JOSH Jenkins got back in the hot seat and answered all your questions. See what he had to say.
Jenkins was the star in Adelaide's 21-point win over Collingwood last Thursday night at Adelaide Oval.
He kicked four goals in front of more than 50,000 fans, but was part of a huge controversy after one of his goals was allowed despite being kicked after the three-quarter time siren.
Replay his blog below now.
Trent Cotchin (centre) and his Tigers teammates leave the MCG. Picture: Wayne Ludbey Source: News Corp Australia
FOX Footy host Gerard Healy believes Richmond need to rediscover their confidence and quick ball movement.
The Tigers have been struggling this season and Healy says a drop in intensity and spirit is behind their woes.
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While Healy believed Jack Riewoldt broke team rules by coming out publicly, he said the Tigers needed to fix their gameplan ahead of their clash with GWS.
"There's only one way to get out of the crisis. Train hard, play hard and take a few risks," he said.
"Despite Jack Riewoldt breaking the team code, it still confirms their ball movement has robbed them of their initiative. They need to take some risks, run and carry.
"On Damien Hardwick - everybody wants to know about a flag - let's get a few wins on the board first."
Healy also had some major doubts about Geelong.
The Brownlow Medallist said the Cats have been struggling for several weeks and are coming off a trip to Perth to face North Melbourne on Friday night.
"The Kangaroos come in with reasonable form and the Cats are in a bit of a hole," he said.
"Having lost Stevie J and on the back of a trip to Perth, Geelong will have to play really well."
RICHMOND coach Damien Hardwick has refused to guarantee Jack Riewoldt a spot in the side to play Greater Western Sydney in Saturday's crunch game, saying the forward "let down" the Richmond family with his critical comments about the team's game plan.
Adelaide forward Josh Jenkins says the Crows must use Thursday's impressive win over Collingwood to gather some momentum in the coming weeks.
Ricky Henderson is preparing to return to Adelaide's line-up later this season. Picture: Sarah Reed Source: News Limited
PLAYMAKING defender Ricky Henderson could prove to be an ace in Adelaide's pack as it prepares to charge at a finals spot in the second half of the season.
Henderson has upped the ante in his rehabilitation from the broken leg he sustained at pre-season training in February and could resume playing in "three-to-four'' weeks.
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"He's nearly back to full training now and we're trying to put him through a mini pre-season to get him back up to full speed,'' Crows football operations manager Phil Harper said.
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"The injury has healed really well, it was a clean break, and we hope to get him back in three-to-four weeks.
Brent Reilly seeks to regain his place in Adelaide's senior side. Picture: Sarah Reed Source: News Limited
"He's got a bit more running and speed work to do but he should join the full group within two weeks.''
Henderson, 25, fractured his tibia near the ankle when he was tackled at training in February.
The Crows have missed his run and rebound from defence, with the high-leaping Henderson averaging 24 disposals in his last seven games last season
Teammate David Mackay, who at times in the opening nine rounds has been used to fill Henderson's role in the back half, described his impending availability as a "real bonus".
David McKay. is looking forward to having Henderson back in the team. Picture: Sarah Reed Source: News Corp Australia
"Hendo is up and about. He's a few weeks away from getting back and it's going to be a real bonus for us," Mackay said.
"He's a quality player and is really important in the way we structure up. He's going to give us that real speed and extra defender, who can take the game on and give us a bit of run and carry.
"It'll be really exciting to get Rick back."
With No. 1 forward Taylor Walker back from 12 months out following a knee reconstruction and Henderson making good progress in his comeback, the Crows are starting to get close to their best team together.
Forward Tom Lynch (broken jaw), captain Nathan van Berlo (Achilles) and last year's Rising Star runner-up Brad Crouch are the other first-choice players currently out of the side.
Tom Lynch is recovering from his broken jaw. Picture: Sarah Reed Source: News Limited
Midfielder Crouch revisited a specialist last week about his slow recovery from a broken leg but the club is confident he will resume playing within three weeks.
Lynch is about a month away from playing again while van Berlo remains on track to return later in the season.
Mackay said the dropping of veteran Brent Reilly for what would have been his 200th game against Collingwood sent a clear message to the players that the club has good depth and that questionable form would not be tolerated.
"The boys were pretty shattered for "Radar','' Mackay said.
"It's a tough part of the industry and if you have the performance we had against Melbourne things like that will inevitably happen.
"Radar is a quality person and it won't be long before we see him back but it was a message to everyone that you need to be playing well, you need to be in form or something will give.''
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Port Adelaide is close to securing a deal to play a pre-season game in the Chinese city of Macau. Source: AP
PORT Adelaide is closer to playing a pre-season game in China next year — and opening new sponsorship deals in the lucrative Chinese market.
The Power is considering two venues on the casino-driven Chinese island of Macau for a pre-season game that will put Port ahead of two AFL rivals — in particular Greater Western Sydney — in finding a new source of corporate money outside the increasingly crowded Australian market.
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"We're thinking outside the square — and we need to such so that we can differentiate ourselves," Port president David Koch said from China yesterday.
"We've worked our 'central corridor' strategy in Central Australia from Adelaide to Darwin and now there is Melbourne and Essendon there as well. We have to find somewhere with clean air — and China offers that."
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Port's board — with every director paying for their travel — met in Hong Kong during last week's bye to work through a strategy session.
The Power business lunch in Hong Kong — that returned a profit — not only opened connections to some of China's business leaders but reaffirmed Port's interest in taking a pre-season game to South-East Asia.
"This is a very good market for us," Koch told The Advertiser.
Travis Boak could be leading Port Adelaide out in a pre-season game in China. Source: Getty Images
"Just in Hong Kong there is the second-largest ex-pat group of Australians; second to London."
Port is now waiting for AFL approval for a venue in Macau. The first stadium proposed for the pre-season game is not meeting league requirements.
"But there is another — half an hour away from Macau's centre — that meets the AFL's minimum standards and can host 10,000 people," Koch said.
"As a club we are very interested in playing a pre-season game in Macau next year. The sponsors of the game are very keen. Now we have to wait on the AFL to weigh up which venue is best for the game.
"On the sponsorship this game offers, we're ready to go."
Port's new China theme advances Koch's intent to broaden the Power from its traditional "5015 postcode" to be a national and now international brand. Port's new joint major sponsor, Energy Australia, has its headquarters in Hong Kong.
The other major sponsor is French car manufacturer, Renault.
View of Macau at dusk. Picture: Edmon Leong Source: Supplied
The rebirth of the Power's corporate strength is coupled with Port having record membership of 53,007 — and closing within 500 on hometown rival Adelaide's count that has always lead in the SA market.
"That is what Adelaide Oval has done for us," Koch said. "For our members, Adelaide Oval feels like home — they left AAMI Stadium to come home to Adelaide Oval.
"For all the controversy created by the Adelaide Oval debate, there is no doubt now that this is the best decision ever made for the SA economy. When Fremantle declares it had 30 sponsors come to Adelaide — and they turned the trip into more than a football game by visiting the Barossa — after hardly any would be here for a game at AAMI Stadium, we know tourism in SA will be boosted by AFL games at Adelaide Oval.
"That is music to my ears."
Taylor Walker leaves the ground after Adelaide's win over Collingwood at Adelaide Oval. Picture: Simon Cross Source: News Corp Australia
PATRICK Dangerfield admits he broke into a huge grin when he heard Taylor Walker's name called out over the PA system during warm ups at Adelaide Oval on Thursday night.
Dangerfield understands the importance of the key forward to the Crows' hopes of playing finals again this season and was thrilled to see him return after 12 months out with a knee injury.
"When they announced all the player's names before the game, I couldn't help but smile when they said his name. It's just awesome to have him back," Dangerfield said.
Adelaide coach Brenton Sanderson fronts the media following the Crows' 21-point win over Collingwood on Thursday night.
Josh Jenkins, who thrived in Walker's return to the forward line kicking four goals, also welcomed the elite goalkicker back with open arms.
"It was great to have him back," Jenkins said.
"While he was a bit fumbly and he fatigued pretty quickly in the second half it was awesome to have him out there and you'd expect he's only going to improve from here."
And Walker enjoyed being back just as much.
"Amazing to be back out there with the boys. Some really (positive) signs and a big thanks to the Crows you were unreal," he tweeted.
MORE sirens at Adelaide Oval is the AFL's answer to stopping a repeat of Thursday night's controversy with crowd noise drowning out the siren at three-quarter time of the Crows-Collingwood epic.
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Adelaide coach Brenton Sanderson insists he didn't hear the three quarter siren as controversy reigns over whether Josh Jenkins kicked a goal beyond the bell.
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THE AFL has given the green light to Josh Jenkins' controversial three-quarter time goal against Collingwood, but will look to "beef up" the siren at Adelaide Oval, one of the loudest crowd venues in the country.
And the league will examine linking the countdown clock shown on TV broadcasts with the one used by timekeepers in a bid to avoid another "siren gate".
AFL football operations manager Mark Evans said the league would start work on testing better ways to make sure umpires, players and crowds can hear the siren after Thursday night's controversy.
Evans was adamant the goal was kicked before the siren, despite Collingwood president Eddie McGuire labelling the incident as "shambolic".
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"The most important thing is ... the score is correct," Evans said. "The timekeeper is adamant ... he says the ball was kicked just moments before he pressed the siren.
"The (Adelaide Oval) siren is amongst the loudest around the country, so the real challenge is can we beef that up even further without hurting people's ears and can we try and tie the siren mechanism or use the umpires' communication system to make sure we are delivering some sort of sound to the ear of the umpire at the same time as the siren is pressed.
"We do have to make sure that the crowd and the people watching the broadcast get that surety that the siren has gone."
Jenkins was credited with a goal as the crowd drowned out the siren at three-quarter time, which gave the Crows a significant 14-point break.
Josh Jenkins runs into the goalsquare as the clock hits zero at the end of the third quarter. Source: FoxSports
Evans said the AFL will look to increase the number of banks of sirens around Adelaide Oval following a second incident at the ground this season.
A furious McGuire, who communicated his frustration to Evans immediately after an incident, called it a "complete debacle".
"I was talking to Mark Evans last night ... we've got to get this sorted out," McGuire said on Triple M.
"Bucks (Magpies coach Nathan Buckley) says it didn't affect the result, well it does. It does affect the result because they get an extra goal at a very, very pivotal moment in the game, and I'm not one to just let these things go because it annoys me and it will cost someone a Grand Final.
"It makes the AFL look shambolic. If the president of Collingwood can send a message to the AFL operations director and we still can't work it out, what does that tell you?
"This happened in 1980 in a night grand final — we still can't figure it out?"
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Jenkins said after the game he hadn't heard the siren.
"I wanted to get it on the boot as quickly as possible because I knew it was late in the quarter," he said.
"I didn't hear anything but I kicked the goal and I'm not giving it back."
Evans said his dealings with McGuire on Friday night were mostly via text messages, saying: "Eddie was very good on expressing his views."
"I know this has the potential to cause people some angst at the time but I couldn't be more appreciate of the way Nathan Buckley conducted himself last night.
Evans explained: "Our actual clock, the real clock, measures down to the hundredth of a second. The display that people see only shows to the whole second, so as it ticks under one second, there is still .99 of a second to go.
"We can look at whether the broadcast (clock) can take the read into hundredths of a second, but at the moment it would appear that the siren has gone .99 of a second late."
Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley has refused to blame the Adelaide Oval's quiet siren for his side's loss to the Crowd on Thursday night, despite Josh Jackson appearing to kick a goal after it had sounded for three quarter time.
McGuire said he had become aware of problems with the broadcast time clock and the siren on Anzac Day when Essendon forward Jason Winderlich appeared to take a mark after the quarter-time siren.
"I was told it's not when it (the clock) gets to zero, it's when it gets to zero minus one, that's one thing I was told.
"So we've got a situation at the moment where, to be perfectly honest, no one call tell me when the end of the quarter is.
"If we're going to do score reviews of blokes having a shot from the boundary line on the other side of the ground using a camera from 150m away and say that's fine, you can't tell me that we can't work out at the end of a quarter that the siren has gone?"
The incident sent Twitter into meltdown.
Crows star Patrick Dangerfield added: "We had no idea what was going on. They're an amazing crowd. The city's done a great job. We are so lucky to play here."
Josh Jenkins kicked a controversial goal at the end of the third quarter to help the Crows defeat Collingwood, with some arguing the siren had already sounded before he put boot to ball. It seems the referees were unable to hear the siren over the crowd.
In 2006, Fremantle was leading by one point when the final siren sounded at York Park, Launceston. However the umpires did not hear it, meaning play continued for another 20 seconds.
As Dockers players pleaded for the game to be stopped, St Kilda scored a behind to tie the match before the umpires called full-time.
However the AFL commission overturned the draw and gave the full four points to Fremantle, determining that the match should have stopped when the first siren sounded.
Power midfielder Ollie Wines gets plenty of work in at training. Picture: Sarah Reed Source: News Limited
PORT Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley wants his players to take the initiative and put the squeeze on Fremantle today to avoid a repeat of last year's thrashing at Subiaco.
Hinkley said the pressure the Dockers placed on his team in a 74 point defeat in round 22 last year was "as good as we've ever seen". But after a summer spent teaching his players to handle the heat, Hinkley wants to flip the script.
"We need to be able to put pressure on them," Hinkley said. "Not worry so much about the pressure they're going to put on us."
Ross Lyon's side hasn't been at its suffocating best since the early rounds of the season, recording just two wins from its past five games.
The Dockers have also travelled to Adelaide without injured key defenders Luke McPharlin and Zac Dawson, presenting Port's forward line with an ideal opportunity to take over the game if the midfield can provide enough supply.
"First and foremost against Fremantle one of the biggest challenges you have is getting it in there enough," Hinkley said.
"We need to make sure we provide enough of those entries for our forwards to go to work, because our forwards will present a significant risk to them I'm sure."
The Dockers are able to bully most sides at the stoppages because of the dominance of ruckman Aaron Sandilands and the big bodies of Michael Barlow, Nat Fyfe and David Mundy.
But Hinkley believes his midfield is well placed to meet the challenge.
"I'm really comfortable with the size of Boak, Wines, Ebert, Hartlett, Polec," he said.
"Freo have some great midfielders but we've got some great size to go against them we think."
The Power coach also stressed the importance of preparing to limit Fremantle's scoring.
Power players put through their paces at training. Picture: Sarah Reed Source: News Limited
With so much focus on how Port's second ranked attack will match up against the league's best defence, Hinkley hasn't forgotten the threat players like Matthew Pavlich, Hayden Ballantyne and Chris Mayne will pose.
"We spend the best part of our week working on defence," Hinkley said.
"They've been the best defensive team in the competition for a long time now and we just need to make sure we're working to get somewhere near that."
Hinkley sprang a mild surprise at selection this week by handing another opportunity to promoted rookie Kane Mitchell.
The West Australian was facing an uphill battle to get back in the side after having his position filled by Jared Polec and Matt White this season.
But Hinkley says Mitchell's form in the SANFL — where he's shown an improved ability to win the inside ball — was impossible to ignore.
"He's been rewarded for his performance," Hinkley said.
"Like we've done with Sam Gray, Ben Newton, Paul Stewart — blokes have been rewarded for consistency of form.
"We have to honour that and make sure they know if they keep delivering those results they'll get a game."
Mitchell should help Port in its endeavour to win the uncontested ball, which has proved decisive against Fremantle this season.
The Dockers have averaged 70 fewer uncontested possessions in their losses this season, but were far better in this area in a win against West Coast last week.
"I listened to Ross talk after the game last week and he made a point of saying they controlled the ball better," Hinkley said.
"That might have been a slight tinkering of their game style, I don't know, but I can only assume they're going to play similar this week."
