Three AFL Academy squad members are training with the Crows this week.
South Australians Darcy Fogarty (Glenelg), Callum Coleman-Jones (Sturt) and Jordan Houlahan (Sturt), who are all eligible for next year’s draft, will spend two weeks at Adelaide over the pre-season as part of the Academy program.
Fogarty is a strong-marking tall forward with footy smarts and a neat set shot. Coleman-Jones is shaping as one of the best ruckmen in the 2017 draft, while Houlahan is a medium-sized forward who is an excellent mark for his size.
Jackson Edwards will also spend time at the Club where his father Tyson played 321 games. A left-footed midfielder, Edwards plays alongside Fogarty at the Bays and is eligible to be selected by the Crows as a father-son recruit in 2017.
Adelaide welcomed its first-ever father-son selection last month, picking Ben Jarman – son of Darren – in the Rookie Draft. Ben and Jackson are cousins (Darren's wife Sue is the sister of Mandy Edwards, who's married to Tyson.)
The Crows recruited two members of this year's AFL Academy squad in the National Draft, picking onballer Jordan Gallucci and Myles Poholke.
LEVEL TWO AFL ACADEMY (draft-eligible 2017)
Vic Country: Tyrone Hayes, Aaron Darling, Kane Farrell, Aidan Quigley, Lochie O'Brien, Hunter Clark, Luke Davies-Uniake, Oscar Clavarino, James Worpel, Tom De Koning
Vic Metro: Jack Higgins, Lachlan Fogarty, Patrick Naish, Joel Garner, Jaidyn Stephenson, Sam Hayes
South Australia: Jordan Houlahan, Darcy Fogarty, Thomas Schmusch, Callum Coleman-Jones, Andrew McPherson
Western Australia: Jake Patmore
NSW-ACT: Charlie Spargo, Jack Powell, Jarrod Brander, Nathan Richards
Queensland: Jack Clayton, Connor Ballenden, Brayden Crossley
Northern Territory: Dominic Grant
Jackson Edwards runs laps on Monday