Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley concedes the “numbers were against” forward Jeremy Finlayson after dropping him for Saturday‘s must-win final against GWS just a day after he said his wife’s ongoing cancer battle had ”taken a toll” on his football.
The return of key forward Charlie Dickson was also key in squeezing out Finlayson who has played 21 games and kicked 38 goals this season but none in the past two games.
Finlayson, whose wife Kellie was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer just months after finishing her treatment for bowel cancer, ...
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