PORT ADELAIDE isn’t getting carried away with its trial game win over Adelaide ahead of the sides meeting again in the JLT Community Series next week.

Both sides played under 23 teams featuring some handful of overage players, with Port using some SANFL-contracted Magpies as top-up options in the second half.

The match featured a number of swings but finished with the Power fighting back from 34-points down in the third quarter to win by eleven points.

Acting coach Matthew Lokan said he was pleased with the result and more pleased with the game-style his young chargers displayed.

“It was still a trial match but I think the positive thing is that we were able to score well,” he said immediately after the game.

“Obviously we got challenged there for a while but it was pleasing that the guys were able to hang tough and hang on in the end, which is great for a young group.

“We got challenged and Adelaide were able to play some really attractive style of footy and were able to cut us apart so for our guys to stick tough and finish the game off was really pleasing.

“I was really pleased for a young group to be able to play a style that we’ve been practising over summer was encouraging but we won’t get too carried away.”

Young midfielder Willem Drew was among the Power’s best, finishing with a lot of touches and three important goals.

It was an important performance in Lokan’s eyes for the 20-year-old who has missed the best part of two seasons with injury.

“He’s a great guy who has had a really good summer,” Lokan said.

“He didn’t play hardly any footy last year, I think he might have played one Maggies game but to be able to go in and win his own footy and get forward and get a couple of shots on goal as well is very pleasing and just his ability to be able to find the ball in contests and to be able to cover the ground – he’s one of our better runners and I was really impressed with him today.”

Defender Matthew Broadbent was among the overage players who had a hit-out for the Power and his class and leadership in the backline proved important as the Crows chased victory late in the game.

It was his second game, after last week’s intra-club, after a lengthy injury absence.

“The best thing for Brogsy is to get out there and play and put four quarters in and be really consistent,” Lokan said.

“We had a really experienced backline so it was good to have him, Darcy Byrne-Jones, Dougal Howard and Riley Bonner in the backline.”

The Power finished with a clean bill of health except for a suspected concussion to another overage player, Trent McKenzie, who limped off in the second half after a big pack collision. Port Adelaide and Adelaide will next travel to Port Pirie for next week’s JLT opener.