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Graham Cornes OAM, is a former Australian Rules footballer, inaugural Adelaide Crows coach and media personality. He has spent a lifetime in AFL football as a successful player and coach, culminating in his admission to the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2012.

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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 02: Brayden Cook of the Crows tackles Jase Burgoyne of the Power during the 2024 AFL Round 08 match between the Adelaide Crows and the Port Adelaide Power at Adelaide Oval on May 02, 2024 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by James Elsby/AFL Photos via Getty Images)

Cornes: The Power are mentally fragile and the Crows smelt blood

The last three Showdowns show the Crows have the edge when it comes to SA’s footy teams. As Graham Cornes writes, the basis of it comes from being mentally superior.

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Nathan Lovett-Murray of Essendon is carried off the ground by team-mates after he retired from the game, after the Round 23 AFL match between the Essendon Bombers and the Richmond Tigers at the MCG in Melbourne, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013. (AAP Image/Joe Castro) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Cornes: Redemption time for the Bombers

With a former Bomber fighting the decade old WADA decision to clear his and his former teammates’ names, Graham Cornes implores he must persist in the fight.

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AUGUSTA, GEORGIA - APRIL 12: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland plays his shot from the 12th tee during the second round of the 2024 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 12, 2024 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

Cornes: US Masters is a thing of beauty

The golf world may be fractured, but to witness the Augusta National is one of ‘life’s great experiences’ writes Graham Cornes.

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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 04: Josh Rachele of the Crows looks dejected after a loss during the 2024 AFL Round 04 match between the Adelaide Crows and the Melbourne Demons at Adelaide Oval on April 04, 2024 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by Michael Willson/AFL Photos via Getty Images)

Cornes: Crows bereft of confidence, cohesion and talent

With so much promise at the end of 2023, Graham Cornes unpacks what has gone wrong with the Crows and their woeful start to the season.

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Cornes: Where the AFL’s illicit drug policy gets it right – and wrong

Back in Graham Cornes’ day, some players would sneak a few pints of beer after training. But the world has changed … Cornesy analyses whether the AFL’s drug policy is working.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 21: Darcy Moore of the Magpies looks dejected after a loss during the 2024 AFL Round 02 match between the St Kilda Saints and the Collingwood Magpies at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on March 21, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Michael Willson/AFL Photos via Getty Images)

Cornes: Collingwood’s hangover has them in a world of pain

The evidence is there. Players may scoff at the suggestion that they have succumbed to a premiership hangover, but Collingwood are in a world of pain at the moment, writes Graham Cornes.

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PERTH, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 26: Matthew Nicks, Senior Coach of the Crows does a radio interview before the 2023 AFL Round 24 match between the West Coast Eagles and the Adelaide Crows at Optus Stadium on August 26, 2023 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Will Russell/AFL Photos via Getty Images)

Cornes: ‘No Crows coach has had a tougher job’

The Adelaide Crows players play for their coach, which is why Matthew Nicks deserves to complete this rebuild writes Graham Cornes.

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SANFL Football - Port Adelaide vs Glenelg Grand Final match at Football Park, West Lakes, 03 Oct 1981. Glenelg's Graham Cornes got a boot to the face from Magpie David Granger. (Pic by unidentified staff photographer)

Cornes: If it’s a sin to speak ill of the dead, I have a confession to make

The saying goes we shouldn’t speak ill of those who have left us – but with this footy villain that is impossible, writes Graham Cornes.

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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos FEBRUARY 28, 2024: Port Adelaide football player Sam Powell-Pepper outside his lawyers office after a tribunal hearing where he was charged with a high bump on Adelaide player Mark Keane. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Brenton Edwards

Cornes: Spooked AFL missed key detail in Powell-Pepper over-reaction

Anyone with half a football brain can see that Powell-Pepper’s initial aim was not to bump, writes Graham Cornes.

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Mark Keane of the Crows tackled by Willie Rioli of the Power as Sam Powell-Pepper cannons into him. Picture: Mark Brake/Getty Images.

Cornes: Port learn their lesson as Crows caught short again

You can’t tell much from a trial game but Sam Powell-Pepper won’t be the only one with something to think about this weekend, writes Graham Cornes.

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