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Cats claw past slow-starting Adelaide for crucial win

Slow-starting Adelaide have suffered consecutive heartbreaking losses after Geelong fought past the Crows' late comeback to claim a crucial eight-point win.

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Rankine will be better for the run: Crows coach

Adelaide coach Matthew Nicks says his star player Izak Rankine will be better for the run after a subdued comeback from a four-game suspension.

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'Pretty encouraging': understated and unbeaten Bulldogs

Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge is well satisfied with an unbeaten start to the season featuring two precious away wins.

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Confident Crows embrace Western Bulldogs challenge

An Adelaide veteran says his confident club is embracing the challenge of hosting the red-hot Western Bulldogs.

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'Let him loose': Crows coach on return of banned star

Adelaide coach Matthew Nicks says Izak Rankine will be let loose in his comeback from a four-game ban for a homophobic slur.

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Rankine return looms as Crows ready for red-hot Dogs

Adelaide will welcome back Izak Rankine from suspension against the Western Bulldogs with the midfielder overcoming a pre-season hamstring strain.

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AFL 2026 predicted ladder part three: Brisbane’s best may be yet to come

Everything about the Lions suggests they have more to show, while Fremantle and Gold Coast are stacked with talent but don’t seem ready

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From the Pocket: Charlie Curnow was let off too easily for jumping ship

The key forward never quite delivered on the promise or hype at Carlton and in the long term the Blues will be better off without his gravitational draw

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Saints reveal King comeback plan, star Crow hurt

St Kilda have revealed the comeback timeline for an injury-prone forward as Adelaide add another key player to their injury list.

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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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