Some matches are lost before the ball has been bounced, and one decision by the Crows – either in the coach’s box or in the players – put Adelaide at a massive disadvantage. SIMEON THOMAS-WILSON unpacks it in The Lowdown.
An aspiring sports journo has had his Brisbane Lions membership cancelled after posting vile abuse towards Crows star Izak Rankine online.
Sydney will go to the tribunal to try to keep Isaac Heeney’s Brownlow Medal dream alive after he was offered a one-week ban, while Izak Rankine is set for a month on the sidelines.
SANFL and AFL clubs in South Australia are locked in a struggle over where Port Adelaide and Adelaide can recruit top-up players for their reserve sides. SIMEON THOMAS-WILSON has the latest.
The luckless streak has continued for Christian Petracca, with the sidelined Melbourne star back in hospital for the third time in less than a month.
He had to wait until the third quarter to get a taste of AFL football, but Will Lorenz will have to wait even longer before he gets another after being dropped by the Power.
On Thursday, Matthew Nicks said Adelaide will go with the younger player if there is a 50/50 call at selection. But, at the same time, the Crows coach confirmed 32-year-old Brodie Smith is part of future plans.
It was a bumper weekend for the Power and Crows, with both coming into must-win games under intense pressure. Simeon Thomas-Wilson runs through his likes and dislikes in The Lowdown.
Carlton’s Jordan Boyd is free to play GWS on Saturday night after the Blues successfully appealed his one-week ban for a high hit on Rhyan Mansell. See the details here.
The Crows are on track to begin construction on a new home base at Thebarton Oval later this year, after the club cleared a huge SANFL hurdle on Monday.
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