‘He can bugger off’: Crows star hits back at Adelaide sledge
Saints player Jack Higgins has earned the ire of an entire city – including one of its star footballers – for cheeky comments made in a post-match interview.
Saints player Jack Higgins has earned the ire of an entire city – including one of its star footballers – for cheeky comments made in a post-match interview.
The last two years haven’t been kind to the Crows when it comes to the close ones. After controversy on the Gold Coast, relive all the times the Crows have been stiffed by umpiring decisions.
Adelaide lost the game, but not any fans – and possibly very little momentum, writes MATT TURNER. Here’s why the Crows can’t get too caught up in that controversial non-call.
An unlikely AFL blockbuster produced one of the most controversial finishes of the season in the Suns’ one-point win.
Adelaide trumpeted the additions of four new leaders in 2024. Three of them are now gone a year later. Basically, the Crows got it wrong.
Backup Adelaide ruckman Kieran Strachan has been moved to the inactive list after an injury setback – but the Crows snuck in some paperwork to replace him.
It’s shaping as a crunch season for Matthew Nicks and the Crows. Former skipper Mark Ricciuto says the club has already made one right move by avoiding one of the pitfalls of their 2024 campaign.
The Crows look set to unveil four big recruits in their pre-season “Showdown” with Port, with Wednesday’s match sim providing some key intel on who will make way for new stars.
“Exciting” AFL and NRL off-seasons with more player movement than ever has exposed a modern new reality about the footy codes.
It’s no secret Sid Draper has been turning heads at Adelaide training this pre-season, and former skipper Taylor Walker expects to see him early, but another young gun has had a setback.
Josh Rachele’s resurgence continues to gather steam and the role one of Adelaide’s key off-season recruits has played has been revealed. Plus, the latest on Sid Draper and Dan Curtin.
Plenty scoffed when Matthew Nicks said Josh Rachele was having the best pre-season he’d ever seen a player have. But as SIMEON THOMAS-WILSON reports, Nicks wasn’t exaggerating. See his track notes from Port Pirie here.
The finals pressure is on Matthew Nicks and the Crows this year – but are they good enough? GLENN MCFARLANE and JON RALPH run the rule over every player.
After multiple attempts over recent years to lure Neil Balme to South Australia, the Crows have finally succeeded. See all the off-field changes here.
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