New Port Adelaide skipper Travis Boak provides fighting spirit Port Adelaide skipper Travis Boak gets his handpass away before being tackled by West Coast's Chris Masten. MILESTONE man Kane Cornes has lauded new Port Adelaide skipper Travis Boak for his leadership, saying he has "never played with someone who is as competitive as him." Boak was at the forefront of the Power's greatest AFL comeback against West Coast on Saturday night, kicking two captain's goals within 90 seconds in the final quarter to turn an eight-point deficit into a four-point lead. His goals helped Port fight back from being seemingly down and out 41 points behind 19 minutes into the third quarter to win by five. The comeback eclipsed the Power's previous best turnaround of 40 points against the Western Bulldogs at Princes Park in Round 12, 1997. And it followed the 31-point comeback against the Crows two weeks ago. Port is being inspired by its cleverly designed marketing slogan of "we will never, ever, give up" and Boak is right at the centre of its new-found fighting spirit. "Boaky, I'm so proud of him," said Cornes, who against the Eagles celebrated becoming just the second Power player to reach 250 games. He just wants to win, that guy. I've never played with someone who is as competitive as him. He will just drive himself to work as hard as he can and to make sure everyone is doing everything right to win. Kenny (coach Ken Hinkley) speaks about leaders and their most important job being on game day and he (Boak) has certainly been unbelievable this year. Boak, who late last year rejected a massive offer to return to Victoria to play for Geelong, is yet to taste defeat as captain this season. His fine leadership is one of the many reasons Port is enjoying a year out of the box just one summer removed from two dreadful seasons, where it won a total of just eight games. As usual, he deflected praise from himself and on to his teammates. "I was just a bit lucky to get on the end of a couple (of goals)," Boak said as he went through his warm-downs with his teammates in the middle of AAMI Stadium after the Power's stunning five-point triumph against the Eagles. I was pretty disappointed with my first half and Kenny speaks about our leaders standing up on game day, so that's what we focus on. I think all of our leaders (including vice-captain Brad Ebert, Hamish Hartlett, Robbie Gray and Jay Schulz) stood up in the second half and fortunately the young guys followed, which was great. Port - terrible in the first half - kicked eight of the last nine goals to hit the front for the first time 11 minutes into the final quarter. It then took an Angus Monfries goal to regain the lead for good after Bradd Dalziell had put West Coast back in front. Boak paid tribute to Hinkley's half-time moves, which included Gray ditching the green sub's vest to play a key role in attack, Chad Wingard being moved to full-forward, Justin Westhoff to a wing and Matthew Broadbent and Cornes spending more time in the centre square. They helped spark the comeback, while brilliant small forward Jake Neade was involved in seven scoring chains. "We had to change things up a bit because what we were doing in the first half wasn't working and Neady, Robbie and Chad had huge impacts on the game," Boak said. It's great coaching to make those changes. At half-time we spoke about the fact that we had nothing to lose after a poor first half and we really attacked hard and took the game on. It was a big game for us, we wanted to make a statement and hopefully we did that. Everything we do this year is about getting some respect back. Neade, Gray and Wingard combined so well they formed a three-headed small forward line monster similar to Carlton's terrific trio of Chris Yarran, Jeff Garlett and Eddie Betts, who destroyed Adelaide three hours earlier.