Emmanuel Irra Biography

Port Adelaide delist Jimmy Toumpas and Emmanuel Irra.

"Jimmy and Emmanuel have given great service to our club, both on the field and within our community programs as leaders in the multicultural space, but we have reached a difficult time of the year when the club needs to make decisions for its future regarding our playing list," the Power's general manager of football Chris Davies said.

"We thank both players for their professionalism and we wish them well for their futures."

Emmanuel Irra becomes the first Ugandan player to earn a spot on an AFL list after joining Port Adelaide as a Category B rookie.

"I'm absolutely stoked. I'm pumped for the opportunity and I'm just here looking to work hard – so I'm pretty excited," Irra said.

"Officially last Monday was my first week (of training) and that was just a good eye-opener leading into ahead what's to come.

"(I've noticed) the intensity (of training), how hard guys are on each other and how specific everything is."

Port Adelaide is set to have the first Ugandan player on an AFL list, with midfielder Emmanuel Irra training with the Power.

If Irra is not selected during the draft process, the Power is free to list him as a Category B Rookie since the club earlier nominated him for its next generation academy.

Irra joined the Power for its first pre-season training session featuring the entire squad at Alberton Oval on Monday.

He has played 38 SANFL games for South Adelaide since graduating from Sacred Heart College.

He and his family fled war-torn Uganda and arrived in Australia when Irra was 11 in 2005.