Two-time Club Champion Rory Sloane believes the Crows are firmly on the path to success.

Sloane, 26, accepted his second gold jacket at the Adelaide Convention Centre on Friday night.

In addition, the All Australian vice-captain claimed the Chelsea Phillis Coaches’ Award and member-voted 19^th Man Award (each for the third time).

It capped off an individually brilliant season for Sloane, who also finished runner-up in the AFL Coaches’ Association Player of the Year and AFL Players’ Association Most Valuable Player Award.

While honoured to add another Malcolm Blight Medal to his bulging trophy cabinet, Sloane said he was still smarting from the Club’s disappointing Semi-Final loss to Grand Finalists, the Sydney Swans.

“It certainly burns inside us how we played against Sydney,” Sloane said.

“It makes my blood boil a little bit because we know that wasn’t the standard that we can play at. We showed throughout the year what sort of level we can play at.

“In successful years at footy clubs, there will always be guys who get certain accolades and awards throughout the season.

“I’m very humbled and lucky to accept this one. But the whole reason I play footy and, I’m sure, the reason my teammates play footy is so we can win a premiership. That’s all that drives me.

“We’ve definitely improved and the way we’re travelling is upwards. We’re coming. We’re building. We’re not going to rest until we’ve won a flag.

“We’ll get there, don’t worry.”

Adelaide entered the 2016 finals series with the second-least experienced team behind only the Western Bulldogs, who have showed that age doesn't have to be a barrier to success.

One of only two players at the Club over the age of 30, Nathan van Berlo, has retired while the other, Scott Thompson, is out of contract.

Sloane, who described this year as his “most enjoyable”, said he was excited by the challenge of setting the standards for his younger teammates.

“This group we’ve got here at the moment is so young and so driven,” said Sloane, adding that he hoped Thompson played on next season.

“Myself, Tex (Taylor Walker) and ‘Tals’ (Daniel Talia) are starting to become senior players.

“It’s a time when we’ve really got to take responsibility in driving this group to where we want to get to. That’s certainly going to be a big focus for us in the next couple of years because everyone else, except for a couple of outliers like Eddie and ‘Thommo’, (are younger than us).

“We’ve got to drive these guys to get to the next level, so we can make finals, win finals and win the ultimate prize.”

Five of the top 10 placegetters in the 2016 Club Champion award have played fewer than 100 games. Sloane said the continued improvement of the next-tier of players was crucial to success.

“We’ve got so many guys who have taken that step up and we’ll constantly put pressure on them to go to the next level,” he said.

“Rory Atkins stood up massively on a wing and Charlie Cameron’s final (against Sydney) I thought was one of his best games for the year. He showed what he can do on the wing too.

“We’ve got a lot of depth and, unfortunately, there were a lot of guys in our SANFL team that didn’t get to play AFL footy this year. We’ve got guys there that are ready.

“If we keep training hard, improving our game style … I think we’ll give it another crack next year.”

Sloane credited coach Don Pyke for helping to create a positive “working and learning environment”.

Pyke used his time on stage on Friday night to warn against falling into the trap of being satisfied with successive Semi-Final berths.

“Good is often the barrier of great because people get comfortable being good,” he said.

“If we, as a footy club, are going to sit back and pat each other on the back and say, ‘It’s been a really good year, well done’, we won’t progress.

“The reality is we need to progress if we aspire to achieve great things.

“Success is measured by playing finals and winning finals.

“And there’s no real secret in this game. If you want success, you’ve got to work.”