AFL
4 months ago
“Forever Port Adelaide”: Power great Boak to finish up at season’s end
By SEN
Travis Boak has announced his retirement and will finish up with Port Adelaide at season’s end.
The 37-year-old will bow out at the culmination of the 2025 season - his 19th with the Power - where it is likely he’ll make it to 387 AFL games.
Boak’s current tally of 384 is a club record at Port and he will finish his career with the seventh-most appearances in the history of the game.
The former club captain informed his teammates on Tuesday morning.
Boak was drafted out of the Geelong Falcons with Pick 5 in 2006 and went on to win two John Cahill Medals (2011, 2019), was selected in three All-Australian teams (2013, 2014, 2020) and was runner-up in the 2020 Brownlow Medal.
“After 19 years at AFL level, it feels like now is the right time to finish my career,” Boak said via a club statement.
“I’m incredibly grateful to have had the career I’ve had, and at a club I truly love. Being a one-club player is really special to me, and it’s certainly not lost on me how lucky I have been.
“I have played alongside some of the greatest footballers, and people, I could have hoped to meet. From Robbie Gray, to Ollie Wines, Sam Powell-Pepper, to the new generation in Connor Rozee, Zak Butters and Jason Horne-Francis, it’s been an incredible ride.
“Thank you to the club, to my family, my teammates and my coaches for the memories over the years. The highs and lows are what makes footy exciting, and those moments are what connect a group in a significant and authentic way.
“More than football, I hope to be remembered as someone who always carried myself in the right way, and gave people my time. A human being first, and an athlete second.
“The Port Adelaide fans are loud, passionate, and supportive. They demand success. And while I haven’t been able to help deliver them an elusive second AFL premiership, I can’t wait to sit back and watch on as this club does that for them.
“I’ll forever be a Port Adelaide person, and I’ll forever be grateful for this part of my life.”
