AFL: Dan Houston's season is officially over after the Power star failed to have his five week ban overturned for his bump on Izak Rankine.
Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley is “really comfortable” banned defender Dan Houston hasn’t played his last game for the club and will be there in 2025 despite significant rumblings he could be on his way to a Victoria n club.Houston has been linked to a move to a Melbourne club despite being under contract at Port until the end of 2027, and Hinkley was defiant on Friday when asked whether he thought the All Australian halfback would be his player next season.
“The club did everything they could to support Dan through that and try and lessen the amount of time that he was out,” he said.“The action that he took ... he got it wrong. He now pays the price for that.Rankine was left dazed on the ground and his body was also convulsing for a short period after the incident, resulting in neck and sholder injuries as well as concussion.
“But it still goes to show that instinct in this game, a combative game, can make it really hard to make a split-second decision.Hinkley knows the pair of players included in Sunday’s squad to face Fremantle, in the final game of the regular season, can’t fully replace a player of Houston’s ability.
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