-and-a-half quarters (against Hawthorn) ...
Tribute to Jeff Potter

1 month ago | portadelaidefc.com.au | Michelangelo Rucci

JEFF POTTER was almost lost to Port Adelaide as soon as he arrived at Alberton. "Funny story that one," Potter would say of his introduction to SANFL league football after leaving Mount Gambier in 1959 to fill the big boots of a legend, Fos Williams. "I turned up for training at Alberton Oval," Potter recalled, "and one of the trainers said, 'The colts train tomorrow night; come back then'."Potter was 17.
Hinkley: "Our game is building"

1 month ago | portadelaidefc.com.au | Michelangelo Rucci

PORT ADELAIDE is on the attack with its new-look game finally delivering more opportunities to its new-style forward system. But the challenge to turn a dominance with inside-50s to a winning score is still to be won - and the test this week is against the AFL pacesetter, Hawthorn. "We have not been in absolutely great form ... but our game is building," senior coach Ken Hinkley said at Alberton on Wednesday as preparations continue for Sunday's Gather Round closer at Adelaide Oval.