‘Now is the right time’: Port CEO backs plan to quit SANFL in 146-year split

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‘Now is the right time’: Port CEO backs plan to quit SANFL in 146-year split
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Port Adelaide CEO Matthew Richardson has responded to news the club is looking to remove itself from the SANFL competition as part of a “no-blame divorce”.

“All AFL players should have the same platform to play and develop when they are not in the AFL team which is consistent across the competition.Don Pyke appointed CEO at West Coast | 00:56 “It won’t happen in 2024 … it should happen at some point. I think 2025 is the year Port Adelaide expects to be out of the SANFL and the Crows will go as well.Richardson said with Tasmania’s looming introduction into the AFL, now was the “right time” for a national reserves competition., despite the fact the Power – as the Magpies – have been the most dominant force in the country’s oldest league since its inception in 1877.“We have a rich history in the SANFL.

The SANFL had issued their own statement this week, confirming Port Adelaide was contracted to playing in the league until 2028.

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