PC2011/12RP The Pride of South Australia - Adelaide Crows

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Round 20 vs Fremantle - Adelaide Oval

ADELAIDE CROWS

B: Kyle Cheney - Andy Otten - Rory Laird
HB: Matthew Jaensch - Daniel Talia - Luke Brown
C: Brodie Smith - Scott Thompson - Charlie Cameron
HF: Eddie Betts - Taylor Walker - Brad Crouch
FF: Matthew Wright - Josh Jenkins - Patrick Dangerfield
R: Sam Jacobs - Richard Douglas - Rory Sloane
INT: Matt Crouch - David Mackay - Tom Lynch
SUB: Cameron Ellis-Yolmen

IN: Rory Laird, Luke Brown, Scott Thompson, Cameron Ellis-Yolmen
OUT: Brodie Martin (Inj), Kyle Hartigan (Susp), Ricky Henderson (omitted), Luke Lowden (omitted)





FREMANTLE DOCKERS

B: Paul Duffield - Luke McPharlin - Zac Dawson
HB: Clancee Pearce - Michael Johnson - Brady Grey
C: Colin Sylvia - Nat Fyfe - Stephen Hill
HF: Nick Suban - Matthew Pavlich - Hayden Ballantyne
FF: Jonathan Griffin - Chris Mayne - Daniel Pearce
R: Aaron Sandilands - Michael Barlow - David Mundy
INT: Michael Walters - Tendai Mzungu - Ryan Crowley
SUB: Garrick Ibbotson​

 

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Adelaide shine on Friday's biggest stage

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Adelaide: 6.2 - 7.5 - 12.7 - 16.7 - (103)
Fremantle: 5.3 - 8.5 - 9.7 - 12.12 - (84)


GOALS: Adelaide: Jenkins 3, Mackay 2, Smith 2, Betts, Wright, Walker, Cameron, Brown, Douglas, Lynch, Dangerfield, Jacobs
Fremantle: Pavlich 4, Hill 2, Mayne 2, Grey, C.Pearce, Sandilands, Mundy


BEST: Adelaide: Jacobs, Brown, Lynch, Cheney, Dangerfield
Fremantle: Pavlich, Fyfe, Mundy, Sylvia, Barlow


DISPOSALS: Adelaide: M.Crouch 29, Lynch 25, Douglas 24, Brown 23, Cheney 22
Fremantle: Fyfe 34, Mundy 31, Sylvia 31, Mzungu 30, D.Pearce 28




Other Key Crows Stats

Clearances: Sloane (7), M.Crouch (6), Jacobs (4), Douglas, Wright (3)

Marks: Lynch (9), Jaensch (6), Mackay (5), Walker, Brown (4)

Tackles: Kyle Cheney (11), Dangerfield (10), Brown (8), Douglas (7)

Inside 50s: M.Crouch (7), Jacobs, Douglas (6), Mackay, Smith (5)

Rebound 50s: Brown (12), Jaensch (7), Otten (6), Laird, Cheney (5)




Head to Head

Possessions: 355 – 339 (W)
Kicks: 189 – 178 (W)
Handballs: 166 – 161 (W)
Contested Marks: 16 – 19 (L)
Uncontested Marks: 51 – 60 (L)
Tackles: 76 – 39 (W)
Hitouts: 40 – 33 (W)
Inside 50s: 44 – 49 (L)
Clearances: 29 – 35 (L)
Rebounds: 50 – 25 (W)



Coaches Comments


Our second Friday night match of the year and this time against one of the competitions best sides this year. It was an awesome experience tonight, and a wonderful result beating the Dockers by 19 points in front of a healthy crowd of 45,000.

Fremantle had plenty of the ball and really dominated the match, but due to our credit, when we had the ball, our side was very damaging and scored at every possibly. The Dockers had 244 extra possessions than us tonight, 9 more tackles, and 22 more clearances and had 24 to 23 scoring shots then us, but we were still able to come away with a 3 goal win. It was our second half where we were able to get on top of the contest and kicked 9.2 to 4.7 in the last half which won us the game.

Josh Jenkins is really relishing as our key forward at the moment kicking another 3 goals tonight against quality opposition. It was good to see some of our midfielders hit the scoreboard again with Mackay (2 goals) and Brodie Smith (2 goals). I’ve always had a theory that the really good sides have midfielders who can kick multiple goals. Hawthorn in recent years have had Hodge, Lewis, Burgoyne and Isaac Smith who can go forward and be a match winner up forward. Sydney also have McGlynn, Jack, Hannebery who can all go forward and kick goals, so it was important for us to get scoreboard pressure from our midfielders.

Matt Crouch has continued his solid month of football, with another 29 possession game with 6 clearances and 7 inside 50s. Douglas found some form he had earlier in the year after a couple of quiet patches, picked up 24 touches, while Tom Lynch worked up from the forward 50 hard, with 25 possessions and a goal.

It was a solid win against the Dockers, and as we head into the ladder end of the season, we’re sitting in a comfortable position on the ladder, sitting in 5th, however we know we have a lot more work to do at the present time to make the finals.

 

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Round 22 vs Melbourne - Adelaide Oval

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ADELAIDE CROWS

B: Kyle Cheney - Andy Otten - Rory Laird
HB: Matthew Jaensch - Daniel Talia - Luke Brown
C: Brodie Smith - Scott Thompson - David Mackay
HF: Eddie Betts - Taylor Walker - Brad Crouch
FF: Matthew Wright - Josh Jenkins - Patrick Dangerfield
R: Sam Jacobs - Richard Douglas - Rory Sloane
INT: Matt Crouch - Mitch Grigg - Tom Lynch
SUB: Cameron Ellis-Yolmen

IN: Mitch Grigg
OUT: Charlie Cameron





MELBOURNE DEMONS

B: Matt Jones - Colin Garland - Heriter Lumumba
HB: Viv Michie - Lynden Dunn - Dean Terlich
C: Jack Viney - Bernie Vince - Jimmy Toumpas
HF: Jay Kennedy-Harris - Jack Watts - Jefff Garlett
FF: Max Gawn - Chris Dawes - Jack Grimes
R: Mark Jamar - Jack Trengove - Daniel Cross
INT: Jeremy Howe - Dom Tyson - Jordie McKenzie
SUB: Christian Petracca

 

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Crows ruthless in their win against Melbourne, Brad Crouch kicks career high 5 goals

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Adelaide: 4.1 - 9.5 - 14.7 - 20.10 - (130)
Melbourne: 2.2 - 6.4 - 10.4 - 14.5 - (89)


GOALS: Adelaide: B.Crouch 5, Smith 3, Wright 2, Jaensch 2, Jenkins 2, Jacobs 2, Betts 2, Walker, Cheney
Melbourne: Watts 5, Dawes 3, Grimes, Garlett, Kennedy-Harris, Viney, Cross, Vince


BEST: Adelaide: B.Crouch, Douglas, Smith, M.Crouch, Wright
Melbourne: Vince, Watts, Dunn, Tyson, Jamar


DISPOSALS: Adelaide: Douglas 35, M.Crouch 35, Sloane 31, Smith 30, Mackay 30
Melbourne: Vince 38, Tyson 25, McKenzie 23, Dunn 20, Cross 20




Other Key Crows Stats

Clearances: Douglas (12), Mackay (6), Smith, Sloane (4)

Marks: Grigg (9), Jacobs (8), Wright, Jaensch (7)

Tackles: Brown, B.Crouch (9), Cheney (8), Dangerfield (7), M.Crouch, Wright (6)

Inside 50s: Mackay (8), Sloane, M.Crouch (7), Lynch (6), Grigg, Douglas (4)

Rebound 50s: Brown, Otten (8), Cheney (6), Mackay, Jaensch (5)




Head to Head

Possessions: 295 – 404 (L)
Kicks: 161 – 227 (L)
Handballs: 134 – 177 (L)
Contested Marks: 27 – 29 (L)
Uncontested Marks: 32 – 54 (L)
Tackles: 59 – 54 (W)
Hitouts: 33 – 40 (L)
Inside 50s: 32 – 47 (L)
Clearances: 31 – 43 (L)
Rebounds: 39 – 38 (W)



Coaches Comments

Really proud of the efforts today against the Demons. We had a lot of contributors to the team today which landed us a handy 41 point win coming into the ladder stages of the season. Our boys never really looked back after the first quarter, which I thought showed leadership and commitment as a team to rally on and kick 11.5 to 7.1 in the second half of football.

Again though, it was another game for us where the Demons dominated the ball, had plenty more of the sherrin than us, but yet we still came away with a 7 goal win. Not too sure what that really comes down to in the end. I mean it’s a positive that we’re winning these games where we’re having less than 100 possessions per game then our opposition, but we’re still winning, but in saying that though, it’s also a bad thing that we seem to not get our hands on the ball as much as we’d like too.

Brad Crouch was a handful up forward for us today. We tried a few things today that we may have never really tried before and one of those was Crouch forward. I think he surprised a lot of his team mates and a lot of the supporters today booting a career best 5 goals from 21 disposals and 9 tackles. He was outstanding as was Brodie Smith who finished with 30 possessions and also kicking 3 goals. I mentioned in my presser last week that the good sides had midfielders who were able to kick goals on a regular basis, it was good to see Brad Crouch and Brodie Smith be able to kick 8 goals between them with the service of Eddie Betts, Matthew Wright, Josh Jenkins, Sam Jacobs and Matthew Jaensch who all finished with 2 goals apiece.

From the midfielders it was Matt Crouch and Richard Douglas who found plenty of the ball both with 35 possessions, while Rory Sloane, David Mackay and Brodie Smith all had 30+ possessions this afternoon.
As mentioned earlier, I thought this was the first 4 quarter performance from the club this year, and it came at a timely time with the finals just around the corner.

 

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Round 23 vs Collingwood - MCG

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ADELAIDE CROWS

B: Kyle Cheney - Andy Otten - Rory Laird
HB: Mitch Grigg - Daniel Talia - Luke Brown
C: Brodie Smith - Scott Thompson - David Mackay
HF: Eddie Betts - Taylor Walker - Brad Crouch
FF: Matthew Wright - Josh Jenkins - Patrick Dangerfield
R: Sam Jacobs - Richard Douglas - Rory Sloane
INT: Matt Crouch - Cameron Ellis-Yolmen - Tom Lynch
SUB: James Podsiadly

IN: James Podsiadly
OUT: Matthew Jaensch (inj)





COLLINGWOOD MAGPIES

B: Tom Langdon - Lachie Keeffe - Adam Oxley
HB: Jackson Ramsay - Nathan Brown - Alan Toovey
C: Matthew Scharenberg - Dane Swan - Clinton Young
HF: Alex Fasolo - Travis Cloke - Jamie Elliott
FF: Brodie Grundie - Jessie White - Travis Varcoe
R: Jarrod Witts - Scott Pendlebury - Steele Sidebottom
INT: Nathan Freeman - Josh Thomas - Brent Macaffer
SUB: Jack Crisp

 

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Crows are the real deal says experts

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Collingwood: 5.1 - 8.6 - 11.8 - 13.11 - (89)
Adelaide: 5.0 - 11.2 - 16.2 - 23.2 - (140)


GOALS: Collingwood: White 4, Sidebottom 2, Cloke 2, Grundie 2, Varcoe, Brown, Oxley
Adelaide: Jenkins 7, Walker 6, Dangerfield 3, Smith 2, Lynch 2, Thompson, Betts, Laird


BEST: Collingwood: Macaffer, Toovey, Thomas, Swan, Freeman
Adelaide: Jenkins, Smith, Sloane, Dangerfield, Douglas


DISPOSALS: Collingwood: Macaffer 34, Young 28, Thomas 27, Freeman 26, Sidebottom 23
Adelaide: Douglas 29, Sloane 28, Smith 27, M.Crouch 21, Ellis-Yolmen 20




Other Key Crows Stats

Clearances: Douglas (7), Smith (5), Thompson, Sloane (4)

Marks: Jenkins (8), Ellis-Yolmen, Mackay (6), Jacobs (5),

Tackles: Smith, Brown, Talia, Sloane (6), Laird, Cheney (4)

Inside 50s: Ellis-Yolmen (8), Douglas (7), M.Crouch, Smith (5)

Rebound 50s: Brown (10), Grigg, Cheney (6), Talia (4)




Head to Head

Possessions: 338 – 360 (W)
Kicks: 187 – 183 (L)
Handballs: 151 – 177 (W)
Contested Marks: 27 – 14 (L)
Uncontested Marks: 46 – 42 (L)
Tackles: 60 – 57 (L)
Hitouts: 39 – 34 (L)
Inside 50s: 37 – 39 (W)
Clearances: 35 - 35
Rebounds: 35 – 40 (W)




Coaches Comments

Second week in a row I thought our players were able to play a full 4 quarters of footy. Against a quality opposition in Collingwood at the MCG in front of a pretty healthy crowd, I thought our players really stood up again. Not to try and jinx anything at the moment, but seems we’re peaking right at the right time of the season. Being able to knock off the Pies in Melbourne by 51 points is an awesome feeling to have heading back to Adelaide.

It was the last quarter where we really shone though. We had a handy lead of about 5 goals heading into the last quarter, but with momentum swings, the game was always in the balance at that margin. At ¾ time I really challenged the playing group to finish the game off strongly and we got results. A 7 goal last term really set us up for the victory after the Pies could only manage 2.3 in the last.

And it was nice to see after 2 weeks of really getting dominated with possession, we were able to be the dominator with the ball this week. 466 disposals to us compared to 232 against the Pies, we really hung onto the ball and used our efficiency going forward.
Our twin towers up forward played a huge part in this win. 13 goals between them with Jenkins kicking 7 (a career best) while Walker finished with 6. Both of those guys played awesome games, as Jenkins has really stood up in the second half of this season, while Tex has been rather quiet in the last month or two, really stamped his authority on the contest again today.

Patrick Dangerfield found plenty of the pill and kicked 3 goals, while Smith continued his goal kicking form, kicking another 2 goals after 3 majors last week. Douglas was again amongst our top ball winners with 29 disposals, as was Sloane, whilst Brodie Smith as I mentioned before is starting to become a huge attacking weapon for us, finished with 27 possessions.

 

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Round 24 vs North Melbourne - Adelaide Oval

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ADELAIDE CROWS

B: Kyle Cheney - Andy Otten - Kyle Hartigan
HB: Mitch Grigg - Daniel Talia - Luke Brown
C: Brodie Smith - Matt Crouch - David Mackay
HF: Eddie Betts - Taylor Walker - Charlie Cameron
FF: Matthew Wright - Josh Jenkins - Patrick Dangerfield
R: Sam Jacobs - Richard Douglas - Rory Sloane
INT: Brad Crouch - Cameron Ellis-Yolmen - Tom Lynch
SUB: Matthew Jaensch

IN: Matthew Jaensch - Charlie Cameron - Kyle Hartigan
OUT: James Podsiadly (omitted) - Scott Thompson (inj) - Rory Laird (inj)






KANGAROOS

B: Sam Gibson - Michael Firrito - Nathan Grima
HB: Aaron Mullett - Lachalan Hansen - Scott Thompson
C: Ryan Bastinac - Nick DalSanto - Brent Harvey
HF: Scott McMahon - Drew Petrie - Lindsay Thomas
FF: Daniel Currie - Jarrad Waite - Shaun Higgins
R: Todd Goldstein - Andrew Swallow - Daniel Wells
INT: Todd Garner - Leigh Adams - Edward Vickers-Willis
SUB: Jack Ziebell

 

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Reality check as Roos smash Crows

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Adelaide: 3.2 - 3.7 - 8.8 - 11.12 - (78)
Kangaroos: 6.2 - 9.2 - 15.4 - 21.5 - (131)


GOALS: Adelaide: Douglas 2, Jenkins 2, Walker, Jacobs, Talia, Wright, Hartigan, Betts, Cameron
Kangaroos: Waite 6, Petrie 4, Thomas 2, Mullett 2, Goldstein, Thompson, Gibson, Higgins, Wells, Nahas, Harvey


BEST: Adelaide: Lynch, Smith, Dangerfield, Walker, Brown
Kangaroos: McMahon, Petrie, Goldstein, Waite, Wells


DISPOSALS: Adelaide: Lynch 35, Smith 34, M.Crouch 25, Brown 22, Mackay 21
Kangaroos: Wells 33, Adams 31, Swallow 31, McMahon 30, DalSanto 26




Other Key Crows Stats

Clearances: B.Crouch, M. Crouch (5), Ellis-Yolmen, Smith, Sloane, Douglas (3)

Marks: Walker (8), Sloane, Jacobs, Ellis-Yolmen, M.Crouch (6), Douglas (5)

Tackles: Dangerfield (8), Cheney (7), Brown (6), Lynch (5), Douglas (4)

Inside 50s: Lynch (7), Smith (6), Mackay, M.Crouch (5), Jacobs, B.Crouch (4)

Rebound 50s: Brown (8), Grigg (6), Cheney, Otten (5), Mackay (4)



Head to Head

Possessions: 187 – 505 (L)
Kicks: 100 – 266 (L)
Handballs: 87 – 239 (L)
Contested Marks: 19 – 30 (L)
Uncontested Marks: 24 – 64 (L)
Tackles: 29 – 69 (L)
Hitouts: 33 – 40 (L)
Inside 50s: 19 – 61 (L)
Clearances: 17 – 46 (L)
Rebounds: 20 – 47 (L)

 

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Possessions: 187 – 505 (L)
Kicks: 100 – 266 (L)
Handballs: 87 – 239 (L)
Inside 50s: 19 – 61 (L)

 

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Absolutely smashed

 

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End of year ladder

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Adelaide has finished the 2015 AFL Premiership season in 3rd position on the AFL ladder after winning 15 games. The Crows who have finished in the middle section of the ladder since 2012, and after loosing senior coach Brenton Sanderson, Adelaide went in a new direction with Hayden Sumner as coach, and in his first season as coach, he takes his team to 3rd position with a percentage of 107.62.

Adelaide will face Hawthorn in the first semi final next weekend, with Essendon and Richmond facing off in the second semi final.
North Melbourne will take on West Coast in the first elimination final at Etihad Stadium, while the final match of the first week of the finals is Sydney vs Carlton at the SCG.




End of Year Stats



Goals
1. Taylor Walker - 81
2. Josh Jenkins - 51
3. Richard Douglas - 19
4. Eddie Betts - 18
5. Patrick Dangerfield – 17



Disposals
1. Brodie Smith - 576
2. Rory Sloane - 524
3. Richard Douglas - 487
4. Brad Crouch - 431
5. Patrick Dangerfield – 394



Tackles
1. Kyle Cheney - 112
2. Brodie Smith - 91
3. Richard Douglas - 84
4. Luke Brown - 78
5. Patrick Dangerfield – 70



Clearances
1. Rory Sloane - 91
2. Brodie Smith - 84
3. Brad Crouch - 78
4. Richard Douglas - 69
5. Matt Crouch – 64

 

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First Semi Final vs Hawthorn @ Melbourne Cricket Ground

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ADELAIDE CROWS

B: Kyle Cheney - Kyle Hartigan - Luke Brown
HB: Matthew Jaensch - Daniel Talia - Andy Otten
C: Brodie Smith - Matt Crouch - David Mackay
HF: Brad Crouch - Josh Jenkins - Tom Lynch
FF: Matthew Wright - Taylor Walker - Richard Douglas
R: Sam Jacobs - Patrick Dangerfield - Rory Sloane
INT: Eddie Betts - Cameron Ellis-Yolmen - Charlie Cameron
SUB: Mitch Grigg





HAWTHORN HAWKS

B: Grant Birchall - James Frawley - Brian Lake
HB: Daniel Howe - Josh Gibson - Ben Stratton
C: Luke Bruest - Sam Mitchell - Isaac Smith
HF: Zac Webster - Jarryd Roughead - Cyril Rioli
FF: Jonathan Ceglar - Jack Gunston - Brendan Whitecross
R: Ben McEvoy - Jordan Lewis - Shaun Burgoyne
INT: Alex Woodward - Liam Shiels - Paul Puopolo
SUB: Bradley Hill

LATE CHANGE: Joanthan Simpkin comes in for Zac Webster

 

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Comeback kings, Adelaide into Prelim after 8 goal last quarter

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Hawthorn: 6.2 - 9.2 - 12.7 - 14.9 - (93)
Adelaide: 4.4 - 5.6 - 7.8 - 15.11 - (101)


GOALS: Hawthorn: Gunston 3, Roughead 2, Rioli 2, Ceglar 2, Stratton, Smith, Lake, Breust, Howe
Adelaide: Walker 4, Betts 2, Cameron 2, Douglas, Lynch, Jenkins, Talia, Jacobs, Smith, Dangerfield


BEST: Hawthorn: Roughead, Simpkin, Burgoyne, Mitchell, Gibson
Adelaide: Betts, Dangerfield, Cameron, Smith, Jacobs


DISPOSALS: Hawthorn: Mitchell 34, Burgoyne 33, Simpkin 32, Roughead 23, Breust 22
Adelaide: Dangerfield 30, Cameron 29, Mackay 29, Betts 27, Smith 25




Other Key Crows Stats

Clearances: Dangerfield (8), Smith, M.Crouch (6), Sloane (4)

Marks: Lynch, Betts (7), Mackay, Cameron (6)

Tackles: Smith (8), Betts, Douglas (7), Brown (6), Dangerfield (5)

Inside 50s: Dangerfield (13), Smith (7), Betts, Mackay (6)

Rebound 50s: Otten, Brown, Grigg, Hartigan, Jaensch (6)




Head to Head

Possessions: 345 – 354 (W)
Kicks: 198 – 170 (L)
Handballs: 147 – 184 (W)
Contested Marks: 23 – 25 (W)
Uncontested Marks: 52 – 47 (L)
Tackles: 42 – 59 (W)
Hitouts: 31 – 42 (W)
Inside 50s: 47 – 49 (W)
Clearances: 31 – 32 (W)
Rebounds: 36 – 48 (W)




Coaches Comments

This was the ultimate test. Facing off against the reigning premiers from the last 2 years in the first week of the finals. A lot was writing on this match, with the winner being able to host a preliminary final and to also have a week off rewarding form earlier in the season with finishing in the top 4. But as mentioned, we came up against the best team in the competition over the last 5 years, so this was the ultimate test,

There were exciting match ups all over the ground today at the MCG. Dangerfield v Mitchell, Walker v Frawley, Jenkins v Lake, Talia v Roughead and Brodie Smith v Isaac Smith to name a few. Hawthorn I thought really had everything on the ball for the whole afternoon. They led at every stage of the game apart from the end result. Hawthorn led by 10 points at quarter time, they then extended their lead at half time to lead by 20 points at the main break.
In front of 64,311 at the MCG, if someone said we were 20 points within Hawthorn at half time, I would have taken it. We were still very much in the game at half time, and my half time address was very short and simple to the players. Keep playing like they were. Remember the game plan and stick to the fundamentals.

Hawthorn again kicked away and extended their lead to 29 points at the final change and it seemed at the time that we had to suit up again next week and I was thinking (lucky we have the double change). But then that’s where it began. Our players seemed to have found a new life, and was able to get their hands on the ball a lot more and really spread and ran their opponents off their feet. Hawthorn only managed 2.2 in the last term, and with their forward power, I thought keeping the reigning premiers to only 2 goals in a quarter is always a win. Our boys on the other hand were fantastic and arguably our best quarter of the season to end up kicking 8.3 in the last quarter to run away with a 8 point victory in what was an amazing comeback in a final that we’ve seen in a long time. Our captain, who was down for a certain period throughout the year really stood up when we needed him. Walker finished with 4.3 for the afternoon to be the highest scorer on the ground and to be the difference in the end. He finished with kicking the sealer late in the final quarter to give us that 8 point break.
Charlie Cameron was outstanding today. He is a big time player, as we seen in the Collingwood game in 2014, and now has pulled out a near best on ground performance for the semi final finishing with 29 possessions and kicking 2 goals. His partner in crime and mentor, Eddie Betts was right beside him throughout the day, and after having a very quiet year, finished with 27 touches and 2 goals.

Patrick Dangerfield really has stood up in the year just getting better and better racking up 30 possessions, 5 tackles, 8 clearances, 13 inside 50s and kicking a goal. David Mackay and Brodie Smith both finished with high disposals and really helped the team with meters gained today.

After that 8 point win against the Hawks, we are now able to enjoy a week off, but we’re certainly onto the next opponent which will be a preliminary final at Adelaide Oval. We’ll get the boys rested up and maybe get some guys from injury back for selection, although after that performance, I don’t see too much change to the side this week.

 

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Preliminary Final vs West Coast - Adelaide Oval

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Preliminary Final Preview

Adelaide and West Coast now find themselves just one win away from a Grand Final berth. The Crows last made it to the Grand Final 17 years ago in 1998 when they won the flag against North Melbourne. While the Eagles last made it to the Grand Final 9 years ago In 2006 when they won the flag against the Swans.

Adelaide have been highly competitive all year, finishing the minor round in the top 4. While West Coast only just made it into the finals, finishing the minor round in 8th position. In recent history very few sides have come from outside the top 4 to win a premiership, but West Coast are in form and ready to prove their doubters wrong against the highly fancied Adelaide side. Adelaide will be without important midfielder Scott Thompson again, while West Coast will not have the services of important tagger Scott Selwood as well as Sam Butler in defence.



ADELAIDE CROWS

B: Kyle Cheney - Kyle Hartigan - Luke Brown
HB: Matthew Jaensch - Daniel Talia - Andy Otten
C: Brodie Smith - Matt Crouch - David Mackay
HF: Brad Crouch - Josh Jenkins - Tom Lynch
FF: Matthew Wright - Taylor Walker - Richard Douglas
R: Sam Jacobs - Patrick Dangerfield - Rory Sloane
INT: Eddie Betts - Cameron Ellis-Yolmen - Charlie Cameron
SUB: Mitch Grigg



WEST COAST EAGLES

B: Beau Waters - Will Schofield - Mitch Brown
HB: Alec Waterman - Eric McKenzie - Shannon Hurn
C: Andrew Gaff - Matt Priddis - Chris Masten
HF: Josh Hill - Josh Kennedy - Mark LeCras
FF: Scott Lycett - Jack Darling - Luke Shuey
R: Nic Naitanui - Sharrod Wellingham - Matt Rosa
INT: Jack Cripps - Brandon Sheppard - Liam Duggan
SUB: Xavier Ellis

 

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Eagles into a Grand Final after knocking off Crows in Adelaide

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Adelaide: 4.2 - 6.3 - 9.4 - 16.7 - (103)
West Coast: 2.1 - 8.5 - 15.5 - 19.8 - (122)


GOALS: Adelaide: Dangerfield 4, Douglas 3, Jenkins 3, Walker 2, Cameron, Cheney, M.Crouch, Jaensch
West Coast: Darling 6, Wellingham 2, LeCras 2, Shuey 2, Kennedy 2, Mackenzie, Masten, Brown, Lycett, Priddis


BEST: Adelaide: Dangerfield, Jenkins, Jaensch, Otten, Smith
West Coast: Darling, Naitanui, Rosa, Sheppard, Priddis


DISPOSALS: Adelaide: Dangerfield 38, Smith 32, Mackay 25, M.Crouch 21, Betts 21
West Coast: Rosa 33, Sheppard 32, Priddis 30, Cripps 26, Duggan 24




Other Key Crows Stats

Clearances: Dangerfield (8), M.Crouch, Mackay (5), Cameron, Ellis-Yolmen (3)

Marks: Jenkins, Betts (7), M.Crouch, Sloane (6), Dangerfield (5)

Tackles: Otten, Dangerfield (8), Douglas, Talia (6), Brown (5)

Inside 50s: Smith, Dangerfield (8), M.Crouch (7), Mackay (6), Cameron (5)

Rebound 50s: Jaensch (8), Cheney (6), Otten (5), Dangerfield (4)




Head to Head

Possessions: 331 – 362 (L)
Kicks: 185 – 188 (L)
Handballs: 146 – 174 (L)
Contested Marks: 16 – 31 (L)
Uncontested Marks: 50 – 62 (L)
Tackles: 52 – 39 (W)
Hitouts: 44 – 29 (W)
Inside 50s: 48 – 52 (W)
Clearances: 32 – 40 (L)
Rebounds: 39 – 38 (W)



Coaches Comments

What can I really say after that? I thought our boys really tried out there today but was beaten by the best side on the day. Simple really. We had a crack, but West Coast were the better side on the day and lucky for them they get to play off in a Grand Final next week. Our boys are shattered, they played really well but still weren't able to get the result in the end. The guys played excellent football throughout the year and I couldn't be happier with the players and what they've been able to achieve this season. We still have a really young group growing here at Adelaide, and to be able to see what the guys are capable off this early is going to be something we'll build on in the future and come back in 2016 bigger and better for the season ahead.

This will hurt for a while, but it's just the beginning of something special here at the Adelaide Crows.

 

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2015 All-Australian team

B: Tom Lonergan (Geel) - Brian Lake (Haw) - Scott McMahon (Kang)
HB: Rhyce Shaw (Syd) - Mitch Brown (WC) - Luke Hodge (Haw)
C: Trent Cotchin (Rich) - Jobe Watson (Ess) - Gary Ablett (GC)
HF: Mark LeCras (WC) - Kurt Tippett (Syd) - Cyril Rioli (Haw)
FF: Brendon Goddard (Ess) - Jack Darling (WC) - Nic Naitanui (WC)
R: Sam Jacobs (Adel) - Paul Chapman (Ess) - James Bartel (Geel)
INT: Steve Johnson (Geel) - Brett Deledio (Rich) - Heath Hocking (Ess) - Marc Murphy (Carl)


Captain: Gary Ablett
Vice-Captain – Luke Hodge​

 

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2015 AFL Brownlow Medal Count

Round 1 vs Richmond
3. Patrick Dangerfield
2. Dustin Martin
1. Brett Deledio​

Adelaide Count

3. Patrick Dangerfield

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Round 2 vs Carlton​

3. Kade Simpson
2. Bryce Gibbs
1. Marc Murphy
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Adelaide Count​

3. Patrick Dangerfield

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Round 3 vs Fremantle​

3. Colin Sylvia
2. Aaron Sandilands
1. Matthew Pavlich
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Adelaide Count​

3. Patrick Dangerfield

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Round 4 vs Geelong​

3. James Kelly
2. Hamish McIntosh
1. Jimmy Bartel
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Adelaide Count​

3. Patrick Dangerfield

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Round 5 vs Melbourne​

3. Brodie Smith
2. Scott Thompson
1. Patrick Dangerfield
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Adelaide Count​

4. Patrick Dangerfield
3. Brodie Smith
2. Scott Thompson


Overall Leader after Round 5

9. Nic Naitanui (WC)
9. Jobe Watson (ESS)
8. Kade Simpson (CARL)
8. Hamish McIntosh (GEEL)
7. Nick Riewoldt (ST.K)​

 

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Round 6 vs Collingwood
3. David Mackay
2. Steele Sidebottom
1. Dane Swan

Adelaide Count
4. Patrick Dangerfield
3. Brodie Smith
3. David Mackay
2. Scott Thompson


Round 7 vs North Melbourne
3. Brent Harvey
2. Todd Goldstein (*)
1. Patrick Dangerfield

Adelaide Count
5. Patrick Dangerfield
3. Brodie Smith
3. David Mackay
2. Scott Thompson


Round 8 vs Port Adelaide
3. Patrick Dangerfield
2. Jay Schulz
1. Paddy Ryder

Adelaide Count
8. Patrick Dangerfield
3. Brodie Smith
3. David Mackay
2. Scott Thompson


Round 9 vs Western Bulldogs
3. Scott Thompson
2. Jake Stringer
1. Taylor Walker

Adelaide Count
8. Patrick Dangerfield
5. Scott Thompson
3. David Mackay
3. Brodie Smith
1. Taylor Walker


Round 10 vs Gold Coast
3. Rory Sloane
2. David Swallow
1. Scott Thompson

Adelaide Count
8. Patrick Dangerfield
6. Scott Thompson
3. David Mackay
3. Brodie Smith
3. Rory Sloane
1. Taylor Walker


Overall Count Round 10

17. Hamish McIntosh (Geel)
16. Nic Naitanui (WC)
15. Jobe Watson (Ess)
13. Luke Hodge (*) (Haw)
12. Dane Swan (Coll)
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Round 11 vs Brisbane
3. Sam Jacobs
2. Tom Rockliff
1. Scott Thompson

Adelaide Count
8. Patrick Dangerfield
7. Scott Thompson
3. David Mackay
3. Brodie Smith
3. Rory Sloane
3. Sam Jacobs
1. Taylor Walker


Round 12 vs Hawthorn
3. Rory Sloane
2. Luke Hodge (*)
1. Jordan Lewis


Adelaide Count
8. Patrick Dangerfield
7. Scott Thompson
6. Rory Sloane
3. David Mackay
3. Brodie Smith
3. Sam Jacobs
1. Taylor Walker


Round 13 vs BYE


Round 14 vs Essendon
3. Brent Stanton (*)
2. Jobe Watson
1. Paul Chapman

Adelaide Count
8. Patrick Dangerfield
7. Scott Thompson
6. Rory Sloane
3. David Mackay
3. Brodie Smith
3. Sam Jacobs
1. Taylor Walker


Round 15 vs West Coast
3. Nathan VanBerlo
2. Rory Sloane
1. Richard Douglas

Adelaide Count
8. Patrick Dangerfield
8. Rory Sloane
7. Scott Thompson
3. David Mackay
3. Brodie Smith
3. Sam Jacobs
3. Nathan VanBerlo
1. Taylor Walker
1. Richard Douglas


Overall Count Round 15

26. Nic Naitanui (WC)
26. Lance Franklin (Syd)
21. Jobe Watson (Ess)
17. Hamish McIntosh (Geel)
17. Gary Ablett (GC)
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Round 16 vs St.Kilda
3. Adam Schneider
2. Nick Riewoldt
1. Richard Douglas

Adelaide Count
8. Patrick Dangerfield
8. Rory Sloane
7. Scott Thompson
3. David Mackay
3. Brodie Smith
3. Sam Jacobs
3. Nathan VanBerlo
2. Richard Douglas
1. Taylor Walker


Round 17 vs Sydney
3. Josh Kennedy
2. Josh Jenkins
1. Kurt Tippett

Adelaide Count
8. Patrick Dangerfield
8. Rory Sloane
7. Scott Thompson
3. David Mackay
3. Brodie Smith
3. Sam Jacobs
3. Nathan VanBerlo
2. Richard Douglas
2. Josh Jenkins
1. Taylor Walker


Round 18 vs Richmond
3. Brett Deledio
2. Trent Cotchin
1. Sam Jacobs

Adelaide Count
8. Patrick Dangerfield
8. Rory Sloane
7. Scott Thompson
4. Sam Jacobs
3. David Mackay
3. Brodie Smith
3. Nathan VanBerlo
2. Richard Douglas
2. Josh Jenkins
1. Taylor Walker


Round 19 vs Carlton
3. Bryce Gibbs
2. Matt Crouch
1. Kade Simpson

Adelaide Count
8. Patrick Dangerfield
8. Rory Sloane
7. Scott Thompson
4. Sam Jacobs
3. David Mackay
3. Brodie Smith
3. Nathan VanBerlo
2. Richard Douglas
2. Josh Jenkins
2. Matt Crouch
1. Taylor Walker


Round 20 vs Fremantle
3. Colin Sylvia
2. Nathan Fyfe
1. Matthew Pavlich

Adelaide Count
8. Patrick Dangerfield
8. Rory Sloane
7. Scott Thompson
4. Sam Jacobs
3. David Mackay
3. Brodie Smith
3. Nathan VanBerlo
2. Richard Douglas
2. Josh Jenkins
2. Matt Crouch
1. Taylor Walker


Overall Count Round 20

33. Nic Naitanui (WC)
31. Lance Franklin (Syd)
29. Jobe Watson (Ess)
24. Gary Ablett (GC)
22. Hamish McIntosh (Geel)​

 

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Round 21 vs BYE

Round 22 vs Melbourne
3. Bernie Vince
2. Richard Douglas
1. Matt Crouch

Adelaide Count
8. Patrick Dangerfield
8. Rory Sloane
7. Scott Thompson
4. Sam Jacobs
4. Richard Douglas
3. David Mackay
3. Brodie Smith
3. Nathan VanBerlo
3. Matt Crouch
2. Josh Jenkins
1. Taylor Walker


Round 23 vs Collingwood
3. Scott Pendlebury
2. Brent Macaffer
1. Josh Jenkins

Adelaide Count
8. Patrick Dangerfield
8. Rory Sloane
7. Scott Thompson
4. Sam Jacobs
4. Richard Douglas
3. David Mackay
3. Brodie Smith
3. Nathan VanBerlo
3. Matt Crouch
3. Josh Jenkins
1. Taylor Walker


Round 24 vs Kangaroos
3. Daniel Wells
2. Drew Petrie
1. Todd Goldstein (*)


End of year Adelaide Brownlow Count

8. Patrick Dangerfield
8. Rory Sloane
7. Scott Thompson
4. Sam Jacobs
4. Richard Douglas
3. David Mackay
3. Brodie Smith
3. Nathan VanBerlo
3. Matt Crouch
3. Josh Jenkins
1. Taylor Walker​

 

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2015 Brownlow Medal Winner

1. Nic Naitanui – 37 votes
2. Jobe Watson – 36 votes
3. Lance Franklin – 32 votes
4. Gary Ablett – 28 votes
5. Brett Deledio – 26 votes​

 

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AFL 2015 Grand Final

Essendon: 4.2 - 13.3 - 16.4 - 22.5 - (137)
West Coast: 4.0 - 7.2 - 13.5 - 16.8 - (104)

GOALS: Essendon: Langford 4, Stanton 3, Chapman 3, Colyer 3, Daniher 2, Zaharakis 2, Dempsey, Cooney, Heppell, McKernan, Hurley
West Coast: Kennedy 3, Priddis 2, Lycett 2, Darling 2, Sheppard, Mackenzie, Hill, Cripps, Waterman, Gaff, Masten


BEST: Essendon: Chapman, Stanton, Watson, McKernan, Heppell
West Coast: Naitanui, Cripps, Waterman, Lycett, Priddis

DISPOSALS: Essendon: Watson 36, Stanton 32, Hocking 32, Heppell 32, Chapman 30
West Coast: Cripps 26, Wellingham 25, Gaff 20, Waterman 19, Rosa 19

NORM SMITH MEDAL WINNER – Paul Chapman​

 

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Adelaide Crows 2015 AFL Trade Week

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After only a year on the Adelaide Crows list the unlucky Luke Lowden has found himself at a third home going to the Collingwood football club in the Adelaide crows first trade of the 2015 period. Lowden will look to bolster the ruck division of the Pies which is already strong with Grundy and Witts, while the Crows recieve pick 36 in the National Draft


Coaches Comments
Luke was a little unlucky due to injury this year. He played some solid games in the SANFL and did get some opportunity at senior level. But we as a side are looking to bolster our draft selections to use on some other big name players later on in the draft and Luke was the unlucky type of player to get moved on.

 

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Adelaide Crows 2015 AFL Trade Week

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Port Adelaide's midfield will be bolster with the experience and ball winning ability with the addition of Scott Thompson in 2016. Thompson who has been a work horse for the Adelaide football club in recent years was not offered a contract from the Crows at the end of the season, but felt that he could go an extra few years. Thompson wasn't aware of any offers from other teams and wanted to stay in Adelaide, so the Crows and Power were able to put their differences aside and trade the 31 year old for Pick 42 in the National Draft


Coaches Comments
This was a huge decision for the player management team. Thommo has been a huge part of this club for a long period of time after coming to us from Melbourne back in 2005. Thommo came to myself and wanted to know where he was regarding the team structure, and as a club we felt like we were heading down more of a different path and Thommo was not in our plans. He said he felt good and his body would allow him to play a few more years, but with the rise of a few of our younger players, we felt that we needed to give Thommo his wishes and traded him to another club. We hope he can get a few years out with playing with the Power.