Emerging defender Josh Sinn has signed a fresh two-year deal to stay at Port Adelaide until at least the end of 2027. 

The exciting young talent has become a mainstay in the Power’s backline this year, putting his injury struggles from the last three seasons behind him. 

Speaking with the Adelaide media on Monday, Sinn discussed his decision to stay at Alberton, how far he’s come since being drafted, and how hard he’s worked to get his body right. 

Sinn on making the decision to stay at Port Adelaide 
“It certainly didn't take too long, especially over the last two weeks. I think conversations definitely ramped up. And yes, having conversations with my manager, family, friends, yeah, I certainly wanted to stay. 

“Not really (thought) too much (about going home to Melbourne). So, I think more so probably from Mum and Dad really, I think they want me to come back home! But they've been really good, and they've supported me throughout this decision. And they've flown over to most games this year as well, which has been really, really handy, considering I'm playing. I'm just really happy I'm staying.” 

Sinn on when he wanted to start contract talks  
“I think it was difficult, because I was consistently playing, and then missed a week with concussion, came back, missed another week with a hip pointer. So it kind of muddled up my middle part of the year, and from then on, my mindset reset to ‘I just want to keep playing footy again. I don't want to have another year like I have the last three years’. So I guess the last month, I think I've been playing now, I wanted to put this contract thing aside and focus on the back end of the year.” 

Sinn on how this year has felt personally 
“Yeah, it's been amazing. I probably haven't really understood how much happier I am this year compared to previous years. I knew footy played a big part in my life, but I probably didn't understand how big it was, and not just for me, but also, the joy gives my family watching me play every week, and particularly my sisters as well. So that's probably something I took for granted when I was younger, and something I’m much more appreciative of now.” 

Sinn on his relationships with his sisters 
“I share a pretty close bond with my twin sister, she's just graduated uni, and she's kind of become a big girl in the world now, so we kind of bounce off each other. And then my younger sister is just at uni at the moment. So you know, having people around a similar age and being able to connect with them is quite special. 

“I haven't actually told them (about the contract) yet, they’ve got loud mouths, so they might tell people! But I'm sure my younger sister will ask for money, and then the other one will ask for a nice dinner or something. So yeah, I think I'll be taking them both out.” 

Sinn on how hard his early years were with injury 
“I think the first two years, I thought I’ll always come back and play footy. I think it was probably last year when I started doing quads and muscles I've never had problems with, I did start to question whether my body was up to AFL standard. And that's probably why last year became quite a negative year, despite playing finals at the end of the year, I still had a big injury cloud over my head. I just put my head down over the off season. I didn't go away, and I really knuckled down, and got to the bottom what was going wrong, and I think I’ve fixed that.” 

Sinn on what he’s changed in his routine 
“I spent a month with Tim Schleiger back home, and he's worked with the likes of Chris Judd, Sam Darcy, and we basically just went through how much power is in between my legs and my upper body, and then the middle part of my body, there's just no connection or anything in between. And so I did a lot of weird exercises, I still don't know what they’re called! But they've helped. And I can't thank him enough.” 

Sinn on repaying the faith the club has had in him 
“Most certainly. And I think that's probably a little factor into signing so quickly. I do wonder, if they didn't have this much faith, where I would be at this point of the year. And I can't thank Ken enough, Chris Davies as well. And obviously Jason Cripps. So, I think now it's just time to let my footy do the talking. And finally, my footy is starting to do some talking.” 

Sinn on encouraging his Victorian counterparts to stay 
“Certainly it'd be nice to have both (Butters and Bergman) around, obviously my next two years and hopefully more. But yeah, that's their decision. I just hope that they're happy with whatever decision they come to, and I’ll support them with whatever they do.” 

Sinn on his role this year 
“It's been interesting. Like the start of the year, I thought I'd have more of an offensive role and I think particularly at the start of the year, I didn't have the AFL fitness required to do both the offence and defence. Naturally, I figured with Connor coming down back as well, he'd probably get picked over me if it was based on offence and talent! So I quickly knuckled down and I think I started off as quite a lockdown defender. And I think over the last month, I've gotten fitter and I feel like I've developed to be able to do both. So yeah, it's been good.” 

Sinn on wanting to repeat a winning performance this week 
“I think it probably just comes down to knowing what to expect, and we knew Carlton were going to come out firing, and we had to match them in certain areas the game and I felt like we did that early. And, yeah, I think we just had a mindset going in that we just weren't going to lose that game. And I guess that's something we need to emulate for the rest of the year.” 

Sinn on Ken Hinkley coaching from the box on Thursday 
“I'm actually not too sure if Ken will do that this week. I actually didn't mind it, because sometimes he's a bit of hot-head on the bench. But I think Ken tries to change things up every now and again. And I mean, it worked, whether that was because he went up or not, I'm not too sure, but it’ll be interesting to see what he does this week.” 

Sinn on Jack Lukosius 
“It's pretty exciting. Hopefully Jack can put his hand up for selection this week. And yeah, I do feel bad for him, but I think he's been pretty lucky in a sense, he's had Todd (Marshall) by his side for the whole (rehab) journey, and it's been pretty cool to watch them both grow together. And no, he hasn't asked for any tips during rehab and whatnot, but Tim Parham has done a really good job to help the whole rehab group, get through their injuries. And yeah, I'm just really happy for Luko that he was able to play on the weekend and play some good footy.” 

 Sinn reflecting on his growth since his early years with injury 
“I think a lot's changed, not just for me as a footy player, but as a person as well. I feel like I’ve matured a lot. I've had time to reflect over what those first three years looked like. And yeah, they're not happy days. But certainly I'm past that. And hopefully these next two more years, after this year are quite exciting. And I can just let my footy do the talking.”