Liam Jarrah arrives at the Port Adelaide Football Club for a trial training run. Picture: Sarah Reed Source: The Advertiser
PORT Adelaide will not pick Liam Jurrah in tomorrow's pre-season draft but says it hopes to recruit him in 12 months.
Jurrah will play for the Port Adelaide Magpies in the SANFL this season and Port has committed to help Jurrah cope with off-field issues and any injury rehabilitation.
In a statement released today, the club says it is committed to "assessing Jurrah's suitability for selection ahead of the 2014 AFL season".
Jurrah has spent the past two weeks training with the Power in the hope of winning a lifeline in the pre-season draft.
The mercurial forward walked out on Melbourne at the end of last season to be closer to his family as he prepares to fight serious assault charges in Alice Springs in March.
The former star forward is charged with three counts of aggravated assault and one of unlawfully causing serious harm in relation to a violent clash at a town camp near Alice Springs on March 7 this year.
Port football manager Peter Rohde said Jurrah had trained well, but "it is in neither Liam nor the club's best interests to recruit him to an AFL list at this stage".
But Rohde said Port would support Jurrah's desire to play at the top level again - even if that is not with the Power.
"Port Adelaide is committed to doing everything it can to assist Liam Jurrah to get back to the top level," Rohde said.
"However, we think that injury-related fitness concerns together with off-field issues he is dealing with, means it is not yet the right time to fully integrate him back into the AFL system and all that it demands.
"We have given an enormous amount of careful thought to this decision and have weighed up a lot of factors, none more so that what we believe is the best thing for Liam and his long-term ability to continue what is a unique football journey.
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"Liam wants to return to AFL football and he has demonstrated that to a significant degree by the way he has applied himself to training in the last couple of weeks.
"We also think Port Adelaide has demonstrated its intent to help him achieve that goal when we think he has the best chance of doing it."
AFL community engagement officer Jason Mifsud commended Port's approach.
"Liam is currently dealing with very serious off-field issues and these matters need to be resolved as the key priority in his life at this time."
"He has expressed the desire to return to play at AFL level and we are appreciative of Port Adelaide's moves to support him in that goal."
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