PORT Adelaide has bucked the trend and will resume pre-season training on Monday without trialling any unlisted players.

In a sign the Power will use all four of its available draft selections at next week’s national draft, the club has not invited any players from other clubs to its first training session of the pre-season.

Port has made a habit of trialling potential recruits in the pre-season and last year gave opportunities to former Carlton utility Frazer Dale and young Port Magpies Sam Gray, Daniel Kulikowski and Aseri Raikiwasa.

Gray won a spot on the rookie list and played seven AFL games this year.

But list manager Jason Cripps said the Power did not see the need to publicly test any players this season, saying it had already done enough homework on the men it is eyeing at the drafts.

It clearly also wants to keep its cards close to its chest.

Port will have another recruiting strategy meeting in Adelaide today and Cripps said it was likely the club would use all four of its available national draft picks, which currently stand at 57, 75, 93 and 111.

Those picks will move up the pecking order because of father-son and academy selections, promoted rookies and clubs leaving spots open for the rookie draft.

The Power will promote Kane Mitchell from its rookie to senior list with its fifth and final national draft selection, currently No. 129, while Tom Logan, dumped from the senior list, has been guaranteed he will be recontracted as a rookie.

“We’re still to decide whether we’ll use out last pick at the national draft but at this stage we are thinking we will,’’ Cripps said.

“It could depend a little bit on the night of the draft and who is still available to us that late.’’

So far, eight of the 18 AFL clubs have requested permission from the AFL to trail non-listed players, with former Crows pair Jared Petrenko and Shaun McKernan training with St Kilda.

Port, whose outstanding 2014 campaign ended with a gallant three-point preliminary final loss to Hawthorn 58 days ago, will today put its one-to-four year players through a 3km time trial at the Adelaide Uni loop at Mackinnon Parade before some light ball work.

The full squad will return to training at the beginning of December before the team heads to Dubai for a training camp from December 5-14.

A handful of players are recovering from minor post-season surgeries, including Angus Monfries (hip), Brad Ebert, Aaron Young and Jay Schulz (shoulders) and Matt White (groin).

Like Port, the Crows have so far rejected the chance to trial any prospective recruits.