A frustrated Ken Hinkley has lamented Port Adelaide's ill-discipline and taken a subtle swipe at officials after their narrow AFL loss to Hawthorn.
The Power held a 26-point lead at quarter time at Launceston on Saturday afternoon but let Hawthorn dominate the middle two terms.
They rallied late but fell short by three points.
"We let it slip," Hinkley said of the 9.10.64 to 9.7.61 defeat.
"We had the game where we wanted it to be played."
An AFL-record 11 50m penalties were given, eight in favour of Hawthorn.
Hinkley admitted his side was mostly at fault but also offered a subtle critique of the umpires.
"There's communication that goes on between every department in the AFL," he said.
"The end result is you get a summary of what was good or bad, but it doesn't really change what was good or bad on the day, does it?
"(But) we gave away some really poor free-kicks.
"I think it was a bit of discipline.
"We dominated stoppage, had a significant victory in stoppages and weren't able to score from it," Hinkley said.
"It was a frustrating day."
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