{"id":94313,"date":"2025-08-25T09:17:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T09:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/94313\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T09:17:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T09:17:06","slug":"port-adelaide-axes-five-players-as-post-hinkley-era-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/94313\/","title":{"rendered":"Port Adelaide axes FIVE players as post-Hinkley era begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__summary\">\n                Ryan Burton and Jeremy Finlayson among five players delisted by the Power\n            <\/p>\n<p>\n                            By AAP with staff writers\n                            <\/p>\n<p>                                Jeremy Finlayson in action during Port Adelaide&#8217;s clash against Greater Western Sydney in round 13, 2025. Picture: AFL Photos<\/p>\n<p>PORT Adelaide has wasted little time making change in the post Ken Hinkley era, with Ryan Burton and Jeremy Finlayson among five players delisted by the Power.<\/p>\n<p>With new coach Josh Carr officially taking the reins after Hinkley&#8217;s departure, Burton and Finlayson have been informed they will not be offered new deals, while Dylan Williams, Lachie Charleson and Hugh Jackson have also been let go.<\/p>\n<p>WHO&#8217;S CALLED IT QUITS <a title=\"https:\/\/www.afl.com.au\/news\/retirements-and-delistings\" href=\"https:\/\/www.afl.com.au\/news\/retirements-and-delistings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-outlook-id=\"a7c436f9-cf97-4ef8-a9df-4a6a5043586b\">2025&#8217;s retirements and\u00a0delistings<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Williams played 29 games in four seasons, 21 of which came in 2023, while midfielder Jackson played nine games, all this year.<\/p>\n<p>Charleson did not play a senior game in two years on the list.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old Burton and 29-year-old Finlayson both joined the Power from rival clubs.<\/p>\n<p>Burton arrived after three seasons at Hawthorn for the 2019 season and Finlayson crossed from Greater Western Sydney at the end of 2021.<\/p>\n<p>                    Ryan Burton kicks the ball during Port Adelaide&#8217;s qualifying final against Geelong on September 5, 2024. Picture: AFL Photos<\/p>\n<p>Burton&#8217;s career stalled amid frequent injuries with the half-back playing only eight senior games this season. The 162-gamer suffered a knee injury in round 16 and didn&#8217;t feature again.<\/p>\n<p>Finlayson, who also played just eight AFL games this year for a career total of 128, fell from selection favour amid an inconsistent season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ryan and Jeremy have both, at times, played important roles for our AFL side, offering versatility and depth when we\u2019ve required it,&#8221; list manager Jason Cripps said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dylan and Hugh showed some positive development over the past few years, with both earning opportunities at the top level, while Lachie was a solid contributor to our SANFL program and showed great commitment to the club in his two years on the list.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We wish all five players the very best for their futures.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Their departures open up further list spots at Port, which has farewelled retiring club legend Travis Boak.<\/p>\n<p>Ex-Adelaide and Gold Coast utility Rory Atkins, who joined the Power this season, has also retired.<\/p>\n<p>The future of Ivan Soldo at Port is also in doubt after the ruckman played just once at AFL-level this season.<\/p>\n<p>Soldo transferred from Richmond where he featured in the Tigers&#8217; 2019 premiership on a three-year contract that expires at the end of next season.<\/p>\n<p>But the 29-year-old unsuccessfully sought a trade at the end of last season after falling behind Jordon Sweet as the Power&#8217;s first-choice ruck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryan Burton and Jeremy Finlayson among five players delisted by the Power By AAP with staff writers Jeremy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94314,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,83,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-94313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-text","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94313\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}