THIS time there can be no excuses. The Crows’ top four hopes are over before their mid-season bye and their finals hopes are in serious jeopardy after an unforgivable loss to the youngest Fremantle side coach Ross Lyon has ever fielded.
THE Strikers were always ahead of the game after Alex Carey hit 83 off 59 balls but Steve O’Keefe and Ben Dwarshius got the Sixers to within touching distance, only to fall at the death.
SHUTTING down defensive playmakers Rory Laird and Brodie Smith has been paramount to Geelong’s success in curtailing the Adelaide Crows, writes Andrew Capel
ADELAIDE captain Taylor Walker insists veteran midfielder Scott Thompson hasn’t played his last AFL match despite having just 10 disposals in his comeback game.
PORT Adelaide rookie sensation Sam Pepper-Powell has ‘brought back a little bit of mongrel’, and the Power fans are lapping it up.
SOUTH Australia’s high-flying AFL clubs have used the fewest players in the league this season, writes Andrew Capel.
PORT Adelaide has secured an important part of its future, re-signing key defender Tom Clurey for the next two seasons.
PORT Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley has backed banged-up Robbie Gray to return to his gamebreaking best after a week off for the bye.
PORT Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley has backed the AFL’s new hard line stance on stomach and jumper punches.
THE selection squeeze is on at unbeaten Adelaide, with coach Don Pyke facing some tough decisions ahead of Saturday’s clash against North Melbourne in Hobart.
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