Port Adelaide content with Jonas head-knock protocols

Tom Jonas passed two concussions tests before helping Port Adelaide defeat Fremantle in Perth. (Richard Wainwright/AAP PHOTOS)

Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley has labelled his team's handling of a head knock to Tom Jonas as brave, saying the club wants to lead the way on the concussion front. 

Jonas was left with blood streaming from his forehead after a nasty clash of heads with teammate Ryan Burton during the second quarter of Sunday's 16-point win over Fremantle in Perth.

The Port captain passed a head injury assessment (HIA) test on the bench and returned to the field in the third quarter.

He then came off again to do a more comprehensive SCAT5 test in the change rooms later in the third term just to be sure.

Jonas was again cleared to return, and he played out the match with no issues.

It came less than three weeks after Port were fined $100,000 for breaching the AFL’s rules following the club’s failure to send defender Aliir Aliir in for a concussion test.

Hinkley feels like Port got it right this time, saying they are now being even more cautious than necessary.

"He was off once with a head clash. He got a cut in his head and had to come off before halftime," Hinkley said of the Jonas knock.

"The reality was being where we've been, after half time we just thought, 'You know what ... let's just do the right thing. Let's not take that chance. Let's go and do the head assessment, make sure we were really, really clear that he was OK'. 

"We've lived a pretty poor experience recently and we needed to make sure we didn't go through something anywhere near similar. 

"I was really pleased with the decision to do what we did. I thought it was really, really brave because we've been under the microscope for those things.

"We made a really, really cautious decision to make sure that we actually did everything we should have, because we want to lead the way with that now.

"We don't want to be causing any problems."

Port star Zak Butters finished with 32 disposals, three clearances and a goal to lead his team to victory, while Connor Rozee, Ollie Wines and Jason Horne-Francis were also influential.

Darcy Byrne-Jones booted two goals in the final quarter to kill off Fremantle's fightback.

The 11.8 (74) to 8.10 (58) win kept the Power (16-6) in third spot, with Brisbane 11.7 percentage points ahead of them in second place.

For Port to nab second spot, they need Brisbane to lose to St Kilda at the Gabba next Saturday, and then take care of business at home to Richmond next Sunday. 

Fremantle lost Jaeger O'Meara to a calf injury during Sunday's match, while Bailey Banfield injured an AC joint. 

"We just didn't quite execute the basics a couple of times behind the ball, which gave them good looks and allowed them to capitalise," Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir said. 

"And then in front of the ball we just missed our set shots. We kicked 5.6 from set shots. I think they kicked 8.2."

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