And while the result was not the way in which he would’ve wanted to finish his first league game, with the Power going down to a rampant Collingwood by 91 points at the MCG, the crafty small forward showed glimpses in what was a tough outing to cop first up.
Berry got his hands on the ball nine times, disposing the footy at 89 per cent, and very nearly adding a major on debut, with a shot on goal missing wide.
His touted work rate was on show, marking the ball uncontested six times, while his potential to run through the middle was displayed too, thrown in to attend a centre bounce by coach Ken Hinkley.
Port Adelaide will look to bounce back against Richmond at Adelaide Oval on Saturday afternoon, and despite the tendency for coaches to swing the axe following a big loss, Berry should be in line to add game number two to his tally.
Fellow Benalla export Harry Morrison has had a much brighter start to the year as Hawthorn made it two wins from as many games when they defeated Essendon by 26 points on Friday night at the MCG.
Morrison, who had 15 disposals in the opening round clash against Sydney, backed it up with another 14 disposals against the Bombers at 100 per cent efficiency, taking nine marks and laying three tackles also as the Hawks push their claim for premiership favourite status early in the season.
Morrison and the Hawks will take on Carlton this Thursday night in a primetime clash at the MCG to get round two underway.
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