Danyle Pearce Biography

Rising Star winner Danyle Pearce's form has reflected Port Adelaide's season so far. When Pearce plays well, the Power win.

"I know that if I play well it definitely helps the team and I have to make sure that my good performances are the standard I produce every week," Pearce said.

"I've looked at my stats and seen that they've been down when we've lost. I have to pick those number up and, hopefully, I can contribute to a few more wins."

Criticism of Danyle Pearce, Peter Burgoyne and Josh Carr is unwarranted according to teammate Travis Boak.

The trio have been singled out in the South Australian media following the Power's disappointing performance against Melbourne on Sunday.

"We think Pearcey's been one of our best players, not because he is getting 20-plus possessions or he's not getting 20-plus possessions, but because he's taking another player out of the play and helping someone else like Kane, Dom or David Rodan around the ball," Boak said.

"The guys know that he's probably copped a bit of criticism, but we're right behind him and we're really behind Peter and Carry as well.

"We're going to give Pearcey confidence. We're going to give him the ball and tell him to run. He's strong in mind and he's going to bounce back."

Retired Brownlow Medallist Shane Crawford has accused Port Adelaide midfielder Danyle Pearce of giving up against the Melbourne Demons while former Power player Josh Francou says the club should seriously consider trading Pearce at the end of the season.

"It looked like he had hoisted the white flag and thought 'this is too hard'," Crawford said.

"He should have used his pace and run to try to shake Jones off but instead he seemed to go into his shell, which was disappointing. He's just got to work harder in that situation."

Port Adelaide has re-signed Danyle Pearce, Warren Tredrea, Michael Pettigrew, Tom Logan and Matthew Lobbe to new deals.

"From a personal point of view I was satisfied with my form and fitness this year and I can't wait to start pre-season and build towards 2010," Tredrea said.

"I'm also looking forward to helping with the development our young players, who really are the core of our playing group now."

Danyle Pearce admits to having trouble dealing with a heavy tag in 2009.

"I was being heavily tagged for the first time, being pushed around a fair bit, and it took a while to get used to," Pearce said.

"I didn't stop trying or running but the fact I was getting a lot of attention and I wasn't getting as much of the ball as I would have liked did get to me. If I wasn't getting the ball I'd think that I wasn't doing my job and I would get down on myself."