Port Adelaide focused on increasing All-Australian defender's impact
The Port Adelaide coaching staff are “working really hard” to get Aliir Aliir more involved in the game. The Power defender has been noticeably less impactful this season, with Aliir playing much deeper in defence than he did in last year’s All-Australian season. However, Port Adelaide assistant coach Chad Cornes made clear that was not a deliberate strategy. “It hasn’t been a tactic of ours to play him deeper but over the last month in particular, teams have had more of a focus on trying to keep...