168-580: Nathan Fyfe (born 18 September 1991) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Fyfe is a dual Brownlow Medallist , dual Leigh Matthews Trophy recipient, three-time All-Australian (including as captain in the 2019 team ) and three-time Doig Medallist . He received a nomination for the 2010 AFL Rising Star award in round 9 of
336-638: A dominion , leagues were also established in the major cities. This renewed popularity helped encourage the formation of the Australasian Football Council , which in 1908 in Melbourne staged the first national interstate competition, the Jubilee Australasian Football Carnival , with teams representing each state and New Zealand. The game was also established early on in the new territories. In
504-734: A reserves team in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), along with the other South Australian football team in the Port Adelaide Football Club . The men's team is currently coached by Matthew Nicks and is captained by Jordan Dawson . After the VFL was renamed the AFL for the 1990 season, the SANFL clubs unanimously resolved, in 1990, that a team would not be entered into
672-488: A 103-point loss to fading champions St Kilda , the club's longest-serving coach Neil Craig stepped down, handing the reins to assistant coach and former premiership captain Mark Bickley as caretaker for the remainder of the season. Under Bickley the club won three of their next four games, but lost their final two to Richmond and West Coast , finishing in 14th place with 7 wins and 15 losses. Scott Thompson won
840-533: A 17–5 win–loss record, resulting in Fremantle finishing 1st on the ladder for the first time in club history and claiming the McClelland Trophy . Fyfe had a strong start to the finals series, recording 32 disposals and 8 clearances in Fremantle's win over Sydney in the qualifying final. Fyfe played in Fremantle's preliminary final loss against Hawthorn with a fractured leg, only recording 24 disposals in
1008-512: A career best season, recording a total of 87 disposals, 8 goals, 21 tackles, and 22 clearances in the next three games, during those three games Fyfe kicked an equal game-high four goals against North Melbourne in Round 4. Unfortunately for Fyfe, he suffered another fracture to the same leg in Round 5. He had a plate inserted into the leg, and in May 2016, following medical advice, Fremantle opted to have
1176-542: A career-best 43 disposals against the Western Bulldogs and 14 clearances against Gold Coast. In his 150th senior appearance for Fremantle, Fyfe recorded 30 disposals, 2 goals, and 7 inside-fifties, along with earning a goal of the year nomination for his crafty snap against Carlton in the 57-point win. Fyfe suffered a hamstring injury in Fremantle's Round 15 clash against the Brisbane Lions, hobbling off in
1344-517: A century. State of Origin rules, introduced in 1977, stipulated that rather than representing the state of their adopted club, players would return to play for the state they were first recruited in. This instantly broke Victoria's stranglehold over state titles and Western Australia and South Australia began to win more of their games against Victoria. Both New South Wales and Tasmania scored surprise victories at home against Victoria in 1990. The term " Barassi Line ", named after VFL star Ron Barassi ,
1512-517: A clash with the home team's guernsey design. Initially, the only clubs officially on the "clash list" were Carlton , Essendon , Fremantle , Melbourne and Richmond . Despite this, the AFL forced the club to wear it against other teams, such as Hawthorn and St Kilda in 2007, West Coast in 2008 and the Brisbane Lions in 2008 and 2009. Eventually, the clash jumper was required to be worn in nearly all away games. The first clash guernsey
1680-546: A clear forward 50 mark to Geelong's Leigh Colbert during a critical stage of the third quarter was not awarded by field umpire Grant Vernon, with the game concluding with the final scores as Adelaide 11.10 (76) to Geelong's 9.14 (68). This set up an away Preliminary Final against the Western Bulldogs at the MCG . Despite losing Coleman Medallist Tony Modra , who had kicked 84 goals for the season, to an ACL injury in
1848-664: A comprehensive upset 27-point win against the Swans in the wet, which set up a Preliminary Final rematch against the Western Bulldogs. Despite going into the match as underdogs, the Crows played some of their best football of the year to soundly beat the Dogs by 68 points - 24.17 (161) to 13.15 (93). It was a complete contrast to the thriller that took place the previous year, with Matthew Robran kicking six goals and Andrew McLeod , opposed to renowned tagger Tony Liberatore , booting seven. Like
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#17327976387102016-476: A decision unrelated to the reviews that were occurring. The 2018 Adelaide Crows pre-season camp was a summer camp undertaken by players of the Adelaide Football Club from 29 January to 2 February in the lead-up to the 2018 AFL season. In Eddie Betts' biography, he released details of what happened at the camp. These revelations caused many to question what had been said to that point regarding
2184-568: A disappointing year in 1999 , premiership coach Malcolm Blight resigned from the role and the Crows entered the new millennium with two premierships under their belt. The Crows next made the finals in 2001 AFL season , though they lost their opening three matches for the season. Adelaide played fifth-placed Carlton at the MCG in the First Elimination Final and were roundly defeated, 17.16 (118) to 6.14 (50). High-profile forward Darren Jarman announced his retirement after
2352-501: A famous win in what remains the only Showdown match against rivals Port Adelaide in the semi-finals. They then lost once more at the penultimate stage (preliminary final), to the West Coast Eagles at Subiaco Oval by 16 points. This was repeated in 2006 when they again lost to West Coast in the preliminary final, this time at home and by an even smaller margin of 10 points. Adelaide would qualify for finals for each of
2520-419: A game for either medical or tactical reasons. Players on the playing surface can be swapped with those on the interchange bench at any time. They must though pass through a designated "Interchange Area". In the event a player fails to pass through this area correctly, or if too many players from one team are found to be on the ground at a time, a free kick will be awarded to the opposing side. While there
2688-509: A game, recording a career-high goals (24), and was now being considered one of the elite midfielders in the league. He was suspended again late in the season for a behind the play strike on Jordan Lewis , missing the final two matches before returning for the finals. Fyfe had a strong final series, recording 29 disposals, 5 inside-fifties, 7 clearances and 1 goal in the qualifying final against Sydney. Fyfe followed up that performance by recording 28 disposals, 11 tackles, 7 clearances, and 2 goals in
2856-404: A hamstring injury during Fremantle's round nineteen game against Richmond which saw him side lined for the next three games, he made his return during Fremantle's round 23 clash against Greater Western Sydney . Fyfe was expected to partake in Fremantle's finals campaign but another hamstring injury sustained during training on the opposite leg of his previous hamstring injury saw him ruled out for
3024-399: A mark is taken, a small protected zone is established on the field, extending 10 metres (11 yd) either side of "the mark" and the player who marked the ball, with a small protected corridor between "the mark" and the player. The opposition player is permitted to jump, but is not allowed to move from their position on "the mark". Any other movements result in a distance penalty (50 metres in
3192-408: A minor hamstring injury in Round 4 against Gold Coast. He went on to only miss one match, returning in Fremantle's comeback win against St Kilda to be among the best players with two goals; however, Fyfe strained the same hamstring at training a few days later, and was expected to miss several matches, before returning in Fremantle's upset win over Collingwood in Round 9. Fyfe played almost half of
3360-457: A move home to South Australia and subsequently nominating the Crows, high-value Sydney wingman Jordan Dawson was traded to Adelaide in the 2021 trade period . The trade would prove influential in Adelaide's rise out of the bottom four in 2022. The Crows hosted the first-ever Friday night Showdown in Round 3, and claimed one of their best-ever wins via an after-the-siren bending kick from
3528-409: A one-club player. There were lofty aspirations going into 2019, with many expecting them to play finals or even in the premiership. Despite fewer injuries, the club failed to meet these lofty expectations of finals, finishing 11th with 10 wins, 12 losses, and 100.9 percentage points. There was much media coverage given to the team throughout the season, with concerns raised about player retention and
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#17327976387103696-451: A player breaks a rule, a free kick is awarded to the opposing team, from the location that the misconduct occurred, or the ball's current location—whichever is closer to the team's scoring zone. As when a mark is taken, this location is called "the mark", and the same protections regarding the space apply. Adelaide Football Club The Adelaide Football Club , nicknamed the Crows , is
3864-580: A premiership threat. Since season 2000, a loss in the finals by a team outside the top four would result in instant elimination, but the Crows benefited from a quirk in the McIntyre finals system that was in use during the 90's and still progressed to the second week, drawn to play a semi final against the Sydney Swans at the SCG . The Crows bounced back from their disappointing first finals loss and recorded
4032-598: A professional Australian rules football club based in Adelaide , South Australia that was founded in 1990. The Crows have fielded a men's team in the Australian Football League (AFL) since 1991, and a women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition since 2017. The club's offices and training facilities are located in the western Adelaide suburb of West Lakes , at the site of the club's former home ground Football Park . Since 2014 Adelaide have played home matches at
4200-514: A proposed hybrid code of Australian football and rugby league , the predominant code of football in New South Wales and Queensland, was trialled without success. In Queensland, the state league went into recess for the duration of the war. VFL club University left the league and went into recess due to severe casualties. The WAFL lost two clubs and the SANFL was suspended for one year in 1916 due to heavy club losses. The Anzac Day match ,
4368-888: A pupil at Rugby School in England, and returned to his homeland a star athlete and cricketer. Two weeks later, Wills' friend, cricketer Jerry Bryant , posted an advertisement for a scratch match at the Richmond Paddock adjoining the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). This was the first of several "kickabouts" held that year involving members of the Melbourne Cricket Club , including Wills, Bryant, W. J. Hammersley and J. B. Thompson . Trees were used as goalposts and play typically lasted an entire afternoon. Without an agreed-upon code of laws, some players were guided by rules they had learned in
4536-556: A rapidly improving team that became known for their skilled ball use and ability to grind out wins. During the season, Adelaide was cleared of any wrongdoing by the AFL in the Eddie Betts affair, which became newsworthy following an allegation that Betts's transfer to the Crows from Carlton had been illegally signed and approved as much as 18 months prior to his move. Tragically, on 3 July, two days prior to Adelaide's then-scheduled round 14 match against Geelong , coach Phil Walsh
4704-456: A second-tier status. The VFA merged with the former VFL reserves competition in 1998, adopting the VFL name. State of Origin also declined in importance, especially after an increasing number of player withdrawals. The AFL turned its focus to the annual International Rules Series against Ireland in 1998 before abolishing State of Origin the following year. State and territorial leagues still contest interstate matches, as do AFL Women players. In
4872-464: A select few ways as defined by the Laws of Australian Football, published by the AFL. The ball can be propelled in any direction by way of a kick or a clenched fist (called a handball )—deemed a correct disposal. Failure to dispose of the ball in one of these two methods will result in a free kick to the opposing team. If the ball is not currently in a player's possession, it can be moved legally through
5040-467: A similar one the next week, recording 31 disposals and 9 clearances. Fyfe continued this form throughout the season and was considered as being one of the favourites to win the Brownlow Medal . Fyfe finished the season with a career-high disposals (583) and a career-high average, increasing his disposal average to 29.2. Fyfe made the 2019 All-Australian Team, his first time making it since 2015, and
5208-620: A similar situation existing in Western Australia in the sport, the VFL pursued a more national competition. Two more non-Victorian clubs, West Coast and Brisbane , joined the league in 1987 generating more than $ 8 million in license revenue for the Victorian clubs and increasing broadcast revenues which helped the Victorian clubs survive. In their early years, the Sydney and Brisbane clubs struggled both on and off-field because
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5376-498: A slightly modified version of the Victorian game in 1879. The South Australian Football Association (SAFA), the sport's first governing body , formed on 30 April 1877, firmly establishing Victorian rules as the preferred code in that colony. The Victorian Football Association (VFA) formed the following month. Clubs began touring the colonies in the late 1870s, and in 1879 the first intercolonial match took place in Melbourne between Victoria and South Australia . To standardise
5544-496: A soldier with a bugle . It marks a new design trend not before seen in Adelaide's guernseys, with chevrons used rather than the traditional hoops, and the use of a gradient. The guernsey was worn in round 7 against North Melbourne . The proceeds of the auctioned player-issue guernseys will be donated to the RSL . In previous seasons, the Crows have had variations of alternate guernseys. The club briefly used an alternate design in
5712-406: A technique known shepherding when the ball is within 5 metres (5.5 yd) of an opposition player. Shepherding involves the use of a player's body to push, bump or otherwise block an opposition player, providing they do not have possession of the ball. If a player takes possession of the ball that has travelled more than 15 metres (16 yd) from another player's kick, by way of a catch within
5880-427: A uniform code known as "Victorian rules". In 1866, the "first distinctively Victorian rule", the running bounce , was formalised at a meeting of club delegates chaired by H. C. A. Harrison , an influential pioneer who took up football in 1859 at the invitation of Wills, his cousin. The game around this time was defensive and low-scoring, played low to the ground in congested rugby-style scrimmages. The typical match
6048-411: A white outline to the numbers from 1996 to 2020 which has now been removed since the start of the 2021 season , and the removal of yellow cuffs and addition of navy blue panels down the sides (due to manufacturers template design) in 2006 . In 2009 the yellow cuffs and full hoops returned. In 2010 the hoops were cut off again at the sides. For 2016 , the club removed the side panels, returning to
6216-405: Is analogous to a basketball center and as such rucks are typically the tallest player on the team. Lifting teammates is not allowed so the ruck may only jump to reach the ball. If the ruck does not take possession of the football, it must must be tapped or fisted, which is known as a hit-out. An effective hit-out that passes the ball to a teammate is known as a hit-out to advantage. In the event
6384-460: Is known as the Goal Line. Around the perimeter of the field, two white lines are drawn between the set of behind posts in an arc-shape, marking the field of play. Other field markings include: The 50m arcs, centre square, centre circle and goal square are used at the beginning of each quarter or after each goal. With each team permitted a maximum of six players in each 50m arc, with one in
6552-470: Is no set uniform, the basic equipment for Australian football consists of a guernsey, shorts, socks and boots, with additional pieces of apparel such as headbands and gloves additionally being permitted. Players may wear certain pieces of protective equipment, such as helmets or arm guards, if approved by the relevant controlling body. Mouthguards are strongly recommended for all players. Players are not permitted to wear jewellery, or other materials which
6720-493: Is officiated by at least five match officials, known as an umpire . These match officials are placed into three categories based upon their roles and responsibilities, with varying minimum numbers of Umpires required depending on position: At AFL level, a video score review system is utilised. Only umpires are permitted to request a review, and only scoring shots and potential scoring shots are permitted to be reviewed. An Australian rules football may only be propelled forward in
6888-482: Is paid. Players can tackle using their hands or use their whole body to obstruct opponents. Dangerous physical contact (such as pushing an opponent in the back ), interference when marking, and deliberately slowing the play are discouraged with free kicks, distance penalties , or suspension for a certain number of matches depending on the severity of the infringement. The game features frequent physical contests, spectacular marking , fast movement of both players and
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7056-783: Is used. The ball must be inflated to a pressure of 69 kilopascals (10.0 pounds per square inch). There are no defined laws regarding what material a ball must be made from, but standard AFL match-used balls are produced by Sherrin using cowhide leather. While there is no standard colour of the ball, red and yellow are most common and the only colours used at AFL level. Yellow is used for games beginning after 3 pm or in an enclosed stadium, due to its greater visibility, and to assist score reviews. Unlike other forms of football which are played on rectangular fields, Australian rules football playing fields are oval-shaped, and are between 135 and 185 metres (148 and 202 yd) long and 110 and 155 metres (120 and 170 yd) wide. At either end of
7224-414: Is worn at all matches designated as home games for the club as well as in selected away games (currently only Geelong , Port Adelaide , Western Bulldogs , and Sydney ). The jumper is worn with navy shorts at all home and away games, except for away Showdowns , where it is paired with white shorts. It has had only minor variations through its history since debuting with the club in 1991 , including adding
7392-433: The 2021 AFL season before being side lined for three games after injuring his shoulder in Fremantle's Round 12 clash against the Western Bulldogs . Round 17 saw Fyfe play his 200th game, he was arguably best on ground collecting 31 disposals and kicking a goal in Fremantle's 62-point victory over Hawthorn. Fyfe had his season cut short when he reinjured his shoulder in Fremantle's Round 19 game against Sydney . Fyfe missed
7560-402: The 2021 AFL season , beating the reigning Grand Finalists Geelong in an upset victory. The Crows improved slightly over their disastrous 2020 campaign, losing only one of their first four games. Walker was banned from the AFL for six games between the 2021 and 2022 AFL seasons due to racist comments directed towards Robbie Young of North Adelaide during a SANFL match. After requesting
7728-615: The Adelaide Oval , a 53,500-seat stadium located on the northern bank on the River Torrens in North Adelaide . The Crows were formed in 1990 as the de facto state team representing South Australia in the AFL. They were originally owned by the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), though they gained administrative independence in 2014. They played their first season in 1991 and finished in 9th place,
7896-482: The Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's only fully professional competition, is the nation's wealthiest sporting body. The AFL Grand Final , held annually at the Melbourne Cricket Ground , is the second-highest-attended club championship event in the world . The sport is also played at amateur level in many countries and in several variations . Its rules are governed by the AFL Commission with
8064-467: The Grand Final , having come first in the minor round and won both of their finals by margins of 46 and 31 points, against an Adelaide side without Tony Modra, Mark Ricciuto and goalsneak Peter Vardy due to injury. However, the Crows again overcame a half-time deficit, kicking 14 second-half goals to win by 31 points, 19.11 (125) to 13.16 (94). Darren Jarman kicked six goals, five of which came in
8232-409: The Grand Final , their first since 1998, where they faced Richmond . Despite starting as rampaging hot favourites, the Crows lost the match by 48 points and finished runners-up for the first time in their history. The club struggled to replicate its 2017 form in the 2018 AFL season . Prior to the season, Adelaide players went on a controversial pre-season camp that led to a decline in morale among
8400-555: The Sydney Swans in Sydney since 1996. He collected 23 possessions, four clearances, five tackles and seven marks and played on senior Sydney player Ryan O'Keefe for most of the game. Fyfe continued to improve and had a sensational second season in the AFL, finishing a close second to Matthew Pavlich in the Doig Medal . He featured in the top five in almost every key performance indicator category at Fremantle in 2011. Fyfe topped
8568-407: The field umpire has deemed to be either potentially dangerous or increase the risk of injury to other players. Australian rules football is played with an ellipsoid ball, between 72 and 73 cm (28 and 29 in) in long circumference, and 54.5 and 55.5 cm (21.5 and 21.9 in) in short circumference. For women's competitions, a smaller ball size of 69 and 53 cm (27 and 21 in)
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#17327976387108736-438: The oval ball between the central goal posts (worth six points), or between a central and outer post (worth one point, otherwise known as a "behind"). During general play, players may position themselves anywhere on the field and use any part of their bodies to move the ball. The primary methods are kicking , handballing and running with the ball. There are rules on how the ball can be handled; for example, players running with
8904-584: The pre-season competition in 2003 , the club's first win in that competition. The Crows' impressive 2003 season was eventually halted by the Brisbane Lions at the Gabba in the semi-finals. That season, Adelaide captain Mark Ricciuto became the first and (as of 2023) only Crow to win the Brownlow Medal for the best and fairest player in the AFL in a three-way tie with Adam Goodes and Nathan Buckley . The Crows returned to finals in 2005 and recorded
9072-561: The 2005 heritage round, the Crows wore an adaptation of a 1930s South Australian state guernsey, with the AFC monogram replacing the SA monogram, which prompted outrage from Port Adelaide coach Mark Williams . The club returned to a similar home design for the 2006 and 2007 Heritage Rounds, with the left panel of the guernsey featuring the colours of all SANFL clubs, before the Heritage Round
9240-751: The 2010 season. Fyfe served as Fremantle captain from 2017 to 2022. Fyfe grew up in Lake Grace , Western Australia , and went to school as a boarder at Aquinas College in Perth . In 2009, he played in the West Australian Football League colts for Claremont , his highlights of the season being his eight-goal, 34 possession effort against East Fremantle and six goals in the Colts Grand Final. In 2010, he made his league debut, kicking 4 goals against Peel Thunder . He
9408-612: The 2010s, the AFL signalled further attempts at expanding into markets outside Australian football's traditional heartlands by hosting home-and-away matches in New Zealand, followed by China. After several failed bids since the early 1990s for a Tasmania-based AFL team, the Tasmania Football Club secured the 19th AFL license in 2023, and is set to compete by 2028. In a standard match, a team may consist of anywhere between 14 and 18 players who may be permitted on
9576-537: The 2017 season, only averaging 26.4 disposals down from the 28.8 he averaged during the 2015 season. Fyfe still had a strong season, kicking 17 goals and recording a career-high tackles (96). Fyfe represented Australia in the 2017 International Rules Series and was awarded the Jim Stynes Medal . (best player in the series). Fyfe missed out on the All-Australian Team , not even being named in
9744-501: The 27-point loss. Fyfe only played in 18 home-and-away games during the season, but was still able to win the Brownlow Medal, polling 31 votes, whilst collecting 29 votes from Rounds 2 to 14. He became the first Brownlow Medal winner from Fremantle and polled three votes ahead of the previous winner, Matt Priddis. To Round out the 2015 season, Fyfe won his second Leigh Matthews Trophy at the 2015 AFL Players Association awards , as
9912-474: The AFL approved the bid for a new South Australian club to enter into the league rather than a single existing SANFL club. The Adelaide Crows played their first season in the AFL in 1991 . Inaugural coach Graham Cornes and captain Chris McDermott led Adelaide to a respectable ninth place out of 15 in the league, with 10 wins and 12 losses and a percentage of 89.44. Adelaide's first AFL game
10080-494: The AFL until 1992. The AFL refused to accept this, and revised negotiations with individual clubs Port Adelaide and Norwood . Two months later, the Port Adelaide Football Club reached terms of agreement with the AFL to enter a team into its competition in season 1991. The other nine SANFL clubs reacted strongly and entered into litigation in an endeavour to halt Port's bid. As the terms offered were more favourable than previously offered, talks were resumed. On 19 September 1990,
10248-464: The AFL). The player who was awarded the mark may then choose to either dispose of the ball over "the mark" or may choose to attempt disposal via a different method, in which case the field umpire will call "play on"—a verbal instruction to continue play. "Play on" may also be called if the umpire deems the player awarded the mark to be taking an unreasonable amount of time to dispose of the football. Once
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#173279763871010416-472: The AFLW using 17 minutes per quarter. For any given match, two timekeepers are appointed to officiate the duration. The timekeepers record all relevant statistics for the match, such as total quarter duration and score by each team. Additionally timekeepers are required to sound a siren prior to and at the conclusion of each quarter until such time they are acknowledged by the field umpires. To stop and recommence
10584-641: The ANFC, and later the Australian Football Championships (AFC) ran a night series , which invited clubs and representative sides from around the country to participate in a knock-out tournament parallel to the premiership seasons, which Victorian sides still dominated. With the lack of international competition, state representative matches were regarded with great importance. Due in part to the VFL poaching talent from other states, Victoria dominated interstate matches for three-quarters of
10752-731: The Australian colonies in the first half of the 19th century. Compared to cricket and horse racing , football was considered a mere "amusement" by colonists at the time, and while little is known about these early one-off games, evidence does not support a causal link with Australian football. In Melbourne , in 1858, in a move that would help to shape Australian football in its formative years, private schools (then termed " public schools " in accordance with nomenclature in England) began organising football games inspired by precedents at English public schools . The earliest match, held on 15 June,
10920-539: The British Isles, "others by no rules at all". Another milestone in 1858 was a 40-a-side match played under experimental rules between Melbourne Grammar and Scotch College , held at the Richmond Paddock. Umpired by Wills and teacher John Macadam , it began on 7 August and continued over two subsequent Saturdays, ending in a draw with each side kicking one goal. It is commemorated with a statue outside
11088-488: The Cats was cancelled, with both teams receiving two premiership points each. Adelaide's SANFL team 's match against South Adelaide , scheduled for the next day, was postponed until later in the season. On 6 July, assistant coach Scott Camporeale was appointed interim coach for the remainder of the season, while West Coast premiership coach John Worsfold was hired as coaching director to support Camporeale. Inspiringly,
11256-411: The Cats. Fyfe began dealing with a shoulder injury during April, and attempted to play through it, but was forced out and underwent surgery in May after dislocating it at training. Fyfe missed the majority of the season, being sidelined from Round 6 until 18. He returned to Fremantle in Round 18 against Port Adelaide , returning to his previous form by recording, 26 disposals. Fyfe only missed one game for
11424-485: The Crows lost the first 13 matches of the coronavirus-affected 2020 AFL season and ultimately claimed their first wooden spoon in club history. However, the Crows' disastrous season did end with some optimism, as the Crows broke the drought in round 15 against Hawthorn and won three matches in a row towards the season's conclusion. The Crows received their highest-ever draft pick at the 2020 AFL draft , used to draft Riley Thilthorpe . The Crows won their first game of
11592-424: The First Elimination Final. In the first final ever to be played at Football Park , the Crows won 14.15 (99) to 9.12 (66). The next week, Adelaide benefited from the finals system in use at the time and hosted the higher ranked Geelong , who had finished two places above the Crows but were forced to play away due to losing the previous week to North Melbourne . The Crows won narrowly in a controversial match, where
11760-583: The Irish game evolved in a similar direction. Another theory, first proposed in 1983, posits that Wills, having grown up among Aboriginals in Victoria, may have seen or played the Aboriginal ball game of Marn Grook , and incorporated some of its features into early Australian football. There is only circumstantial evidence that he knew of the game, and according to biographer Greg de Moore's research, Wills
11928-752: The MCG at the Parade Hotel, owned by Bryant, and drafted ten rules: "The Rules of the Melbourne Football Club" . These are the laws from which Australian football evolved. The club aimed to create a simple code suited to the hard playing surfaces around Melbourne, and to eliminate the roughest aspects of English school games—such as "hacking" (shin-kicking) in Rugby School football—to reduce the risk of injuries to working men. In another significant departure from English public school football,
12096-560: The MCG, and the two schools have since competed annually in the Cordner–Eggleston Cup , the world's oldest continuous football competition . Since the 1920s, it has been suggested that Australian football may have been derived from the Irish sport of Gaelic football . However, there is no archival evidence in favour of a Gaelic influence, and the style of play shared between the two modern codes appeared in Australia long before
12264-587: The Malcolm Blight Medal (best and fairest award) for the season. New coach Brenton Sanderson began his era at the club with a pre-season premiership in 2012 and followed up that success with an above-expectations regular season ; the Crows finishing 17-5 and never once losing consecutive matches. Adelaide eventually qualified to face minor premiers Hawthorn at the MCG in the First Preliminary Final. Hawthorn led for most of
12432-576: The Melbourne rules omitted any offside law . "The new code was as much a reaction against the school games as influenced by them", writes Mark Pennings. The rules were distributed throughout the colony; Thompson in particular did much to promote the new code in his capacity as a journalist. Following Melbourne's lead, Geelong and Melbourne University also formed football clubs in 1859. While many early Victorian teams participated in one-off matches, most had not yet formed clubs for regular competition. A South Yarra club devised its own rules. To ensure
12600-409: The SANFL's Port Adelaide (1997), the only pre-existing club outside Victoria to join the league. In 2011 and 2012, respectively, two new non-Victorian clubs were added to the competition: Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney . The AFL, currently with 18 member clubs, is the sport's elite competition and most powerful body. Following the emergence of the AFL, state leagues were quickly relegated to
12768-500: The advice of the AFL's Laws of the Game Committee. Australian rules football is known by several nicknames, including Aussie rules, football and footy. In some regions, where other codes of football are more popular, the sport is most often called AFL after the Australian Football League , while the league itself also uses this name for local competitions in some areas. Primitive forms of football were played sporadically in
12936-621: The annual Len Hall ANZAC Day game at Subiaco Oval in 2010. He announced his arrival in the AFL with a soaring pack mark. A week later he was nominated for Goal of the Week after a brilliant snap against West Coast . Fyfe became the 150th player to represent the Fremantle Dockers at AFL level. He was awarded the AFL Rising Star nomination for Round 9 in the 2010 AFL season after performing well in Fremantle's first victory over
13104-581: The annual game between Essendon and Collingwood on Anzac Day, is one example of how the war continues to be remembered in the football community. The role of the Australian National Football Council (ANFC) was primarily to govern the game at a national level and to facilitate interstate representative and club competition. In 1968, the ANFC revived the Championship of Australia , a competition first held in 1888 between
13272-408: The away strip was introduced. In response to this, a new away guernsey was introduced in 2008 featuring more red and yellow with a flying crow on the front – similar in design to the mid-90s pre-season jumper. The clash guernsey was first introduced for season 2006 and was radically different from the "home" and "away" designs at the time. It was worn at all away games where the AFL deemed there to be
13440-414: The ball must intermittently bounce or touch it on the ground . Throwing the ball is not allowed, and players must not get caught holding the ball . A distinctive feature of the game is the mark , where players anywhere on the field who catch the ball from a kick (with specific conditions) are awarded unimpeded possession . Possession of the ball is in dispute at all times except when a free kick or mark
13608-603: The ball, and high scoring. The sport's origins can be traced to football matches played in Melbourne , Victoria , in 1858, inspired by English public school football games . Seeking to develop a game more suited to adults and Australian conditions, the Melbourne Football Club published the first laws of Australian football in May 1859. Australian football has the highest spectator attendance and television viewership of all sports in Australia, while
13776-429: The camp. Following the release of Eddie Betts biography, Josh Jenkins released a statement with further details from the camp. His opposition to aspects of the camp led to him being ostracised and was the reason he left the club. Former Port Adelaide and Greater Western Sydney assistant coach Matthew Nicks was appointed as Adelaide's senior coach on 15 October 2019, replacing the outgoing Pyke. Under new coach Nicks,
13944-442: The case of Sydney , denial of access to grounds, the influence of university headmasters from Britain who favoured rugby, and the loss of players to other codes inhibited the game's growth. In 1896, delegates from six of the wealthiest VFA clubs— Carlton , Essendon , Fitzroy , Geelong, Melbourne and South Melbourne —met to discuss the formation of a breakaway professional competition. Later joined by Collingwood and St Kilda ,
14112-435: The clock, the field umpires are required to signal to the timekeepers to indicate when the clock should be stopped or restarted. Between each quarter, a break is observed to allow players a rest period. Two six-minute breaks are observed between the first and second quarters, and the third and fourth quarters. A longer 20-minute break is observed between the second and third quarter, commonly known as half-time . Each game
14280-416: The club in disposals per game (25.1), total disposals (527), contested possessions (262), hard ball gets (107), total effective handballs (186), contested marks (43), smothers (19) and Dream Team points (98.4 per game). His form led him to be considered as a potential All-Australian team selection and gained comparisons to past champion James Hird . Fyfe polled an equal team high 13 Brownlow Medal votes and
14448-409: The club's away guernsey from 2008 to 2009. A key factor behind this change is the popularity for the club's Gather Round guernsey, which debuted in 2023 and featured the same crow design in a "stealth" style. Adelaide will wear both this new clash guernsey and their pre-existing Gather Round guernsey moving forward in 2024 . The club's Indigenous guernsey has been a rotating design since it
14616-493: The club's best and fairest) and Don Pyke , a former premiership player and assistant coach with West Coast who had also been an assistant coach at Adelaide from 2005 to 2006, was appointed Adelaide's senior coach for at least three years. Adelaide was widely tipped to slide out of the finals in 2016 but the Crows proved to be one of the successes of the season, comfortably qualifying for a home elimination final and defeating North Melbourne by 62 points, before being eliminated
14784-440: The club's first father–son pick. The Crows headlined the first-ever Gather Round , as they had a return to form, defeating multiple top-eight teams. Some controversial finishes, including one in round 23 against Sydney , when a Ben Keays goal was mistakenly disallowed, cost the Crows their first AFL finals series in seven years. Adelaide finished 2023 in 10th on the ladder, their best position since 2017 , in part due to
14952-485: The club's game-day facilities were merged with the administration offices, whilst the general public were granted access to the oval outside of Crows' training sessions. In 2024, following prolonged negotiations with the local council and SANFL, the Adelaide Football Club announced it would move its training and administrative headquarters to an upgraded Thebarton Oval , which will feature a 150m, two-storey wrap-around building and upgraded grandstands and new facilities for
15120-478: The club's players. Adelaide struggled with injuries during the year, including Captain Taylor Walker , Rory Sloane , Brad Crouch , Tom Lynch , Rory Laird , and Richard Douglas . Combined with the loss of Cameron and Lever, the Crows struggled throughout the year but held on to win twelve games, including against 2017 Premiers Richmond and soon-to-be 2018 Premiers West Coast . The club finished 12th on
15288-504: The clubs formed the Victorian Football League (VFL), which held its inaugural season in 1897 . The VFL's popularity grew rapidly as it made several innovations, such as instituting a finals system, reducing teams from 20 to 18 players, and introducing the behind as a score. Richmond and University joined the VFL in 1908, and by 1925, with the addition of Hawthorn , Footscray and North Melbourne , it had become
15456-575: The coaching staff, especially with players like Bryce Gibbs , Josh Jenkins , and Eddie Betts dropped on and off throughout the season due to issues of form. Following the end of their season, the club began an external review of their football operations, with many musing about the future of players and coaching staff. Prior to the conclusion of the review, co-captain Taylor Walker resigned his captaincy after four years to focus on his football and family. A week later, Coach Don Pyke stepped down,
15624-490: The code took hold during a series of gold rushes . Likewise, when New Zealand experienced a gold rush , the sport arrived with a rapid influx of Australian miners. Now known as Australian rules or Australasian rules, the sport became the first football code to develop mass spectator appeal, attracting world record attendances for sports viewing and gaining a reputation as "the people's game". Australian rules football reached Queensland and New South Wales as early as 1866;
15792-587: The commencement of the new season, assistant coach Dean Bailey died following a short battle with lung cancer. On the eve of the new season, the South Australian Football Commission announced it had struck a deal with the Adelaide Football Club which required the SANFL to transfer its ownership of the Crows' licence to the club, in exchange for payments totalling $ 11.326 million between 2013 and 2028. The arrangement marked
15960-456: The end of the 2024 season . Notes Team Individual (inj) denotes players moved to the inactive list * denote rookie listed players Australian rules football Australian rules football , also called Australian football or Aussie rules , or more simply football or footy , is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field , often a modified cricket ground . Points are scored by kicking
16128-456: The end of the season. However, he agreed to extend his contract with Fremantle for a further three years in late June. Fyfe started the 2014 AFL Season strongly, but was controversially suspended for two weeks in Round 2 for a bump on Gold Coast player Michael Rischitelli . He was one of the first players to be suspended under a new rule that penalised the player for any head contact as a result of choosing to bump instead of tackle. Throughout
16296-420: The eve of the 2010 season , shifting their logo to an entirely new design. Adelaide had a disastrous start to the 2010 season, losing their first six matches of the home and away season. They did recover to some extent in the back half of the year, finishing 11th with nine wins and thirteen losses, the first time under coach Neil Craig that the team did not make the finals. The season marked a turning point, with
16464-409: The field of play, it is deemed as a mark . To be awarded a mark, it must be deemed that the player sufficiently controlled the ball and took possession prior to it being touched, touching the ground, or in the case of a contest, being spoiled by an opponent. Upon a mark being taken, one opposition player may choose to stand on the point on the field where the mark was taken, known as "the mark". When
16632-413: The field, two sets of posts are erected in a straight line to indicate the scoring areas on the field, each with two kinds of posts, named the goal posts and the behind posts respectively. The goal posts are placed first, located 6.4 metres (7.0 yd) apart from each other, with a behind post being placed a further 6.4 metres to the side of each goal post. The name for the field line between two goal posts
16800-554: The first half of the 2022 AFL season after an off-season shoulder operation impacted his pre-season. Fyfe made his return to football through the WAFL playing for Peel Thunder , Fyfe's first WAFL appearance since the 2010 AFL season . He made his AFL return during Fremantle's round thirteen game against Hawthorn. Fyfe was among Fremantle's best in round 17 during the 41 point win over St Kilda at Marvel Stadium , kicking an equal game-high 3 goals and collecting 21 disposals. Fyfe suffered
16968-627: The first match in Darwin . The game went on to become the most popular sport in the Territory and build the highest participation rate for the sport nationally. Both World War I and World War II had a devastating effect on Australian football and on Australian sport in general. While scratch matches were played by Australian " diggers " in remote locations around the world, the game lost many of its great players to wartime service. Some clubs and competitions never fully recovered. Between 1914 and 1915,
17136-535: The first quarter and trailing by 31 points at half time, the Crows kicked four unanswered goals in the last quarter to record a two-point victory, 12.21 (93) to 13.13 (91). Darren Jarman kicked a goal to put Adelaide in front with less than two minutes remaining, this qualified the Crows for their first AFL Grand Final, to be played against St Kilda at the MCG a week later. St Kilda, chasing just their second premiership in VFL/AFL history, were warm favourites to win
17304-612: The first quarter, and resulting in him spending six weeks on the sidelines. Fyfe returned in Fremantle's Round 22 clash against Geelong, recording 37 disposals and 7 clearances, despite the best on ground performance, Geelong demolished Fremantle by 133 points. Fyfe once again missed the All-Australian Team, not making the 40-man squad. Fyfe started the 2019 AFL season strongly, recording 32 disposals, 8 inside-fifties, and 10 clearances in Fremantle's Round 1 clash against North Melbourne , Fyfe followed up that performance with
17472-491: The first time the Adelaide Football Club had independent control of its own administration and came in conjunction with measures designed to solidify the SANFL's control of game development and the sport in South Australia . The 2015 season started incredibly successfully for the Adelaide Football Club with a 77-point win over reigning preliminary finalists North Melbourne . Newly appointed coach Phil Walsh oversaw
17640-525: The first two rounds of the 2012 draft . At a hearing at AFL House in Melbourne, both the Adelaide Crows and current CEO at the time, Steven Trigg, were fined $ 300,000 and $ 50,000 respectively. The Adelaide Football Club were also suspended from participating in the first two rounds of the 2013 draft . It's widely accepted to be the league's biggest salary cap and list management scandal since Carlton in 2002. In March 2014, over one week prior to
17808-403: The following year. Adelaide often struggled in close matches during the 1998 AFL season ; seven of their nine losses were by 13 points or less, compared to only three wins by corresponding margins (they finished the regular season fifth on the ladder, with a record of 13–9). The Crows were well beaten by Melbourne in the qualifying final at the MCG by 48 points, and at the time, looked far from
17976-536: The formation of the Adelaide Football Club , the oldest football club in Australia outside Victoria. It devised its own rules, and, along with other Adelaide -based clubs, played a variety of codes until 1876, when they uniformly adopted most of the Victorian rules, with South Australian football pioneer Charles Kingston noting their similarity to "the old Adelaide rules". Similarly, Tasmanian clubs quarrelled over different rules until they adopted
18144-400: The full hoops of the original design. The original base design/idea has never changed in the club's 30-year history. In 2024, Adelaide began to wear a new design for their clash guernsey. It features the flying crow found on the club's old logo. The crow is in blue, the above background yellow and the below background red. The design derives from the 1996 preseason design, also found in
18312-435: The goal square and four players in the centre square with one in the centre circle. If this is breached, a free kick is awarded. A game lasts for 80 minutes, split into four-quarters consisting of 20 minutes playing time, with the clock being stopped for stoppages in play such as scores, or at the umpire 's discretion, e.g. for serious injury. Leagues may choose to employ shorter quarters of play at their discretion, such as
18480-412: The ground on 29 October 1990. Initially the club's offices were restricted to small space under the SANFL members' grandstand, before being moved to a new brick building at the southern end of the stadium in 1992. Between 1993 and 1995 a $ 2.3 million player and training facility was constructed behind the eastern grandstands, featuring several sports training facilities described at the time as “the best in
18648-469: The highest ranking of any expansion club in the AFL in a debut year. The men's team won both the 1997 and 1998 Grand Finals, and have appeared in 15 finals series in their 33-year history. Adelaide is the most successful team in the AFL Women's competition, and is one of two clubs (the other being Brisbane ) that have won multiple premierships; winning in 2017 , 2019 and 2022 (S6) . It also fields
18816-457: The initial 40-man squad. He polled 15 votes at 2017 Brownlow Medal , finishing 11th. In July 2017, Fyfe signed a six-year contract extension with Fremantle – the longest contract extension in the club's history – tying him to the Dockers until 2023. Fyfe was in career-best form at the start of the 2018 AFL season , playing a match-winning hand in a number of the club's early wins. This included
18984-424: The knees (a low tackle or a trip ) or above the shoulders (a high tackle ), the team with possession of the football gets a free kick. Furthermore, tackles deemed to be dangerous by the umpire and those conducted from front-on while an opposition player has their head over the football are deemed to be prohibited contact, and will incur a free kick against the offending player. Additionally, players may perform
19152-399: The ladder with 12 wins, 10 losses, and a percentage of 104.1, and below crosstown rivals Port Adelaide who finished 10th, but with 3.5 more percentage points. This put Adelaide out of the finals for the first time since 2014. One highlight towards the end of the year was Rory Sloane who, despite rumours of a trade home to Victoria, signed a five-year contract and went on to play out his time as
19320-603: The last quarter, whilst utility Shane Ellen kicked a career-best five and Troy Bond kicked four. Andrew McLeod , who gathered 31 possessions across half-back and in the midfield, won the Norm Smith Medal for the best player on-field in the Grand Final. The win is arguably one of the finest moments in South Australian sporting history. Few expected the Crows to successfully defend their premiership
19488-620: The leadership of their new captain Jordan Dawson . Despite high expectations, 2024 was another disappointing year for the club, with a lack of on-field performance resulting in questions being raised around Nicks' coaching, particularly amid the choice to drop young forward Josh Rachele . Adelaide currently has three guernsey designs which are used in different matches throughout the season. The club's guernseys are currently supplied by Irish sportswear company O'Neills . The home guernsey features navy blue, red and gold hoops. It
19656-597: The league's most valuable player (MVP) for successive years, was named the WA Media Awards AFL Player of the Year, the WA Sports Star of the Year , and made his second successive All-Australian Team as a midfielder. Fyfe opened the 2016 AFL Season with a poor performance against the Western Bulldogs , only recording 15 disposals, but Fyfe quickly turned his form around and looked set to have
19824-412: The league”. Additional offices were constructed at the northern end of the ground, and a $ 21 million renovation was concluded in 2009, which featured a 2500sq metre “Shed” for gatherings of fans and members, and upgrades to the indoor training and administrative facilities. When Football Park stopped hosting premiership matches at the end of the 2013 season, the grandstands were progressively torn down and
19992-401: The likes of McLeod, Simon Goodwin and fellow stars Brett Burton , Tyson Edwards and Trent Hentschel all announcing their retirements during the season. Long-term defender and club stalwart Nathan Bock announced he was leaving the club to join new side Gold Coast . These changes led to a disastrous 2011 campaign , which became the worst season in the club's history to that point. After
20160-503: The match and despite Adelaide taking the lead with five minutes remaining, the Hawks responded to win the match by five points, in yet another heartbreaking finals series loss for the Crows. Adelaide would then fall down the ladder in the following 2013 and 2014 seasons, narrowly missing the top 8 on both occasions. Failing to reach the finals led to Sanderson being sacked at the end of the 2014 season. The club would move its home matches to
20328-424: The match, the Dockers were defeated by Hawthorn by 15 points, ending the club's best season in their 19-year history just short of their first premiership success. Fyfe had a strong final's series, averaging 26.0 disposals. Fyfe announced early in 2014 that he would not consider extending his contract with Fremantle until later in the year, leading to speculation that he might change clubs when his contract expired at
20496-536: The match. Adelaide's impressive 2002 AFL season (in which they achieved a 15–7 win–loss record) came undone at the penultimate stage, losing to Collingwood in the Preliminary Final at the MCG. Ben Hart won his second Malcolm Blight Medal in 2002, with Tyson Edwards finishing runner-up. Brett Burton led the Crows' goalkickers with 51. Hart and Mark Ricciuto were both named as All-Australians. Adelaide then exacted some revenge by defeating Collingwood in
20664-502: The midfield. Despite being ineligible to win the Brownlow Medal, Fyfe finished with 25 votes, one vote behind the winner Matt Priddis (26). Fyfe carried his strong form into the 2015 AFL Season , recording 31 disposals, 1 goal, and 7 inside-fifties in Fremantle's Round 1 win over Port Adelaide . Fyfe continued that form throughout the season, once again increasing his disposal average from previous seasons with 28.8 per-game. Along with his own individual dominance, Fyfe helped Fremantle to
20832-568: The new national capital Canberra both soccer and rugby had a head start, but following the first matches in 1911, Australian rules football in the Australian Capital Territory became a major participation sport. By 1981 it had become much neglected and quickly lagged behind the other football codes. Australian rules football in the Northern Territory began shortly after the outbreak of the war in 1916 with
21000-403: The newly redeveloped Adelaide Oval at the start of the 2014 season, though to this day the Crows retain their training and administrative headquarters at their old home stadium, Football Park . At the end of 2012, it was revealed that Adelaide had been found guilty of breaching the salary cap and tampering with the draft. As a sign of cooperation with the AFL, Adelaide forfeited themselves from
21168-406: The next six consecutive games before injuring his foot again in round 16, ending his season for good. Nathan had a strong pre-season leading into the 2024 AFL season , which included a trip to India . He made his return from injury against the Brisbane Lions at Optus Stadium for Fremantle's opening game of the year. Fyfe played well collecting 21 disposals during the 23 point win. Updated to
21336-465: The next week by eventual beaten grand finalists, Sydney in the semi-finals. The club had a dominant 2017 season , winning their opening six games and never falling below second place for the entire season. Adelaide claimed their second McClelland Trophy as minor premiers. The Adelaide Crows entered the 2017 finals series as favourites for the premiership; they defeated Greater Western Sydney and Geelong by 36 and 61 points respectively to qualify for
21504-465: The opening round of the 2023 AFL season against St Kilda , collecting nine disposals and kicking a point. Fyfe was a late withdrawal from Fremantle's round two game against North Melbourne due to a foot injury. He made his return in round eight during Fremantle's 69-point thumping over Hawthorn at Optus. Fyfe entered the game in the third quarter as the substitute, and kicked a goal in the final quarter. He would string together some consistency playing
21672-401: The phasing out of many of the game's kicking styles and the increasing use of handball; while presentation was influenced by television. In 1982, in a move that heralded big changes within the sport, one of the original VFL clubs, South Melbourne, relocated to Sydney and became known as the Sydney Swans . In the late 1980s, due to the poor financial standing of many of the Victorian clubs, and
21840-418: The plate removed once the bone had healed, ruling Fyfe out for the remainder of the season. Without Fyfe, Fremantle dropped from minor premiers (1st) in 2015 to 16th in 2016. In February 2017, Fyfe was announced as Fremantle's captain and he returned from his injury during the 2017 JLT Community Series against the West Coast Eagles , he recorded 22 disposals in the 55-point loss. Fyfe's stats decreased during
22008-407: The player has disposed of the ball, or "play on" is called, normal play resumes. Rucking is the only specialist skill and is performed by a ruck, the term for designated players from each side to which umpire sends the ball to commence play. Only a nominated ruck may contest ball-ups and throw-ins. They are the only player allowed within the 10 metre circle at a centre bounce. Functionally the role
22176-429: The player penalised for ' holding the ball ', except if the umpire deems there was a lack of prior opportunity to do so. The ball carrier may only be tackled between the shoulders and knees from the front or side. If the player forcefully contacts the opposing in the back while performing a tackle, the opposition player will be penalised for a push in the back . If the opposition tackles the player with possession below
22344-436: The playing surface at any given time. Each team may have up to four interchange (reserve) players who may be swapped for those on the field at any time during the game. Although some leagues in less populated areas may use as few as 12 players. In addition, some leagues notably including the AFL, have each team designate one additional player as a substitute who can be used to make a single permanent exchange of players during
22512-473: The pre-season competition. It was still in the club colours, but featured the club logo prominently on the front and continuing over onto the back. This design would go on to inspire multiple clash guernseys and the Gather Round guernsey . The away guernsey was originally intended for use in all matches designated as away games, except finals. The design had changed several times over the years since it
22680-609: The preeminent league in the country and would take a leading role in many aspects of the sport. The time around the federation of the Australian colonies in 1901 saw Australian rules undergo a revival in New South Wales, New Zealand and Queensland. In 1903, both the Queensland Australian Football League and the NSW Australian Football Association were established, and in New Zealand, as it moved towards becoming
22848-530: The premiers of the VFA and SAFA. Although clubs from other states were at times invited, the final was almost always between the premiers from the two strongest state competitions of the time—South Australia and Victoria—with Adelaide hosting most of the matches at the request of the SAFA/SANFL. The last match took place in 1976, with North Adelaide being the last non-Victorian winner in 1972. Between 1976 and 1987,
23016-414: The previous year, Adelaide went into the Grand Final as underdogs, playing against North Melbourne , who had won the premiership in 1996 and had won eleven consecutive matches leading up to the Grand Final. North Melbourne led by 24 points at half-time, 6.15 (51) to 4.3 (27), with only their inaccurate goalkicking keeping Adelaide in the contest. However, as they had in the previous year, Adelaide dominated
23184-561: The recruit Dawson, who received best-on-ground honours. Captain Rory Sloane ruptured his ACL in round 5. In his absence, the role of captain rotated between Reilly O'Brien , Ben Keays , Brodie Smith , and Tom Doedee for the remainder of the season. Adelaide traded in Izak Rankine at a high price, leaving them no first-round draft picks in the 2022 AFL draft until they matched the bid for Max Michalanney , son of Jim as
23352-488: The red guernsey for 2022 and 2023. These designs were similar to the alternative guernsey used from 2016 to 2017. The alternative guernsey, worn in 2016 and 2017 was the same design as the white clash guernsey of the time, but with a gold base. It was worn in away games in which it provided a greater contrast with the home team than either the home or white clash guernseys. Those teams were North Melbourne , Carlton , Fremantle and Western Bulldogs football clubs. It
23520-441: The remainder of the season, missing a game against Adelaide in Round 20 due to an ankle injury incurred on the morning of the match in his hotel room. Despite playing only nine games in the home and away season – two of which were compromised because of his shoulder, Fyfe still polled the second-most Brownlow Medal votes (14) at Fremantle. On a per game basis, Fyfe was clearly Fremantle's best contested possession winner (12.5), which
23688-488: The remainder of the season. On the 7th of February 2023, Fyfe relinquished captaincy of the Club after six seasons as captain. On the 1st of June 2023, it was announced that Fyfe had signed a two-year deal with Fremantle to keep him at the Dockers until the end of 2025. Fyfe spent the 2023 pre-season training exclusively as a forward, with expectations he'd play a hybrid role as a midfielder/forward. He made his forward debut in
23856-417: The remaining seasons in the 2000s, falling short at the elimination or semi-final on each occasion. Collingwood proved to be the biggest hurdle, knocking the Crows out of the finals race successively in 2008 and 2009 . Andrew McLeod and Bernie Vince won the club's best and fairest awards in that time. Adelaide's finals runs in the 2000s The Crows had their biggest rebrand in the club's history on
24024-411: The season, Fyfe was considered to be one of the favourites to win the Brownlow Medal , but was ineligible due to the suspension. Fyfe played in his 100th senior appearance for Fremantle in Round 8 against North Melbourne , Fyfe recorded 37 disposals and 11 clearances in the 73-point win. Fyfe continued his strong form for the remainder of the season, increasing his average disposal count from 25.9 to 27.0
24192-403: The second half to win by 35 points, 15.15 (105) to 8.22 (70) - the result making Adelaide the only club during the decade of the 1990s to achieve the feat of winning back to back AFL premierships. Darren Jarman kicked five goals, while Andrew McLeod won his second successive Norm Smith Medal, an unprecedented feat. Club legend Mark Ricciuto won the Crows' Club Champion award in 1998. Following
24360-569: The semi-final against Port Adelaide , despite his strong performances Fremantle were eliminated from the finals in straight sets, losing both games. Fyfe's tremendous season was recognised when he received several individual honours, he was awarded Leigh Matthews Trophy at the 2014 AFL Players Association awards , as the league's most valuable player (MVP). Fyfe polled 945 votes, ahead of five-time winner Gary Ablett with 787 votes. Fyfe then received his second Doig Medal for successive seasons and made his first All-Australian team, being included in
24528-467: The sport across Australia, delegates representing the football associations of South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Queensland met in 1883 and updated the code. New rules such as holding the ball led to a "golden era" of fast, long-kicking and high-marking football in the 1880s, a time which also saw players such as George Coulthard achieve superstardom, as well as the rise of professionalism , particularly in Victoria and Western Australia , where
24696-472: The sport experienced a period of dominance in the former, and in the latter, several regions remain strongholds of Australian rules, such as the Riverina . However, by the late 1880s, rugby football had become the dominant code in both colonies, as well as in New Zealand. This shift was largely due to rugby's spread with British migration, regional rivalries and the lack of strong local governing bodies. In
24864-414: The substantial TV revenues they generated by playing on a Sunday went to the VFL. To protect these revenues the VFL granted significant draft concessions and financial aid to keep the expansion clubs competitive. The VFL changed its name to the Australian Football League (AFL) for the 1990 season , and over the next decade, three non-Victorian clubs gained entry: Adelaide (1991), Fremantle (1995) and
25032-613: The supremacy of the Melbourne rules, the first-club level competition in Australia, the Caledonian Society's Challenge Cup (1861–64), stipulated that only the Melbourne rules were to be used. This law was reinforced by the Athletic Sports Committee (ASC), which ran a variation of the Challenge Cup in 1865–66. With input from other clubs, the rules underwent several minor revisions, establishing
25200-408: The team rebounded to win six of their next seven games and qualify for the 2015 finals series , where they defeated the Western Bulldogs by seven points in a thrilling elimination final at the MCG. Their season ended when they lost to eventual premiers Hawthorn the next week. Star midfielder for many years Patrick Dangerfield left the club at the end of the 2015 season (a season in which he won
25368-412: The usage of other means, such as punching. While in possession of the ball, players may run with the ball, but are required to either bounce or touch the ball on the ground at least once every 15 metres (16 yd). Tackling is a technique employed by players used to force opposition players to dispose of the ball when they are in possession. Failure to dispose of the ball when legally tackled may see
25536-429: Was "almost solely influenced by his experience at Rugby School". A loosely organised Melbourne side, captained by Wills, played against other football enthusiasts in the winter and spring of 1858. The following year, on 14 May, the Melbourne Football Club was officially established, making it one of the world's oldest football clubs . Three days later, Wills, Hammersley, Thompson and teacher Thomas H. Smith met near
25704-556: Was a 20-per-side affair, played with a ball that was roughly spherical, and lasted until a team scored two goals. The shape of the playing field was not standardised; matches often took place in rough, tree-spotted public parks, most notably the Richmond Paddock ( Yarra Park ), known colloquially as the Melbourne Football Ground. Wills argued that the turf of cricket fields would benefit from being trampled upon by footballers in winter, and, as early as 1859, football
25872-519: Was against Hawthorn on Friday 22 March at their then home ground, Football Park . The Crows defeated the eventual premiers by a hefty 86-point margin, winning 24.11 (155) to 9.15 (69). The club reached its first finals series in the 1993 AFL season , eventually losing to Essendon in the preliminary final. The year 1997 marked the entry of a second South Australian club, Port Adelaide . The Crows finished fourth to qualify for its first finals series since 1993, and hosted fifth-placed West Coast in
26040-421: Was allowed on the MCG. However, cricket authorities frequently prohibited football on their grounds until the 1870s, when they saw an opportunity to capitalise on the sport's growing popularity. Football gradually adapted to an oval-shaped field, and most grounds in Victoria expanded to accommodate the dual purpose—a situation that continues to this day. Football became organised in South Australia in 1860 with
26208-452: Was also 14th overall in the AFL. Fyfe continued to improve throughout the 2013 AFL Season , increasing his average disposals from the previous two years (25.9) and winning his first Doig Medal , beating out David Mundy . Fyfe had a hand in leading Fremantle to a 16-1-5 win–loss record, helping them finish third on the ladder, and reaching their first ever AFL Grand Final in club history, but despite having an equal game-high 28 disposals in
26376-533: Was also selected for Western Australia in the 2009 AFL National Under 18 Championships and played four of the five games, kicking nine goals. His best return came in the game against Vic Metro in which he scored four goals. Fyfe was selected by the Fremantle Dockers with the 20th pick in the 2009 national draft . Fyfe made his debut in Fremantle's 39-point win over the Richmond Tigers in
26544-415: Was always worn with white shorts. During the mid-2000s, the Crows adopted three different guernsey designs to wear during the AFL's Heritage Round . The 2004 iteration featured the tri-colour home guernsey but with the AFC crest on the chest and removal of white stroke to the numbers. All heritage guernseys featured each player's name and debut number above the manufacturer's jock tag. Controversially during
26712-528: Was between Melbourne Grammar and St Kilda Grammar. On 10 July 1858, the Melbourne-based Bell's Life in Victoria and Sporting Chronicle published a letter by Tom Wills , captain of the Victoria cricket team , calling for the formation of a "foot-ball club" with a "code of laws" to keep cricketers fit during winter. Born in Australia, Wills played a nascent form of rugby football while
26880-435: Was coined by scholar Ian Turner in 1978 to describe the "fictitious geographical barrier" separating the rugby-following parts of New South Wales and Queensland from the rest of the country, where Australian football reigned. It became a reference point for the expansion of Australian football and for establishing a national league. The way the game was played had changed dramatically due to innovative coaching tactics, with
27048-569: Was first introduced in during the 2013 season vs. North Melbourne. The first iteration of the Adelaide Indigenous guernsey was a simple swap from Navy to Black, representing the colours in the Australian Aboriginal flag . Since 2014 however, they guernsey has featured art on a navy base from a wide number of indigenous artists and past players, such as Andrew McLeod and Ben Davis . The 2023 edition of these guernseys
27216-455: Was first used in 1999. From 2006 the red was removed from the top of the guernsey, moving it closer to the home guernsey. Its usage had waned since the introduction of the "clash" guernsey, to the point where it was only used twice in 2007, against the Western Bulldogs in round 2 and Collingwood in round 22. In a few away matches that year, the club also continued to use the traditional "home" guernsey, something which had rarely been done since
27384-466: Was named Captain of the team for the first time in his career. Fyfe won his second Brownlow Medal , becoming a dual Brownlow Medallist, and becoming the 15th player in VFL/AFL history to win it twice, Fyfe polled a career-high votes (33), beating out the runner-up Patrick Dangerfield by 6 votes (27 votes). After a good start to the 2020 season, which was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic , Fyfe suffered
27552-442: Was red, and was worn from 2006 to 2009. The club first adopted a white clash guernsey in 2010. It featured the club logo on the front with stylised curves in club colours on the front and back with navy stripes down the sides. The design continued to be changed a number of times over the years, but remained predominantly white until the end of the 2020 season. There were yellow and red clash guernseys for 2021, before solely moving to
27720-623: Was scrapped by the AFL. The club song of the Adelaide Football Club is "The Pride of South Australia", and is sung to the tune of US Marines Hymn . The lyrics to "The Pride of South Australia" were written by the inaugural CEO Bill Sanders. The first club song, and the song used in the club's inaugural AFL game and victory against Hawthorn , was "Here We Go Camry Crows". Since inception in late 1990, Adelaide's training and administrative facilities have been located at Football Park in West Lakes . The club held their first training session at
27888-400: Was selected in the initial All-Australian squad of 40 but did not make the final team. At the end of the 2011 season, Fyfe resigned with Fremantle on a three-year deal, set to expire in 2014. Fyfe made a strong start to the 2012 AFL Season with a best-on-ground performance against Geelong in their Round 1 match at Patersons Stadium, recording 30 disposals and 2 goals in the 4-point win over
28056-439: Was stabbed to death by his son at the age of 55 in his Somerton Park home. His son Cy Walsh would later be found not guilty of murder due to mental incompetence and placed under a lifetime psychiatric supervision licence, ordering that he be detained indefinitely in a secure psychiatric facility. The tragedy was followed by an outpouring of sympathy and tributes from the club's fans and the wider AFL community. The match against
28224-581: Was the first to be shared between the women's and the men's teams. The most recent of these was designed by Izak Rankine and his cousin Harley Hall, celebrating their shared Ngarrindjeri heritage. It was revealed in March 2024. The club wore their first commemorative ANZAC guernsey in 2024 . The guernsey features the chevrons of the sergeant rank insignia of the Australian Army , and
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