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Justin Chadwick

Crows hope 2018 camp ghosts won't linger

Coach Matthew Nicks doesn't expect trauma over Adelaide's 2018 camp to spill into next year. (Matt Turner/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Adelaide coach Matthew Nicks is confident the ghosts from the club's ill-fated 2018 pre-season camp won't linger into next pre-season.

The Crows put a week of torment behind them to post a 16-point AFL win over West Coast in Perth on Sunday.

The lead-in to the match was dominated by new revelations of the 2018 camp on the Gold Coast that left a number of players traumatised.

Eddie Betts' revelations about the camp in his autobiography were followed by more damning information as Josh Jenkins detailed his own harrowing experiences.

A total of eight players who played against West Coast were part of the camp.

Nicks does not think his team's pre-season for next year will be affected by more fallout from the 2018 camp.

"Not at all," Nicks said.

"We're a professional outfit.

"I can't question the professionalism around the footy club. That's on-field, but it's also off-field. We have an amazing group of people, from admin to footy department.

"Nothing changed during the week. Guys were professional and got to work. We got across here and were ready to play. In the end, we got the result we were after."

Forward Taylor Walker, who was captain at the time of the 2018 camp, struggled against the Eagles on Sunday, tallying just one disposal in the first half before finishing the match with one goal from five disposals.

Nicks was evasive when asked whether Walker had been affected by the camp controversy re-emerging.

"I can't speak for Tex. We've had conversations, he'll continue to go to work," Nicks said.

"We went to work as a group. Tex was one of those. None trained better than him and at the level. He'll put that aside and move on and play next week."

Nicks says he will continue to support players needing it.

"We are open to where we are at, what we're working on. We made sure we had support around everyone we could," Nicks said.

"I'll continue to do that, talk to players who have retired and gone to other clubs.

"We're always looking to put an arm around those who need it. Also stay in touch with those who don't."

Adelaide defender Will Hamill was subbed off in the second quarter of Sunday's match with concussion after receiving an accidental elbow from Jack Darling in a marking contest.

It was the sixth time Hamill has been concussed in his 38-game career.

"It is concerning, But it's something we're on top of with Will," Nicks said.

"We won't take any chances. Everything we do with Will is about his welfare.

"Will's got a game where he loves to compete. He'll go for every ball there.

"He doesn't weigh as much as some of the players that run into him."

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