Cornes wins Port’s AFL club champion

A year after being offered as AFL trade bait, Kane Cornes has won Port Adelaide’s best and fairest.

Cornes won the award for the fourth time, equalling the club record of ex-captain Warren Tredrea.

Cornes, who previously claimed the John Cahill Medal in 2007, 2008 and 2010, eclipsed onballers Matthew Broadbent and Brad Ebert, who tied for second.

The future of the 29-year-old Cornes at Port was uncertain last year when he fell out of favour.

“After some open discussions at the end of last season, Kane went away and prepared extremely well for the start of this season and adapted to the way the coaching group wanted him to play,” Port’s football operations manager Peter Rohde said in a statement.

“Kane played a variety of roles in the best interest of the team this year.”

Rookie Chad Wingard, who played 19 games in his debut season, won the Gavin Wanganeen medal as the clubs best first year player.

Former West Coast Eagle Brad Ebert won the Fos Williams medal, a player-voted award acknowledging leadership professionalism and courage.

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