FORMER Port Adelaide midfielder Will Snelling says his AFL dream is not over, confirming he is hoping another club will give him a second chance.

Snelling was on Monday told his contract at the Power would not be renewed for 2019, ending his three seasons at Alberton.

He is among five delistings made by Port Adelaide since the end of the season, joining Jimmy Toumpas, Emmanuel Irra, Dom Barry and Jake Neade, and the retired Lindsay Thomas in leaving the club.

“I think the writing was kind of on the wall in the last few rounds of the year,” Snelling admitted of his delisting, during an interview with Adelaide radio station FIVEaa.“The Power wasn’t doing too well and I had been in some pretty strong form so it wasn’t too much of a surprise.

“I have had some good dialogue with the club in the last month or so, so I kind of knew it was coming, it wasn’t too much of a shock.”

Arriving at Alberton in the 2015 Rookie Draft, Snelling made his AFL debut in the last round of the 2016 season but struggled to break back into the side.

In 2018, the 21-year-old was one of the more reliable performers at SANFL level, winning the Fos Williams Memorial Trophy as Port Adelaide’s most consistent performer and the A. R. McLean Medal as Port Adelaide’s best and fairest.

“I guess, probably a bit of my penetration,” Snelling said.He says despite that, he knew there were areas he needed to improve on.

“As a smaller player, it was probably that facet of my game – that I handball a lot, that’s my style of game – but also to have a balance with kicking as well.

“I think the overriding problem was just the cattle ahead of me, we had a really strong midfield this year and it makes it a lot harder when you’ve got guys like Robbie Gray running through the midfield.”

Snelling is currently studying Health and Medical Science at university and looking for his next challenge.

He says he hasn’t given up hope of another shot in the AFL, but is in talks about returning to West Adelaide, where he won the 2015 SANFL Premiership.

“This is a bit of an awkward time of year because you’re not really sure what’s going to happen,” he said.

“I’ve been speaking to my manager a fair bit and we’re hopeful another club will have another crack at me.

“I’m pretty desperate to give it another crack, I’m still quite young so I think I have a lot to give still in the AFL system.

“But if not, pursuing a SANFL career will probably be the next goal, and probably try earn my straps and have another shot at the AFL the following year.

“I’m pretty desperate to get that opportunity so whether that’s the senior list or the rookie list I’m not too fussed.”

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