Port on alert for Kangaroos rebound in AFL

Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley is wary of hosting a wounded North Melbourne in their AFL clash at Adelaide Oval.

Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley is on edge.

Hinkley has noted this week's intense hammering of Friday night's AFL foes North Melbourne this week - and it makes him nervous.

"They haven't quite got their form as they would like it to be, but we prepare for their best," Hinkley told reporters on Thursday.