Adelaide
Names
Full nameAdelaide Football Club
Nickname(s)Crows
MottoNatus Ad Magna Gerenda
(Born to do great things)
2023 season
After finals3rd
Home-and-away season3rd
Leading goalkickerLachlan Gollant
Best and fairestJackson Hately
Club details
Founded1991 (AFL establishment)
2014 (SANFL entry)
Colours  Navy Blue   Red   Gold
CompetitionSouth Australian National Football League
CoachMichael Godden[1]
Captain(s)Matthew Wright[1]
Ground(s)Various - see "List of home grounds"
Uniforms
Home
Other information
Official websiteafc.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.[2]

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.[3] 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.[4]

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.[5] Following improved negotiations between Adelaide executives and SANFL clubs,[6] the Crows' bid for a SANFL stand-alone side was approved by a vote of 6-2 of club executive representatives in August 2013.[7] 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.[7]

Adelaide's first SANFL premiership match was against North Adelaide on April 6, 2014.[8]

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:[9]

  • Adelaide SANFL team to be branded Adelaide Football Club
  • All Adelaide Football Club listed players (including Rookie listed) to play with Adelaide SANFL team should they not be selected in the AFL team.
  • SANFL Clubs can opt in / out of providing top up players to Adelaide.
  • Should SANFL Clubs chose to opt in, they agree to always have a minimum of 2 players available for selection for Adelaide.
  • These players will be: 18 – 22 years old and on a SANFL Club list.
  • Should it be necessary, Adelaide may access further ‘top up’ players from community football. These players are not to have played at SANFL level for a minimum of 18 months and will receive $400 per match.
  • Adelaide players are eligible to win the Magarey Medal.
  • Adelaide players not eligible for State Game representation.

Ahead of the 2015 season, SANFL executives outlined additional new measures in relation to Adelaide's player list:[10]

  • To be eligible for inclusion on the AFC Supplementary ('top up' players) List, a person must be under the age of 23...a player may play as a top-up player past the age of 23 as long as he is first listed prior to the age of 23. Adelaide will be able to retain current contracted players already over the age of 23.
  • AFC cannot contract 'top up' players for more than one year.
  • Players included on the list of AFC cannot be recruited from outside of South Australia.
  • Adelaide no longer permitted to include players from rival SANFL clubs, with all top-up players to be recruited from Community football clubs.

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 OvalClareSANFL Showdown I
2015Balaklava OvalBalaklavaSANFL Showdown III
2016Mannum OvalMannumSANFL Showdown V
2016Thebarton OvalThebartonVs. Sturt
2017Woodville OvalWoodvilleSANFL Showdown VII
2018Kadina OvalKadinaSANFL Showdown X
2019Port Pirie OvalPort PirieSANFL 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.[11][12] 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.[13]

Season results and honours

SeasonLadderW–L–DFinalsCoachCaptain(s)Best & FairestLeading GoalkickerKit
20148th7–11–0DNQHeath YounieIan CallinanIan CallinanIan Callinan (27)[14]Puma
20157th8–9–1DNQHeath YounieIan CallinanIan CallinanJames Podsiadly (46)[15]BLK
20164th11–7–0Preliminary FinalistHeath YounieLuke CareyJonathon BeechHarry Dear (37)
2017 8th 7–11–0 DNQ Ryan O’Keefe Alex Keath & Hugh Greenwood Scott Thompson Troy Menzel (24) ISC
2018 10th 1–17–0 DNQ Ryan O’Keefe Rotating Captains (Alex Keath, Tom Doedee,
Cam Ellis-Yolmen, Reilly O'Brien, Paul Hunter)		 Patrick Wilson Ben Davis (22)
20193rd11–6–1Preliminary FinalistHeath YounieMatthew WrightPatrick WilsonTyson Stengle (30)
2020 Did not field a team due to the COVID-19 pandemic
20218th5–13–0DNQMichael GoddenMatthew WrightKieran StrachanBilly Frampton (24)O'Neills
20222nd12–6–0Preliminary FinalistMichael GoddenMatthew WrightKieran StrachanMatthew Wright (35)O'Neills
20233rd13–5–0Preliminary FinalistMichael GoddenMatthew WrightJackson HatelyLachlan Gollant (42)O'Neills

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

See also

References

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