Adelaide Crows
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Coach | Neil Craig |
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| Assistant Coaches | David Noble, Paul Hamilton, Peter Jonas, Ben Hart, Matthew Clarke | |
| Captain | Simon Goodwin |
The Adelaide Football Club, or otherwise known as the Crows, is a South Australian based club playing in the Australian Football League. Established in 1990. Under coach Malcolm Blight, Adelaide won premierships in 1997 and 1998.
The club is currently coached by Neil Craig and recently assigned Simon Goodwin as captain following the retirement of Mark Ricciuto last season. The Crows play their home games at AAMI stadium which was once known as Football Park.
Current Squad:
Tony Armstrong, Nathan Bassett, Rhett Biglands, Nathan Bock, Brett Burton, Bryce Campbell, Myke Cook, Patrick Dangerfield, Michael Doughty. Richard Douglas, Tyson Edwards, Greg Gallman, Nick Gill, Simon Goodwin, Jonathon Griffin, Trent Hentschel, Jarrhan Jacky, Luke Jericho, Graham Johncock, Aaron Kite, Chris Knights, David MacKay, Ivan Maric, Kris Massie, Ken McGregor, Andrew McLeod, Brad Moran, Andy Otten, Jason Porplyzia, Brent Reilly, Ben Rutten, James Sellar, Robert Shirley, Scott Stevens, Brad Symes, Scott Thompson, Kurt Tippett, Nathan van Berlo, Bernie Vince, Taylor Walker
2008 Fixtures
Round 1, Sunday, March 23: Western Bulldogs (Telstra Dome)
Round 2, Saturday, March 29: West Coast (AAMI Stadium)
Round 3, Sunday, April 6: Port Adelaide (AAMI Stadium)
Round 4, Sunday, April 13: Hawthorn (Aurora Stadium)
Round 5, Saturday, April 19: Fremantle (AAMI Stadium)
Round 6, Saturday, April 26: Carlton (MCG)
Round 7, Saturday, May 3: Kangaroos (AAMI Stadium)
Round 8, Sunday, May 18: Melbourne (AAMI Stadium)
Round 9, Saturday, May 24: West Coast (Subiaco)
Round 10, Friday, May 30: Essendon (AAMI Stadium)
Round 11, Saturday, June 7: Richmond (MCG)
Round 12 Saturday, June 14: Hawthorn (AAMI Stadium)
Round 13, Saturday, June 21: Brisbane Lions (Gabba)
Round 14, Friday, July 4: Geelong (AAMI Stadium)
Round 15, Saturday, July 12: Collingwood (MCG)
Round 16, Sunday, July 20: Port Adelaide (AAMI Stadium)
Round 17, Saturday, July 26: Sydney (SCG)
Round 18, Saturday, August 2: Carlton (AAMI Stadium)
Round 19, Sunday, August 10: Richmond (AAMI Stadium)
Round 20, Saturday, August 16: Essendon (Telstra Dome)
Round 21, Sunday, August 24: St Kilda (Telstra Dome)
Round 22, Saturday, August 30: Western Bulldogs (AAMI)
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