Adelaide

LAUNCESTON, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 23: Sam Mitchell, Senior Coach of the Hawks addresses his players during the 2023 AFL Round 06 match between the Hawthorn Hawks and the Adelaide Crows at UTAS Stadium on April 23, 2023 in Launceston, Australia. (Photo by Michael Willson/AFL Photos via Getty Images)

Hawks rally around luckless ruckman

Hawthorn will rally around young ruckman Max Lynch after his horror luck with concussion continued in his AFL return against Adelaide at UTAS Stadium on Sunday.

LAUNCESTON, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 23: Darcy Fogarty of the Crows (centre) celebrates with teammates after kicking the winning goal during the 2023 AFL Round 06 match between the Hawthorn Hawks and the Adelaide Crows at UTAS Stadium on April 23, 2023 in Launceston, Australia. (Photo by Michael Willson/AFL Photos via Getty Images)

Hawthorn

Clutch Crows’ ‘special’ moment

Like the rest of the football world, Adelaide coach Matthew Nicks was shocked when Crow Darcy Fogarty opted for a drop punt from the pocket to try and win the game against Hawthorn at Launceston. But he couldn’t argue with the result.

Crows

Crows forward clutch in Hawks heartbreaker

Hawthorn made it a slogfest but when a bit of polish was needed late to win the game, an Adelaide forward stepped up big time at Launceston on Sunday.

MELBOURNE . 13/04/2023. AFL . Round 5. Gather Round. Adelaide vs Carlton at the Adelaide Oval. Adelaide Crows senior coach Matthew Nicks has a laugh with Rory Laird after tonights win . Pic: Michael Klein

SA News

Cornes: Two moves that justify Nicks’ ‘gritty’ optimism

Successful footy coaches all share one trait. And Matthew Nicks has it in spades, writes Graham Cornes.

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AFL

Ben Ainsworth of the Gold Coast Suns (right) celebrates scoring a goal during the Round 17 AFL match between the Gold Coast Suns and the Collingwood Magpies at Metricon Stadium on the Gold Coast, Saturday, July 15, 2017. (AAP Image/Dan Peled) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Suns head AFL handouts ladder

GOLD Coast received nearly $14 million more in AFL funding than financial heavyweight Collingwood the league’s club funding distribution records reveal with St Kilda Victoria’s biggest charity case.

AFL

Crows coach Don Pyke is seen during the Round 1 AFL match between the Essendon Bombers and the Adelaide Crows at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Friday, March 23, 2018. (AAP Image/Julian Smith) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Pyke: Reality is the new guys need time to gel

ADELAIDE conceded the final five goals in a dramatic final-quarter collapse against Essendon on Friday night but coach Don Pyke refused to lay blame at the feet of his players.

AFL

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 23: Mitchell McGovern of the Crows attempts to mark during the round one AFL match between the Essendon Bombers and the Adelaide Crows at Etihad Stadium on March 23, 2018 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)

Should the Crows be worried?

IT turns out Adelaide is vulnerable. Not as much as some thought when they opened the season undermanned and under pressure to redeem last year’s grand final disaster. But still, vulnerable. Is this a bad sign moving forward?

AFL

AFL Round 1. Essendon v Adelaide at Etihad Stadium . Essendon's Cale Hooker celebrates his goal in the fourth quarter . Pic: Michael Klein

Bomber stock: Are you buying or selling?

IF Essendon was on the stock exchange, its three quarter time price was plummeting. But all that changed after a stunning final term. Did the real Bombers stand up or was this a flash in the pan?

Crows

Sabrina Frederick-Traub (right) of the Lions celebrates kicking a goal with Isabella Ayre (left) of the Lions during the Round 6 AFLW match between the Brisbane Lions and the Collingwood Magpies at the Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex in Brisbane, Saturday, March 10, 2018. (AAP Image/Darren England) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Goddard’s final call: Lions, just

BEC Goddard can see the Brisbane Lions rising from AFLW runners-up to premiers … but the Adelaide Crows coach is not sure she can watch her team’s reign end.

Sport

Tom Liberatore of the Bulldogs is seen in action during the Round 13 AFL match between the Western Bulldogs and the Melbourne Demons at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Sunday, June 18, 2017. (AAP Image/Julian Smith) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Bulldogs confident of retaining stars

WESTERN Bulldogs confident of retaining free agents Luke Dahlhaus and Tom Liberatore while the Sun Tom Lynch and Eagle Jeremy McGovern are gaining plenty of interest. SEE FULL FREE AGENCY LIST

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