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Steve Larkin

Crows star Rankine set for full-time midfield role

Adelaide dynamo Izak Rankine is set for more midfield minutes this season. (Matt Turner/AAP PHOTOS)

Adelaide linchpin Izak Rankine's crafty forward era appears over, with the star Crow a centrepiece of Matthew Nicks' desire to coach a more assertive team.

Rankine, renowned among the AFL's most dangerous small forwards, will be deployed primarily as a midfielder this season, starting with Sunday's Adelaide Oval match against St Kilda.

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