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Andrew Capel is a multi award-winning sports writer for The Advertiser, focusing primarily on AFL and cricket. He has been with News Corp for more than 30 years and reports extensively on the Adelaide and Port Adelaide football clubs and South Australian cricket team. A former under-age state cricketer, Andrew’s passion for sport traces back to his childhood when he sat on his dad’s shoulders at Glenelg Football Club games.

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AFL

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 06: Brent Stanton of the Bombers kicks the ball for goal during the round 10 AFL match between the Essendon Bombers and the Geelong Cats at Etihad Stadium on June 6, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Michael Dodge/Getty Images)

Andrew Capel’s Numbers Crunch

THEY are the barometers — the players that your club needs to play well to win. See which players Andrew Capel discovered must be running hot for your club to fire.

Adelaide

7.6.2015. Sturt v Crows SANFL game at Unley Oval,Richard Douglas gets a kick away between sturt players Christian Calabrese and James Battersby. pic tait schmaal.

Douglas, Crouch inspire Crows to first SANFL win

KEY Crows midfielders Richard Douglas and Brad Crouch made successful comebacks from long-term foot injuries to inspire Adelaide to its first SANFL victory of the season at Unley yesterday.

Glenelg

Return missing piece of our history, pleads Bays greats

TONY Symonds and Ross Gibbs have joined forces to help Glenelg recover the replica 1986 Thomas Seymour Hill Trophy which has gone missing from the club.

AFL

04/06/15 Port Adelaide Power player Tom Clurey at Alberton. photo Calum Robertson

Why Clurey is backing himself to hold his spot

DEFENDER Tom Clurey, who played just one game in three seasons before replacing injured Jackson Trengove in the team against Melbourne last week, has turned his back on more dollars to re-sign with the Power.

AFL

Port Adelaide Power player Jack Hombsch. Photo Sarah Reed.

Loud praise for a quiet hero

A QUIET, softly-spoken lad from Roxby Downs has Power fans — and his teammates — loudly singing his praises. Andrew Capel charts the startling progress of defender Jack Hombsch.

AFL

Footballer Andrew McLeod (No.23) after kicking the winning goal with David Brown (far left) Ben Hart (2nd from left) and Tony Modra (right). AFL football - Adelaide Crows vs Hawthorn match 27 May 1995. a/ct /Football/AFL

Crows’ defining moment No. 11: A legend is born

IN 1995, when an 18-year-old Andrew McLeod broke a Ray Jencke tackle and dribbled a glorious, matchwinning goal against Hawthorn with 54 seconds on the clock, Adelaide knew it had discovered a gem.

Port Adelaide

31/05/2015 SANFL game between Port Magpies and Glenelg at Alberton oval. Ports Mitchell Harvey takes a diving mark which wasn't paid by the umpire. Pic Mark Brake

Pies forced to dig deep against Bays

PORT Adelaide survived a late scare from winless Glenelg to stay in touch with the top three at Alberton Oval Sunday.

AFL

PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA - MAY 23: Nathan Fyfe of the Fremantle Dockers handballs during the round eight AFL match between the Fremantle Dockers and the North Melbourne Kangaroos at Domain Stadium on May 23, 2015 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Daniel Carson/AFL Media/Getty Images)

Fyfe – the big one that got away

THE Power and Demons should be filthy. Between them, they had seven chances to grab Nat Fyfe at the 2009 draft but missed him. He’s shown them the error of their ways, says Andrew Capel.

AFL

3.5.2015 Showdown 38 at Adelaide Oval. Adelaide Crows v Port Adelaide Power. Kane Cornes after a wingard goal in the last quarter. Photo Sam Wundke

Kane able to stand among the greats

THE numbers don’t lie. A statistical analysis of Kane Cornes’s 299-game career — with one more typically big effort to come — reveals just how good he has been for Port Adelaide, reports Andrew Capel.

SANFL

Men v boys as Port storms home

THE huge gulf in class and fitness between AFL-listed and SANFL top-up players was highlighted at Balaklava on Sunday as the Port Magpies stormed home to thump Adelaide.

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