Port Adelaide's top draft pick, Ollie Wines, left, works out in the gym with fellow draftee Mason Shaw. Picture: Tait Schmaal. Source: adelaidenow
PORT Adelaide's new clearance machine, Ollie Wines, has embraced his "man's man" reputation, saying that he prides himself on his toughness.
Described as one of the toughest inside midfielders to come out of the under-18 system, Wines said he knows no other way than to bash and crash and win the hard ball.
"That's how I play my football and always will," said the 188cm, 90kg man of steel. "I just love a contest and I hope our supporters will love that too."
For a side criticised for being feeble in recent years, Wines is a godsend for the Power, having fallen into its lap at No. 7 at the national draft after being tipped as a top-five prospect.
The 18-year-old attacks the footy like former Port hardman Josh Carr but has the ball-winning ability and class of Essendon Brownlow medallist Jobe Watson.
"I was brought up in the country, so I learnt to be tough," Wines said.
"Being in the country you do things country boys do and I developed my football playing for Echuca against a lot of senior footballers. It's made my transition (to the AFL) easier."
Wines' style was moulded by the tutoring of Melbourne development coach Todd Viney, who coached him at junior level and focused heavily on his tackling.
He helped build a player the Power says "will fight and fight to win every contest".
New Port coach Ken Hinkley was rapt to make All-Australian under-18 midfielder Wines his first draft pick, describing him as "the type of person you want to build a football club around".
"He's a really strong, hard, contested footballer but he's got the character as well," Hinkley said.
"Since I've gone to Port Adelaide we're big on talking about character and we have got the absolute number one character in our club right now and we're pleased about that.
"Knowing what I already know about him and the way he's going to go about his football, the way he's going to compete, I know what I'm getting and I'm really excited about what we are getting.
"We know our club's going to be a better place for having him come into it."
Oozing leadership qualities - he captained the Bendigo Pioneers - and amazingly articulate for a teenager, Wines has embraced the club.
While fellow Victorian and former first-round draft pick Ben Jacobs quit the Power after just two years to return home, Wines insists he is at Port for the long haul.
"I'm over the moon to be picked up by Port Adelaide and I'm not thinking about moving away at all," said Wines. "I would have gone anywhere to chase my AFL dream. Port has given me that opportunity and I'm going to run with it.
"I'm going to try and find a career here and try and make a successful AFL career playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club."
Wines was one of three interstate players Port selected at the draft, along with Victorian key defender Tom Clurey (from the Murray Bushrangers) and West Australian forward Mason Shaw (South Fremantle).
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