Why Crows have edge: Showdown 44 depth chart
ANDREW Capel ranks Adelaide and Port Adelaide’s movers and shakers in his Showdown 44 depth chart.
Andrew Capel
Record-breaking Rory’s magnificent seven
THE records keep tumbling for Crows defensive ball magnet Rory Laird — and they are enough to cause Port Adelaide sleepless nights before Showdown 44.
Going the distance: Seed leads the metre eaters
ALMOST washed-up a year ago, Crow Paul Seedsman has become the No. 1 in the AFL for metres gained.
AFL bans Cornes from running
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Angus Monfries is ‘The Poacher’
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Thommo not the umpires’ friend
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Laird omission is bewildering
MAYBE Adelaide’s silent assassin, Rory Laird, needs to make more noise.
Defence will decide Showdown
POWER skipper Travis Boak is calling on his team’s defensive mantra to win the last Showdown at AAMI Stadium.
Crows can only beat lightweights
ADELAIDE is, for the first time, in danger of going through an entire AFL season without beating a finals combatant.
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