Gray’s new injury fear

PORT Adelaide star Robbie Gray left training early as intrigue persists about his fitness ahead of the historic AFL match in Shanghai.

Power coach Ken Hinkley insists Gray will play and they have another training run ahead of Sunday’s match against Gold Coast.

But Gray’s training is being managed, amid speculation he has a groin niggle. He also iced his right calf as teammates completed yesterday’s training run at Jiangwan Stadium.

Gray is coming off a poor game in last weekend’s home loss to West Coast.

“He’s fine; he’s here; he’s in Shanghai; he’s ready to play,” Hinkley said earlier in the day.

“Rob is no different to any other player. He has niggles that he deals with and he’ll be fine to play.”

Sunday’s game will be the 100th for Ken Hinkley as Port coach and the same for Travis Boak as their captain. BRISBANE have reinforced their future forces after locking away young gun Jarrod Berry and rebounding defender Tom Cutler on two-year contract extensions ahead of the clash with Hawthorn in Launceston tomorrow.

Berry will be at the Gabba until the end of the 2020 season after impressing in the first five games of his AFL career.

The strong 19-year-old midfielder was taken late in the first round of last year’s draft and is seen as a future leader.