AFTER seven weeks without a win, the overwhelming feeling among the players when the final siren sounded on Adelaide's thrilling seven-point win over the Sydney Swans on Saturday night was relief.

For the first time in a month, the Crows had been in a position to win at three-quarter time against the Swans at AAMI Stadium.

The crowd, a club-record low but still vocal, hoped Adelaide had done enough when skipper Nathan van Berlo put his team a goal ahead at the eight-minute mark of the final quarter in the low-scoring contest, but in typical fashion the Swans responded.

The visitors, who kicked 13 straight behinds in the middle part of the match, blew several opportunities to reclaim the lead, and it took a mark to utility Paul Bevan in the goalsquare for the wasteful Swans to finally hit the front.

But the Crows, determined not to let slip their best chance at victory in almost two months, found a resolve that had been lacking throughout their record-equalling six-game losing streak.

Young players Kurt Tippett and Rory Sloane both coolly slotted goals from marks inside 50m in the dying stages, and Adelaide held on to record its long-awaited fourth win.

Midfielder Patrick Dangerfield, who was instrumental in the final term with six possessions (three contested), said his team was happy to release some of the pressure that had built over the last seven weeks ahead of the bye next weekend.

"It was a bit of a relief really. It's been a long couple of months and it's been difficult," he said after the game.

"As a group, we set ourselves that we weren't going to lose the game. Previously, we'd been in similar [winning] positions against Collingwood [in round nine], but over the last fortnight or month we've just been smashed and blown right out of the water.

"It was just terrific to get a win and celebrate Mick Doughty's 200th game in style.

"It really does give us some confidence and allows us to enjoy the break a bit more."

Dangerfield, who is nursing a thumb injury, is one of a number of players looking forward to the weekend off in round 16.

Mature-age recruit Ian Callinan cruelly injured his hamstring in the win over the Swans and is set to miss up to a month, while reigning best and fairest winner Richard Douglas is in doubt for Adelaide's next game against Essendon with an ankle complaint.

Katrina Gill covers Adelaide news for afl.com.au. Follow her on Twitter: @AFL_KatrinaGill