Adelaide’s total of 22.15 (147) was the biggest score of Round One. The Club’s 56-point winning margin was also the best of the weekend, putting the Crows at the top of the AFL ladder.

Incredibly, it was the ninth time Adelaide has surpassed the 130-point mark in the opening round, including two scores over 140 in the past three seasons.

The Crows piled on 8.5 in a sizzling third term, which was Adelaide’s biggest third term in almost four seasons and the ninth-best third quarter in Club history.

The victory improved Adelaide’s record over GWS to 7-1 and kept the Club’s unbeaten record against the Giants in South Australia intact.

Adelaide had the best ‘pressure differential’ of any team for the round.

Courageous backman Rory Laird amassed a career-best 40 disposals in a best-on-ground performance across half-back on Sunday - the most disposals of any player for Round One.

Unsurprisingly, Laird was the No.1 ranked defender in the competition for the round according to official Champion Data ranking points (147). He placed fourth overall.

He was the top-ranked player in the AFL for intercepts last round with 13.

Laird was extremely efficient with his disposal, leading the comp for effective kicks (19) for the round. The former rookie was also second in the AFL for handball receives (21) for the weekend, one shy of West Coast ball-magnet Sam Mitchell (22).

Laird’s 142 Fantasy points was the fourth-biggest score of the round.

The Crows gained the most metres of any team (6,892m) for the weekend.

Rory Atkins moved the footy further than any player in the comp per disposal with 35 metres gained on average with his 19 possessions. Atkins had a match-high 10 inside 50ms - equal second for the round.

The long-kicking left-footer also kicked three goals - a career-high.

Atkins and fellow speedster Wayne Milera Junior applied a team-best 19 pressure acts.

Second-year Crow Milera, who is eligible for this year's Rising Star award, collected 23 possessions at Adelaide Oval on Sunday - a career-high. 

Charlie Cameron was influential against the Giants with a career-best 23 possessions in his 50th AFL game.

The 22-year-old also had a career-high 14 contested possessions and eight clearances along with two goals and a Mark of the Year nomination.

In his first game of the year, Rory Sloane won a game-high nine clearances from only 74 per cent game time, including seven centre clearances - the equal-most of any player in Round One.

Dashing wingman David Mackay had 15 score involvements – more than any other player for the round. Mitch McGovern and Josh Jenkins were equal-fifth with 12 involvements each.

Hard-nosed onballer Matt Crouch earned more hard-ball gets than any other player for the weekend with 11. He also had 20 handballs in his 29-possession total, ranked equal-fourth in the comp in Round One.

Crouch won a game-high 15 contested possessions at Adelaide Oval on Sunday.

Skilful forward Eddie Betts kicked four goals against the Giants - the equal second-best haul of any player for Round One behind dual Coleman Medallist Josh Kennedy (7).

Betts also gave several goals away, ranking equal-second for score assists (4) for the round.

Curtly Hampton and Troy Menzel became the 210th and 211th players respectively to play a senior game for the Crows.

Andy Otten made his long-awaited return to AFL action after a 960-day wait between senior games. Jake Kelly also returned to the senior side 638 days since his last AFL appearance.


Match statistics
Disposals
Adelaide - 415
GWS - 349

Disposal Efficiency
Adelaide - 77 per cent
GWS - 77 per cent

Kicks
Adelaide - 230
GWS - 215

Handballs
Adelaide - 185
GWS - 134

Free kicks
Adelaide - 22
GWS - 24

Clearances
Adelaide - 39
GWS - 38

Inside 50ms
Adelaide - 65
GWS - 47

Contested Possessions
Adelaide - 147
GWS - 130

Uncontested Possessions
Adelaide - 268
GWS - 210

Tackles
Adelaide - 60
GWS - 50

Hit-outs
Adelaide - 43
GWS - 31