Port fumes over bizarre booing of teen star

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Port Adelaide has been near baffled aft youngster Jason Horne-Francis was mercilessly booed by Collingwood fans during his side's 71-point nonaccomplishment astatine the MCG.

The clash against Collingwood was Horne-Francis' archetypal outing successful Victoria since being traded distant from North Melbourne astatine the extremity of past season.

After playing a starring relation successful Port's circular 1 triumph implicit Brisbane, Horne-Francis was well-held by the Magpies, registering conscionable 15 disposals, six marks and a tackle.

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Not lone was the 19-year-old met with dense carnal attraction by his opponents, helium was showered by boos from the crowd, which was successful excess of 60,000 spectators, with each touch.

The reception near Horne-Francis' skipper Ollie Wines feeling confused.

"It happens successful this time and age, but it's truly unfortunate that a 19-year-old kid is getting booed," helium said.

"He's a bully teammate of ours, he's a truly bully kid. We hide he's 19, and astatine stages he's had a batch of media sum truthful aboriginal successful his career."

Wines' perplexed absorption to the booing was echoed by the coaches of some Port Adelaide and Collingwood, Ken Hinkley and Craig McRae.

"He's astir apt got immoderate attraction connected him - he's had that each summer, he's had that for the past 12 months," Hinkley said.

"Melbourne possibly doesn't similar him arsenic a town, I don't know. That's each I tin suggest it tin be, due to the fact that helium didn't play for Collingwood."

Added McRae: "I've got a small six-year-old ... we don't boo successful our household, we respect the absorption and different athletes."

Horne-Francis joined Port Adelaide amid overmuch fanfare successful past year's commercialized play aft requesting a determination from the Kangaroos aft conscionable 1 season.

The teen struggled mightily successful his debut twelvemonth aft being the No.1 draught prime arsenic the Kangaroos registered conscionable 2 wins for the season.

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