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Chad Studley Cornes (born 12 November 1979) is an AFL footballer who currently plays for Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League. Cornes was part of the Port Adelaide side which won the Premiership in 2004 and plays alongside brother Kane.
[edit] Early years (1999-2003)Cornes began his AFL career as a key-forward and after playing only 6 games in 1999, was a regular in the Power forward line in 2000, booting 22 goals. Between 2000 and 2003 Cornes and Tredrea formed one of the best forward partnerships in the AFL, with Chad playing up the ground demonstrating his great contested marking ability. Despite being one of the best forwards in the game, Cornes was moved into defence at the start of the 2004 season [edit] Career Change (2004)In 2004, Cornes was moved to centre-half back. The new position worked wonders as Cornes began to single handedly dominate games, earning himself his first All-Australian award, and finishing third in the Brownlow medal The move to Centre-half back was a key reason as to Port Adelaide's dominance, which accumliated in winning their first ever Premiership, defeating the Brisbane Lions by 40 points. He had a key role on Jonathon brown during the Grand Final, and was able to contain him to just one behind [edit] New Career (2005)After Port Adelaide dominance of 2004, Cornes was again used as a key defender to great effect. Port Adelaide was unable to gain great momentum in its quest for back-to-back Premierships and despite making the finals, were eliminated by cross town rivals Adelaide [edit] Leadership (2006-)The 2006 was a disappointing one for Port Adelaide, and one which frustrated Cornes in particular. The season never really took off, and with Cornes now being a senior player, he was moved in to the midfield to help the younger players. This move paid off as he dominated matches, which was a huge positive for the Power in an otherwise disappointing campaign. In 2007, Cornes was a key midfielder and has a largely impressive season. Cornes finished the 2007 season with 643 disposals, and led the competition in kicks, and went in to the Brownlow medal count as one of the favourites. The great form of Cornes in midfield was crucial to the side making the AFL Grand Final, which was a huge surprise to most, including Cornes. Despite not expecting to have a good season, when they did make the Grand Final the belief appeared to be strong but they were unable to win their second flag, going down to Geelong in the most one-sided Grand Final in history. Port looked to bounce back from their Grand Final humliation of the previous year when they took on Geelong in the opening round of 2008. Despite being close throughout the match, they were unable to win and that was the start of a four game losing streak for the Power. Cornes suffered a broken finger in Round 6 against the Saints but returned just three weeks later despite the nature of the brake being very severe. With the Power's season seemingly over after 15 games, Cornes is expected to not play the rest of the season due to a persistent knee, shoulder and finger injury. [edit] FamilyIn addition to his brother (Kane Cornes), Chad's father, Graham, is a also a former AFL/SANFL footballer, playing 317 games for Glenelg with a career spanning from 1967 to 1982. Graham also coached various AFL/SANFL teams between 1983 and 1994. [edit] External links
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