‘The risk is too great’: Crows champion Rory Sloane makes difficult retirement call
Former Adelaide Crows captain and club great Rory Sloane has made the difficult decision to retire after 255 AFL games at West Lakes, spanning across 16 seasons.
Former Adelaide Crows captain and club great Rory Sloane has made the difficult decision to retire after 255 AFL games at West Lakes, spanning across 16 seasons.
Adelaide veteran Rory Sloane is believed to be weighing up his future. The 34-year-old had surgery on a detached retina in January, a similar procedure to the one he had back in 2021. SEN contributor and Channel 9 journalist Tom Morris understands that people around Sloane believe the former Crows captain...
Join us for a bumper edition of Saturday round seven footy, with the clash between Carlton and Geelong the main event. First up, North Melbourne and Adelaide.
Adelaide faces a must-win road trip to get its sliding season back on track against a winless North Melbourne keen to finally get on the board at its second home in Hobart.
The blowtorch has been put on Crow Izak Rankine for a defensive effort in Friday night’s loss to Essendon.
Matthew Nicks refused to offer comment in the wake of his side's stinging loss.
One young Adelaide player won’t be looking forward to the review of Friday night’s three-point loss to Essendon after committing one of footy worst cardinal sins twice in the space of five minutes.
Friday night’s no-call was the third time in less than 10 months that Adelaide have been denied potential victories by last-minute umpiring decisions.
A wild finish saw Essendon snare four points from the Crows at Adelaide Oval in controversial circumstances that will be debated for days. The Bombers had 19 more inside 50s and won both clearances and contested possessions but in the dying minutes of an eventual three-point win, the game hung in the...
Essendon and Adelaide clash in what is a vital round six clash for both sides to stay in touch with the top eight.
The Adelaide Crows are hoping to spark a resurgence after recording their first win of the season last weekend.
Adelaide could be without two senior defenders when they host Essendon on Friday night.
A six-week hamstring injury for Carlton speedster Adam Saad headlines a trio of soft tissue setbacks for the Blues after being handed their first defeat of 2024 in Round 5. None of Saad or Mitch McGovern could finish off the game in the two-point loss, while Adam Cerra was a late withdrawal from the...
A late twist in one of the games of the year saw Adelaide save their season – and perhaps their coach’s career.The task before the Adelaide Crows on the weekend was enormous – a road trip, an undefeated Carlton and a season to salvage. Lose, and it was pretty much curtains. Lose, and the heat on Matthew...
“It shows how quickly it can change from where we were a couple of weeks ago”
The Match Review Officer is likely to look at these two separate incidents from Saturday's matches.
“It’s amazing what one kick can do to a change room.”
Bitterly disappointed Carlton coach Michael Voss said he assumes the score review process arrived at the correct decision in a controversial call late the third quarter that denied the Blues a goal.
Undefeated Carlton and winless Adelaide do battle in an intriguing fixture between two sides at opposite ends of the AFL spectrum at Marvel Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Josh Rachele's 21st birthday week could be the perfect motivation for the Adelaide Crows as they look to rescue their season.
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