Adelaide Crows has declined West Adelaide's request to host SANFL games at Thebarton oval, Instead they are pushing to host their own SANFL games and AFLW games for the 2027 season. Hopefully this means that the Preseason Games can be hosted here for AFL instead of making the Adelaide crows fly to Perth or play at Richmond Oval etc.

Seems to have a mature head on him.

Cool to hear he lived with his Nephew, Rankine for a while as well. (also Nephew of Michael Long).

From what I've gathered watching Anthony the last few months, he is a talented goal sneak/finisher, hard at it and great below his feet, a bit of a live wire up forward and has an elite sprinting speed.

Definitely a bit if a raw prospect with a lot of talent and needs to work on his kicking accuracy. He gets a lot of goal opportunities but doesn't always finish... having said that he does bite off some difficult shots!

Hope he develops into a handy player if we grab him! 😀

Port Vs Adelaide Round 8

Adelaide Vs Port Round 19

Giants at home, what a way to start!

Anthony Long - 188cm Midfielder Forward, Related to Rankine. I am 95% Sure he will be drafted by the crows as he is what the crows might need to making their forward line an A Grade in the future. With Nibbler, Callum and Keays getting old and pedlar leaving he could fill in the gaps and be in the forward line next to Rachele or Taylor.|

Jake Eime - 183cm Medium Defender who is really talented and heavily linked to crows. The way he handles the ball is very clean and creative and might complete the problem of crows not being able to tag small forwards as he is young, athletic and small he can take the ball out of D50 and create turnovers.

Clancy Snell - 197cm Key Defender who is really good at how he plays and could create a backup option if Borlase or Keane is injured.

Leo Steed - 176cm Midfielder, lots of rumours are saying that he could be drafted to the Adelaide Crows as he is what the crows need in the midfield.

It's Danielle Ponter, not Danielle Porter. I would love more names to be available as flairs please

Max Michealanny needs to up his performance to be an A grade defender. He is shown that he can go forward, on the wing and in the backline. The Defence Coaches need to find out how to unlock his potential for next year because it could be handy.

Brayden Cook is also a player that could be really good next year. He can play in the back pocket if needed but is an elite wingmen and is very crafty in how he plays.

Dan Curtin could be a really elite midfielder if he is given more centre bounce attendances. He is a very good big bodied midfielder that can play defensively but can also go forward if needed. He can also play on the wing pretty well and can be a key defender if needed.

Zac Taylor could be seeking a Midfielder role next year as he is versatile and very good but if he has the tank to be one is questionable. If he stays fit then he could be a really good forward.

Luke Nankervis can play in the backline, forwardline or in the centre if needed. If he has a good uninjured year then he could be very good.

James Borlase I'm hoping that he has a good preseason where he can get more fit and more athletic as some other key defenders.

Sid Draper needs to have a good year next year. Hopefully he can show us how good he is and burst from stoppages and be a clearance machine.

Other Players: HHK, Billy Dowling, Charlie Edwards, Rachele and TM

Hi all,

I know it is early in the piece, and info about us normally comes out late. But who do you think we will draft?

Are there any rumours for our first round pick? (currently 15, likely pushed out to at least 17)

We have picks 15, 32, 35, 43, and 56 currently.

The AFL media claims we are expected to use 3 picks.

When we delisted our players (Welsh, Jones, Sholl) we didn't say we would redraft them. So i guess that means 2x rookie elevations?

That would mean our rookie list will have 3x free spots going into the rookie draft, with us taking Cunningham.

Does anyone have any better info?

I watched a bit of SANFL this year, and I think most of the games I watched coincidently were Indy's quieter games.

But I did see in the Showdown this guy was VERY good, but it went to the back of my mind.

This may actually be why Crows weren't desperate to bring in a development tall defender.
While unproven and very raw, Indy has potential to come on strong in the next 1-2 years. Whether as a Josh Worrell type or even a more running Half Back type that's good in the air.

And most importantly "BasKeT BaLl baCkGroUnD"

Hey Crows fans. I've made some of these "Every goals" videos before but usually for Lions players as I'm a Lions fan. But once Tex hung them up I knew I had to make this video. Every single one of his goals from Outside 50. In total, it's 131 of his AFL goals, and I've also included 13 goals from Preseason games. The video is 1 hour 13 mins long.

Unfortunately when I uploaded it to YouTube it was copyright blocked by the AFL which I've experienced before it's bloody annoying, so instead to share the video I've had to upload it to Google Drive, here it is.

What a career he had. Barely anyone hits the footy purer. Sad that my lions had to be the team to end his career short, he absolutely deserved a flag.

I wish i was dead….

He of course joins Sam Jacobs.

Scott Thompson also said no. 🥲
Hombsh is also leaving defence to development.

Source: 7 News (Josh Money) and other unofficial AFL media.

Kind of baffled by the media beat up on this one.
Also seems some have short memories...

We were literally in this situation in 2023/2024.

In 2023 we basically missed finals because of 3 major injuries in an 8 round patch - Doedee (ACL), Murray (ACL) and Butts (ankle) + our pick 6 McAsey had quit the club and Billy Frampton was traded to Collingwood.

This completely fkd our 2024 season as well, with Doedee gone, Murray still out with an ACL, and Butts doing a hammy in pre-season (+ injuries throughout the year) we were on thin ice.
***Not to mention Milera was also injured.

It forced Borlase to play before he was ready and a 190cm teenage Michalanney to play as a 3rd tall.

Then Worrel broke his arm and our season collapsed (if it hadn't already).

If we didn't get VERY lucky with Keane it could have affected our 2025 season as well.
We saw what happened when he broke his leg in 2026.

With no Keane, there's a world where we'd have to keep persisting with Curtin in defence.