After defeating Collingwood and West Coast to finish at the top of their pool, the Crows defeated Geelong by 8 points in the final and became the first ever AFLX premiers. Four of the seven games were home games for the Crows, three of them played at Norwood Oval and the final home game at TIO Stadium in Darwin. Adelaide Crows Home: The official source of Crows news, video, injury updates, photos, player profiles, tickets, fixture and more. In the last quarter the Crows gained a one-point lead only for the Bulldogs to control the flow of play for six or seven minutes late in the game. [49], Despite their dominant position going into the final quarter, the Crows were only able to score one more goal for the match and lost by 12 points. © 2020 Adelaide Football Club P/L. [7], Before the 2017 national draft, the Crows also delisted Cam Ellis-Yolmen and Jono Beech. [29], Updated: 5 July 2020Source(s): Players, Coaches, The full fixture for the 2018 AFL Women's season was announced on 27 October 2017. The win took Adelaide from eighth to fifth on the ladder, only half a game below second, the spot they needed to finish to make it into the Grand Final.
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[19], The Crows went into the JLT Community Series knowing that they would be without several players due to injury, notably including captain Taylor Walker, who was set to return from a foot injury in time for the first match of the regular season. Before trade period began, the Crows announced that they would not be renewing the contracts of Troy Menzel and Dean Gore. Only six clubs have fewer than 100 games finals experience, with Carlton (56), Essendon (63) and the Brisbane Lions (65) the others. Adelaide will host Richmond in a re-match of the 2017 AFL Grand Final in round 2 on a Thursday night at the Adelaide Oval. [26], In the first half Josh Jenkins had an impressive performance against All-Australian defender Alex Rance, kicking four goals against him, followed by a fifth later in the game. *Stats supplied by AFL statistician Cameron SinclairOnly five clubs – the Brisbane Lions, Carlton, Gold Coast, North Melbourne and St Kilda – have younger lists than the Tigers, with ruckman Shaun Hampson the only player who will enter the season aged 30 or older. West Coast has the most players on its list yet to debut with 16 after adding six players through the national draft and three new rookies.
[8] The team also nominated Jackson Edwards, the son of dual premiership player Tyson Edwards, for a father-son selection. The Crows had the seventh oldest group in 2017 but have rocketed to the top through the recruitment of midfielders Sam Gibson, 31, and Bryce Gibbs, 28, and two mature-age rookies. Elliott Himmelberg (2022), Tyson Stengle (2022) Off Contract 2020 Luke Brown (restricted free agent), Brad Crouch (restricted free agent), Jordan Gallucci, Kyle Hartigan (restricted free agent), David Mackay, Wayne Milera, Myles Poholke, Kieran Strachan Acting captain Lynch was also impressive as a link-up forward. After only three goals were scored in the first half, none were scored at all in the third quarter. The players were not told where they were going prio… Adelaide were able to secure two first round draft picks (one in the 2017 draft and one in the 2018 draft) for the key defender.
[4] Charlie Cameron requested a trade to Brisbane Lions, but it wasn't until the final hour of the trade period that he was traded in exchange for pick 12 in the 2017 draft. No: 23 AFL Games: 340 AFL Goals: 275 AFL Games by an Indigenous Player: No.2 Premiership Player: 1997, 1998 Pre-season Premiership Player: 2003 Norm Smith Medallist: 1997, 1998 Crows Club Champion: 1997, 2001, 2007 AFLPA MVP: 2001 All Australian: 1998, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007 (captain) Michael Tuck Medal: 2003 Indigenous All Stars representative: 2003 (captain), 2005, 2007 (c), 2009 (c) Rory Sloane and Daniel Talia also left the ground with injuries, but both returned to finish the game. The Crows went into the game missing Courtney Cramey and Abbey Holmes due to injury, and Jenna McCormick due to her W-League duties, then co-captain and 2017 AFLW Best and Fairest Erin Phillips was a late withdrawal due to a quad injury. [25], Due to injuries from the pre-season, there was uncertainty about whether or not Taylor Walker, due to a foot injury, and Brad Crouch, due to abdominal strain, would be playing. [67], The Crows went into their final match against Collingwood as favourites and were expected to win and make their way into the Grand Final to defend their premiership. [49], During the first quarter of the match, Richard Douglas was reported by the field umpires for rough conduct on Essendon player Zach Merrett during a collision which resulted in a concussion for Merrett, ruling Merrett out of the rest of the match. [52], Walker returned to Adelaide's team for his first match of the season, against 2017 Grand Final opponents Richmond. After keeping close with Melbourne for the first quarter, but the Demons kicked four goals to one against the wind in the second quarter to reach an unassailable lead. [50] On the day of the match, Sam Gibson, listed to play his first match for the Crows since moving from North Melbourne the previous season, was withdrawn from the squad due to hamstring tightness.
The Crows failed to score in the first quarter, but took the lead going into half-time thanks to goals to Jones, Wallace and Randall.
Gold Coast is the least experienced team in finals, with captain Gary Ablett taking his 17 games of September experience with him to Geelong and dropping the Suns' total to 31.
[22] During training for the match, defender Daniel Talia rolled his ankle and was withdrawn from the team, replaced with draftee Darcy Fogarty. Crows star forward Eddie Betts injured his left hamstring and was unable to finish the match. Fremantle player Dana Hooker kicked a goal with less than five minutes to go to ensure a close finish, but the Crows held on to win the game by 4 points. [17], The Crows had to rest several key players for JLT Community Series matches due to injury recovery, such as captain Taylor Walker, key defender Daniel Talia and midfielders Rory Sloane and Hugh Greenwood. [20], Talia returned from injury and joined the team for the first time of the year, along with Sloane, Greenwood, Eddie Betts, Richard Douglas and Kyle Hartigan, with the Crows fielding 25 players in the pre-season derby against crosstown rivals Port Adelaide. During the second quarter, Phillips left the ground in the second quarter to look after her quad, which still hadn't fully recovered from her earlier injury. Small forward Lachlan Murphy also performed well for the second match in a row to put his name forwards.
The Crows then opened up more opportunities for scoring in the third quarter and outscored Essendon by seven goals to three to take a 20-point lead themselves. Despite not scoring in the third quarter, they only conceded three points and finished with a 35-point win. The Crows went into the final quarter nine points down before scoring the first ten points of the quarter to lead by a point. [3] The Crows then used the 2017 first round pick, along with their own, to bring Bryce Gibbs to the club from Carlton. The men's team started the season successfully, winning the inaugural AFLX competition.
Beech was told that he would not be offered another contract, but the club committed to re-drafting Ellis-Yolmen in the 2018 rookie draft. They also officially announced that Sam Shaw had been removed from the rookie list after being kept on it during the 2017 season for administrative reasons. [65][66][67] They needed to win their final match against Collingwood to make it to the Grand Final, but despite leading at half-time they lost the match by 21 points and finished the season in fifth. [28], The Crows were dominated by the Magpies in the first half to trail by 52 points during the third quarter.
[21], The fixture for the 2018 home and away season was announced on 31 October 2017. [26], During the week after Adelaide's loss to Essendon, the Crows' controversial pre-season training camp was leaked to the press, with reports emerging that players had been distressed at the camp.
The match was close, with the lead changing several times throughout the game. [24] Again the Crows had a commanding lead at half-time but allowed their opposition to get back into the game. The camp, run by Collective Minds and masterminded by Head of Football at Adelaide Brett Burton and Amon Woulfe, a self-proclaimed "coach, facilitator and trainer", who is not a registered psychologist, took place at a forest about an hours drive away from Broadbeach, Queensland, a suburb of Gold Coast. All matches were played at Cooper Stadium in Adelaide on Thursday, 15 February. Despite the loss, there were impressive performances from new players Fogarty and Sam Gibson, a recruit from North Melbourne, both of whom put themselves into contention for a debut for the Crows in round 1 of the regular season. St Kilda (32) and Melbourne (44) are also very green when it comes to playing finals and both will be expecting to add experience in 2018.