Kane Cornes

Personal information
Birth	5 January 1983 (1983-01-05) (age 26)
Recruited from	Glenelg Football Club, SANFL
Height and weight	182cm / 84kg
Playing career¹
Debut	Round 10, 2 June 2001, Port Adelaide Football Club vs. Hawthorn Football Club, at MCG
Team(s)	Port Adelaide Football Club (2001-) 184 games, 76 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 2009 season
Career highlights
Premiership Player 2004 All-Australian 2005, 2007 Pre-Season Premiership Player 2001 and 2002 Club Best & Fairest 'Best First Year Player' 2001 Club Best & Fairest 'Most Improved Player' 2004 Port Adelaide Best and Fairest 2007, 2008

Kane Graham Cornes (born 5 January 1983) in an Australian rules football player who plays for Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.

[edit] Early life

A product of Sacred Heart College and Glenelg in the SANFL, he made his AFL debut in 2001 after being selected with pick 20 in the 2000 AFL Draft. Prior to his professional football career he attended Sacred Heart College which is regarded as one of the premier schools in Australia when it comes to producing Australian Rules footballers. His All Australian brother Chad Cornes also attended Sacred Heart College and played for Glenelg in the SANFL. Kane and Chad are the sons of South Australian football legend Graham Cornes.

[edit] Playing career

In 2001 and 2002, he played in Port Adelaide's two pre season competition winning teams, and then in 2004, the team made the step up, and Kane was in the team that won the 2004 AFL premiership, Port Adelaide's first in the AFL. He continued his good form into 2005 becoming All Australian, and in 2006 played his 100th game for the club in round 7, and topped the AFL dreateam competition, despite his team Port Adelaide having a bad year.

In 2007 Kane once again continued his good form, winning All Australian selection for the second time, in a team dominated by Geelong players. He was also the leading possession winner in the AFL, received the most browlow votes for the year for Port Adelaide, and won their best and fairest the John Cahill Medal ahead of brother Chad.

Kane is a grossly underrated player, this is due to the way he is used which is as a tagger (a player who marks an opposition midfielder in order to limit their influence on a game). 2004 was his fourth season in the competition where he was able to really cement his spot in the midfield averaging 20 disposals a game. Since then it has been all up hill for Kane where he took his 2005 average disposals to 24.6 and has averaged a solid 27 disposals a game since. Kane rarely misses a game with injury and hasn't missed since 2003. [1]

[edit] External links

• Kane Cornes profile on the Official AFL Website of the Port Adelaide Football Club
• Kane Cornes's statistics from AFL Tables