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A different hunger: Crows note shift from finals flop

Adelaide coach Matthew Nicks says there's a different hunger among his players after crashing out of last year's finals with consecutive losses.

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Controversial Crow is hitting fresh heights: coach

Adelaide playmaker Izak Rankine, still serving an AFL ban for a homophobic comment, has taken his professionalism to another level, his coach says.

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Travball emerges, athletics surges, Brisbane basks in success: Australia’s biggest sporting moments of 2025

An Ashes-defining intervention, an NRL showstopper, and new hope forced on the AFL are among our writers’ great moments in Australian sports this year

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AFL shrugs off Rankine missing spicy Magpies-Crows game

AFL minor premiers Adelaide will open their 2026 campaign with a grudge match against Collingwood at the MCG, although there will be one very notable absentee.

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No excuses for straight-sets finals exit: Crows captain

Adelaide captain Jordan Dawson is refusing to blame injury, illness and Izak Rankine's ban for the Crows' finals failures.

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'We won't ever know': Crows coach on banned star

Coach Matthew Nicks admits Adelaide failed to handle the finals and says the on-field impact of Izak Rankine's ban will never be known.

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Adelaide’s chance to break streak of sadness is at hand in this year’s AFL finals

Winning a premiership would not heal the hurt felt after the death of Phil Walsh 10 years ago but it would mean something to some

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‘How much damage can we do?’ Adelaide expect to bounce back hard in AFL semi-final

After a horror first finals match since 2017 that puts them at risk of ignominy, Darcy Fogarty says the Crows have the belief to respond strongly

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'Haven't thought about it': Crows on straight-sets exit

Adelaide defender Rory Laird says a so-called straight sets exit from the finals hasn't crossed his mind ahead of hosting Hawthorn in a semi-final.

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Crows disappointed in crowd's jeering of Magpie Quaynor

The relentless jeering from the Adelaide Oval crowd of Collingwood's Isaac Quaynor has been labelled inappropriate by Crows leaders.

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Pies coach slams Adelaide crowd for jeering Quaynor

Collingwood's coach is disappointed in Adelaide Oval's crowd for jeering Isaac Quaynor, who was the target of a homophobic slur from banned Crow Izak Rankine.

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15 minutes of magic as Collingwood win qualifying final

Collingwood have defeated Adelaide by 24 points in the first AFL qualifying final with the victory created by a stunning quarter-hour of football.

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Added spice ensures Adelaide-Collingwood rivalry reaches boiling point in AFL finals

Soaring temperatures in recent contests mean it will be no surprise if things spill over when the two clubs meet again on Thursday night

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'We missed him': banned Crow apologises to teammates

Adelaide star Izak Rankine has apologised to his teammates after pledging to regain their trust after being banned for four AFL games for a homophobic slur.

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AFL finals: why every finalist can – and can’t – win the 2025 premiership

A weekend off has given the eight remaining teams time to work on their strengths and weaknesses – and us an opportunity to assess their chances

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Banned Crows star 'deeply sorry' for homophobic slur

Adelaide's Izak Rankine has returned to Australia and issued a public apology for a homophobic slur that led to his four-game ban in the AFL.

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No Josh-in: Crows rule out dynamic forward for final

A dynamic Adelaide forward has lost his race against time to be fit for the qualifying final against Collingwood.

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Time to make AFL safer for everyone: AFLPA president

Players' union president Darcy Moore hopes former player Mitch Brown coming out as bisexual can be an opportunity to shift the AFL's culture around homophobia.

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Mitch Brown Calls Out AFL Clubs Who’ve Yet To Respond To His Landmark Coming Out

“I can’t help but think about how my younger self would have felt if my club didn’t show their support for something like this back when I was playing.”

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'I underestimated my Crows teammates': prized recruit

Adelaide forward Alex Neal-Bullen says he underestimated his new teammates when he arrived from Melbourne at the end of last season.

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Mitch Brown’s words spoke to the queer footy community at a time when the AFL put it last

Community is everything in Australian rules football and Brown chose this moment to speak his truth so that others might draw strength from his experience

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AFLW great lauds Brown for revealing his sexuality

An AFLW star is among many to praise former West Coast utility Mitch Brown for being the first AFL player to publicly say he is bisexual.

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Mitch Brown Comes Out As First Openly Bisexual AFL Player In History To Spark Change

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Banned star features in All-Australian squad

The All-Australian squad has some notable names missing, while a recent controversy means a star will be in the spotlight when the final team is named.

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Banned Crow won't be defined by slur, says teammate

Adelaide's ex-captain Taylor Walker says his teammate Izak Rankine won't be defined by his four-game ban for a homophobic slur.

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