Don’t blame Ricciuto for Crows camp
He’s a Brownlow medallist and premiership hero, and Mark Ricciuto doesn’t deserve the heat he’s getting surrounding the Crows camp, writes Graham Cornes.
He’s a Brownlow medallist and premiership hero, and Mark Ricciuto doesn’t deserve the heat he’s getting surrounding the Crows camp, writes Graham Cornes.
There was no holding back when a couple of Port Adelaide champions declared their true feelings about the Adelaide Crows.
Adelaide will be a quiet place when the AFL finals start, so both teams want to go out with a bang when they clash this weekend.
Two young talls arrived at the Crows touted as stars of the future, and battled at times under the weight of external expectation. But a unique method has helped both thrive.
Daniel Jackson is already making his mark at the Crows since arriving during the off-season as the club’s leadership and development manager.
Crows chief Andrew Fagan says not even the AFL’s large future fund will be “anywhere close enough” to deal with the impacts of the coronavirus spread “if the worst case scenario” of the crisis hit the league and clubs.
Matthew Nicks will coach his first game for Adelaide, and Rory Sloane will play his 200th in Round 1. But no Crows fans will be present to honour the achievements after the AFL implemented a coronavirus crowd lockout on Friday.
Fans have been locked out of Australia’s ODI against New Zealand, and the Australian Grand Prix has been cancelled. Now, supporters will also be kept from attending AFLW and SANFLW games starting from Saturday.
Former Adelaide Crows skipper Taylor Walker has jokingly suggested his club should win the flag if the AFL is cancelled due to coronavirus – on alphabetical order.
We grilled AFL captains on the best KFC SuperCoach picks at their clubs and who to avoid. Then they had the chance to throw teammates under the bus, and they didn’t hold back. See the hilarious responses.
The Adelaide Crows are in a “mini-lockdown” as they prepare to play in front of empty stadiums or have games suspended throughout the season.
Of everything Jason Dunstall uncovered during Adelaide’s external review last year, one thing emerged as a key to its healing. Chief sports writer Reece Homfray spoke to him and other experts last week about the Crows’ cultural rebuild.
Adelaide Crows jet Brodie Smith is hopeful the ‘running gag’ might finally be over as he zeros in on a midfield role at West Lakes.
An Adelaide dual premiership player reckons the debate on having an AFLW conference system is likely to blow up again at season’s end and she’s not looking forward to the “backlash”.
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