Kane Cornes

Kane Cornes
Personal information
Full nameKane Graham Cornes
Date of birth5 January 1983
Original teamGlenelg (SANFL)
Draft#20, 2000 National Draft, Port Adelaide
Height/Weight183cm / 81kg
Position(s)Midfielder
Club information
Current clubPort Adelaide
Number18
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2001–Port Adelaide296 (92)
Representative team honours
YearsTeamGames (Goals)
2008Dream Team1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of Round 4, 2015 season.
Career highlights

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

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 one of the most prolific schools in Australia in terms of producing Australian Rules footballers. His All Australian brother Chad Cornes also attended Sacred Heart College and played for Glenelg in the SANFL. They are the sons of South Australian football identity Graham Cornes and stepsons of 2007 Federal Labor candidate Nicole Cornes.

AFL career

In 2001 and 2002, Cornes played in Port Adelaide's two pre-season competition winning teams.

Then in 2004, the team made the step up, and Cornes was in the team that won the 2004 AFL premiership, Port Adelaide's first in the AFL. 2004, Cornes' fourth season in the competition, saw him cement his position in the midfield, averaging 20 disposals a game.

Cornes 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 Dreamteam competition, despite his team Port Adelaide having a bad year. In 2007 Cornes won All Australian selection for the second time in a team otherwise dominated by Geelong players. He was also the leading possession winner in the AFL, received the most Brownlow votes for the year for Port Adelaide, and won their best and fairest, the John Cahill Medal, ahead of brother Chad.

In 2010 Cornes took out his third John Cahill Medal and confirmed his reputation as the club’s most consistent player through a new attacking role that went beyond his previous role of merely tagging the opposition’s best players. His 36-possession, 2-goal game against the Western Bulldogs in Round 16 of that year was a highlight, in addition to a 38-possession effort against West Coast late in the year. Instrumental in the Power’s late season fortunes, he was well-deserving of his third best and fairest merit and highlighted his durability as a mainstay of the Port Adelaide engine room.

In 2011 Cornes had a difficult season by his standards as he adjusted to a new role which took him further away from his traditional tagging duties. Before 2011, Cornes had not missed a single game since 2003. But round 4, 2011 saw his streak of 174 consecutive games come to an end when he was omitted from the side.[1] Playing more on the wing and across halfback, he was sent back to Glenelg in the SANFL with a view to adapting better to the coaching panel’s new expectations. He still managed to play 17 games out of a possible 23, despite spending time back at the SANFL Tigers, and was serviceable in his ball-winning ability.

Cornes made an impressive return to form in 2012, playing every game, and playing an exceptional season as a setup midfielder. He won his fourth John Cahill Medal on the back of his season and polled again in the Brownlow Medal votes. He once again topped the disposals count for the season. Cornes received high praise for returning to his acclaimed tagging football with top performances on midfield heavyweights Brent Harvey (North Melbourne) and Gary Ablett (Gold Coast).

Cornes reached his 250th game in Round 5 of 2013, where Port Adelaide came from 41-points down to win 12.12 (84) to 10.19 (79) at AAMI Stadium against the West Coast Eagles, taking the Power to a 5-0 start to the season. Shortly after, Cornes passed Warren Tredrea's record of 258 games to become the man who has played the most games for Port Adelaide in the AFL, in a match where Port thrashed Greater Western Sydney at Skoda Stadium, 19.11 (125) to 6.14 (50). Cornes has played a vital role under Ken Hinkley in reinventing Port Adelaide and getting the team back into finals in 2013, and helping the Power to their best ever start to an AFL season in 2014, starting 10-1, before eventually losing the 2014 preliminary final to Hawthorn, the eventual premiers, by three points.

Personal life

On December 31, 2004, Kane married long-time girlfriend who he met at Sacred Heart College, Lucy Cornes. The two have three children together, Eddy Jack (2006), Raphael William (2008), Sonny (2009).

Playing statistics

[2]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
† Denotes seasons in which Cornes won an AFL Premiership
Season Team # Games G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
Totals Averages (per game)
2001 Port Adelaide 39 7 1 4 47 34 81 20 8 0.1 0.6 6.7 4.9 11.6 2.9 1.1
2002 Port Adelaide 18 15 3 4 136 54 190 40 39 0.2 0.3 9.1 3.6 12.7 2.7 2.6
2003 Port Adelaide 18 22 12 10 195 86 281 88 51 0.5 0.5 8.9 3.9 12.8 4.0 2.3
2004† Port Adelaide 18 25 12 10 302 197 499 131 57 0.5 0.4 12.1 7.9 20.0 5.2 2.3
2005 Port Adelaide 18 24 18 10 338 252 590 135 58 0.8 0.4 14.1 10.5 24.6 5.6 2.4
2006 Port Adelaide 18 22 7 11 344 253 597 145 73 0.3 0.5 15.6 11.5 27.1 6.6 3.3
2007 Port Adelaide 18 25 11 9 360 336 696 170 94 0.4 0.4 14.4 13.4 27.8 6.8 3.8
2008 Port Adelaide 18 22 5 4 268 345 613 128 79 0.2 0.2 12.2 15.7 27.9 5.8 3.6
2009 Port Adelaide 18 22 7 4 286 310 596 106 76 0.3 0.2 13.0 14.1 27.1 4.8 3.5
2010 Port Adelaide 18 22 4 4 271 335 606 103 103 0.2 0.2 12.3 15.2 27.5 4.7 4.7
2011 Port Adelaide 18 17 1 1 180 194 374 70 58 0.1 0.1 10.6 11.4 22.0 4.1 3.4
2012 Port Adelaide 18 22 5 6 282 278 560 124 64 0.2 0.3 12.8 12.6 25.5 5.6 2.9
2013 Port Adelaide 18 23 5 4 341 289 630 127 107 0.2 0.2 14.8 12.6 27.4 5.5 4.7
2014 Port Adelaide 18 25 1 5 328 279 607 132 111 0.0 0.2 13.1 11.2 24.3 5.3 4.4
Career 293 92 86 3678 3242 6920 1519 978 0.3 0.3 12.6 11.1 23.6 5.2 3.3

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ Kane Cornes' player profile at AFL Tables

External links

Awards
Preceded by
Brendon Lade		 Port Adelaide Best and Fairest winner
2007–2008 		Succeeded by
Warren Tredrea
Preceded by
Warren Tredrea		 Port Adelaide Best and Fairest winner
2010 		Succeeded by
Travis Boak, Jackson Trengove
Preceded by
Travis Boak, Jackson Trengove		 Port Adelaide Best and Fairest winner
2012 		Succeeded by
Chad Wingard