Adelaide Football Club (SANFL)

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Adelaide
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Names
Full nameAdelaide Football Club
Nickname(s)Crows, Crows Reserves, Whites, White Noise [1] , West Lakes boys [2]
Indigenous rounds:Kuwarna
MottoNatus Ad Magna Gerenda
(Born to do great things)
2024 season
After finals6th
Home-and-away season6th
Leading goalkicker Lachlan Gollant (29)
Best and fairest Kieran Strachan
Club details
Founded1991 (AFL establishment)
2014 (SANFL entry)
Colours  Navy Blue   Red   Gold
Competition South Australian National Football League
Coach Michael Godden [3]
Captain(s) Jack Madgen [4]
Ground(s)Adelaide Oval capacity 53,500
Uniforms
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Official website afc.com.au/SANFL

The Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed the Crows, is an Australian rules football reserves team which competes in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Though the Adelaide Football Club was formed in 1990 for the national AFL competition, it was not until 2014 that the club was granted a license to field a dedicated reserves team in the SANFL. [5]

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History

The Adelaide Football Club was created as an entity in late 1990 as part of the Australian Football League's expansion into non-Victorian areas. [6] The club first competed in the 1991 AFL season, finishing a respectable ninth on the ladder at the end of the season before first competing in a finals series in 1993.

From 2011, Adelaide club officials began expressing genuine interest in the formation of a stand-alone reserves side in the SANFL competition, rather than continuing with the draft policy which resulted in Adelaide-listed players being released to SANFL clubs when not selected for the AFL team. Originally, considerable opposition from the SANFL clubs and the South Australia Football Commission resulted in the club being denied a SANFL licence; Chairperson John Olsen contending such a change would "compromise the SANFL competition" as well as have a negative impact on league depth, talent, competitiveness and gate takings. [7]

In response, Adelaide made it clear that it intended to establish a stand-alone reserves team from 2014, and that it was prepared to field the team in the South Australian Amateur Football League or in another state if the SANFL continued to refuse it entry. [8] Following improved negotiations between Adelaide executives and SANFL clubs, [9] the Crows' bid for a SANFL stand-alone side was approved by a vote of 6-2 of club executive representatives in August 2013. [10] The 15-year agreement results in Adelaide being required to pay an annual licence fee of $400,000 and commitments to retain the integrity of the SANFL, including an agreement not to rest players. [10]

Adelaide's first SANFL premiership match was against North Adelaide on April 6, 2014. [11]

Club structure

As part of the formation of a stand-alone Adelaide Crows team in the SANFL, several points of agreement were made to apply to the club once it began competing from 2014: [12]

Ahead of the 2015 season, SANFL executives outlined additional new measures in relation to Adelaide's player list: [13]

Minor round matches

The Crows are permitted the use of one home game from its two annual matches against the Port Adelaide reserves team (nicknamed the Port Adelaide Magpies). However, as part of the agreement allowing Adelaide to field a stand-alone team in the SANFL, the Crows are required to play all other regular season games at the home ground of their opponents. The only exception to this was the Round 15 2016 match, when it hosted Sturt at Thebarton.

List of home grounds

YearsVenueLocationNotes
2014Clare Oval Clare SANFL Showdown I
2015Balaklava Oval Balaklava SANFL Showdown III
2016Mannum Oval Mannum SANFL Showdown V
2016 Thebarton Oval Thebarton Vs. Sturt
2017 Woodville Oval Woodville SANFL Showdown VII
2018Kadina Oval Kadina SANFL Showdown X
2019Port Pirie Oval Port Pirie SANFL Showdown XI
2021 Adelaide Oval North Adelaide SANFL Showdown XIII

Guernsey

Since competing in the SANFL competition, Adelaide has worn a guernsey that differs from the home guernsey of their AFL side. From 2014 to 2019, the SANFL side wore a "v-shape" style guernsey, chosen by members, that featured the red, gold and navy colours of the traditional strip in the upper third of the front of the guernsey, with a white base covering the remainder of the guernsey. [14] [15] Ahead of the 2021 season, the Crows switched to a hooped guernsey similar to the traditional AFL strip, but with gold and blue hoops on a predominantly red base. [16] Since 2022, Adelaide have worn the same Indigenous guernsey as their AFL and AFL Women's counterparts.

Season results and honours

SeasonLadderW–L–DFinalsCoachCaptain(s)Best & FairestLeading GoalkickerKit
2014 8th7–11–0DNQ Heath Younie Ian Callinan Ian CallinanIan Callinan (27) [17] Puma
2015 7th8–9–1Ian Callinan (2) James Podsiadly (46) [18] BLK
2016 4th11–7–0Preliminary Finalist Luke Carey Jonathon Beech Harry Dear (37)
2017 8th7–11–0DNQ Ryan O’Keefe Alex Keath & Hugh Greenwood Scott Thompson Troy Menzel (24) ISC
2018 10th1–17–0 Ryan O’Keefe Rotating Captains (Alex Keath, Tom Doedee,
Cam Ellis-Yolmen, Reilly O'Brien, Paul Hunter)		 Patrick Wilson Ben Davis (22)
2019 3rd11–6–1Preliminary FinalistHeath Younie Matthew Wright Patrick Wilson (2) Tyson Stengle (30)
2020 Did not field a team due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 8th5–13–0DNQ Michael Godden Matthew Wright Kieran Strachan Billy Frampton (24) O'Neills
2022 2nd12–6–0Preliminary FinalistKieran Strachan (2) Matthew Wright (35)
2023 3rd13–5–0 Jackson Hately Lachlan Gollant (42)
2024 6th8–10–0DNQ Jack Madgen Kieran Strachan (3)Lachlan Gollant (2) (29)

Premierships: 0
Runners up: 0
Minor premierships: 0
Wooden spoons: 1 (2018)
Magarey Medalists: 0
Jack Oatey Medalists: 0
Ken Farmer Medalists: 0

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References

  1. ↑ https://crowshistory.afc.com.au/adelaide-sanfl-jumpers
  2. ↑ https://crowshistory.afc.com.au/facilities-timeline
  3. ↑ "SANFL: 26-man development squad revealed". afc.com.au. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  4. ↑ Griffith, Della (9 February 2024). "Crows name 2024 SANFL Captain". Adelaide Football Club.
  5. ↑ "Potential Crows SANFL guernseys - vote for the one you think Adelaide reserves should wear next season". Adelaide Advertiser. 16 August 2013.
  6. ↑ "Adelaide Crows - A Short History (Archived)". Adelaidefc.com.au. July 2010. Archived from the original on 27 July 2010.
  7. ↑ "SA clubs say no to reserves teams". Adelaidenow.com.au. 22 June 2012.
  8. ↑ "Adelaide says it will get a reserves side, but not in the SANFL next year". HeraldSun.com.au. 5 August 2013.
  9. ↑ "Adelaide Crows said meeting with SANFL clubs on reserves teams went well". ABC News Australia. 5 July 2013.
  10. 1 2 "Crows reserves bid approved by SANFL, Power offered place in revised competition". ABC News Australia. 16 August 2013.
  11. ↑ "SANFL program released". Adelaidefc.com.au. 20 December 2013.
  12. ↑ "SANFL: agreement details". Adelaidefc.com.au. 15 August 2013.
  13. ↑ New SANFL rules for Crows in 2015
  14. ↑ "Revealed: the new Crows SANFL jumper". Indaily.com.au. 7 November 2013.
  15. ↑ "Crows vote for traditional SANFL guernsey". afl.com.au. 7 November 2013.
  16. ↑ "SANFL: Introducing our new guernsey". afc.com.au. 24 February 2021.
  17. ↑ Callinan crowned state league club champion, goal kicking winner
  18. ↑ Alleway wins Ken Farmer Medal ahead of Podsiadly
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