Port Adelaide Assistant Brendon Lade Will Leave The Club

Port Adelaide forward coach Brendon Lade has announced he will leave the club to pursue other opportunities. 

Lade - who joined the Power at the end of 2016 after being a midfield and ruck coach with Richmond - told the club's website he will return to Melbourne to explore other opportunities with his family.

“I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at Port Adelaide both as a player and as a coach and I am so grateful for having had the opportunity to represent and be a part of this great club over so many years,” he said.

“However, it’s important for my family that we return to Melbourne to explore other opportunities. Both Ken (Hinkley) and Chris (Davies) fully understand and support our decision as a family. 

“Port Adelaide has been everything to me and it will always be that way.” 

Port Adelaide's general manager of football Chris Davies thanked Lade for his two years at the club.

“Brendon has been a popular and knowledgeable member of our coaching panel and his football insight has been valuable,” he said. 

“We appreciate his desire to return with his family to Victoria to explore other opportunities and we part on the best of terms. 

“He will always be an important member of the Port Adelaide family.”