Big four back for Crows
Adelaide’s big four Rory Sloane, Rory Laird, Tom Lynch andLuke Brown all look set to return for Saturday’s clash with West Coast after training strongly on Wednesday.
Andrew Capel
Road to the Draft: King of match-ups off agenda
SOUTH Australian under-18 coach Tony Bamford says he will not pander to the wishes of AFL recruiters and manufacture a battle of the giants match-up between No. 1 draft contenders when SA plays Vic Metro next week.
Crows’ culture is flying high
NEWLY re-signed Adelaide forward Tom Lynch says he could have commanded more money from Victorian clubs but wanted to stay at the Adelaide Crows even with all the fallout from the club’s pre-season camp.
Fifteen shades of Gray: Why Robbie is in own league
PORT Adelaide superstar Robbie Gray in a league of his own, having had more 20-plus disposal, three-plus goal games in the past five seasons than any other player.
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Insider: Trengove is Port’s barometer
NO Trengove, no Port Adelaide. Sounds dramatic but the statistics point to just that. He has proved to be a winner in the Ken Hinkley era.
Close encounters of the worst kind
COME September all that matters in wins and losses but the Crows and Power are being hurt by an inability to snatch the close ones.
The power of one — Tex getting tougher to stop
TAYLOR Walker’s rebuilt right leg is standing up to the heat. The Crows key forward ranks third in the AFL in winning one-on-one contests.
Power slide — scoring dries up as midfield fails
THE power has gone out at Port Adelaide. Its remarkable fall from grace comes on the back of its scoring drying up.
Why the Crows are a shock September threat
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Bontempelli leading race to the Rising Star
WESTERN Bulldogs midfielder Marcus Bontempelli’s has been a revelation in 2014 and he’s leading the race for the AFL Rising Star award.
The Demons’ big scoring drought
THE competitiveness has been there for Melbourne in 2013, but the scoring certainly hasn’t, plummeting to a 94-year low.
Luke Breust — the dead-eye Hawk
HAWTHORN superboot Luke Breust will shoot for an AFL record against the Crows at Adelaide Oval on Friday night.
Ollie Wines shakes the second-year blues
PORT Adelaide Raging Bull Ollie Wines is enjoying one of the greatest seasons ever by a second-year player.
Timid Tiger finds his roar at Power
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