When was the last time 25 Crows-listed players appeared in a round of SANFL?
Probably not since the early days of the Adelaide Football Club, when there were 52 players on the list.
But on the Easter weekend more than a team of Crows senior and rookie players lined up for the eight SANFL clubs.
Crows football operations manager Phil Harper said he couldn’t remember the last time Adelaide has had so many players in the local competition.
“It’s not just strong in numbers, though,” he said.
“There are quite a few players who are in really excellent form and giving our selectors plenty to think about when they pick the Crows team. That’s a great position to be in at this time of the season.”
Player stats
League:
Brad Symes (Central) 17 kicks, 7 marks, 10 handballs
Brad Crouch (West) 13 kicks, 6 handballs
Matt Jaensch (Sturt) 14 kicks, 7 handballs, 1.0
Brodie Martin (Sturt) 17 kicks, 10 handballs, 1.2
Sam Kerridge (Sturt) 4 kicks, 9 handballs
Josh Jenkins (Sturt) 9 kicks, 4 marks, 2 handballs, 18 hit outs, 3.0
Richard Tambling (Sturt) 13 kicks, 6 handballs, 1.0
Tim McIntyre (Sturt, rookie) 4 kicks, 2 handballs, 1.1
Aidan Riley (Sturt) 9 kicks, 10 handballs
Shaun McKernan (South) 6 kicks, 5 marks, 4.0
Luke Brown (Norwood) 9 kicks, 8 marks, 10 handballs, three goals
Chris Knights (Eagles) 10 kicks, 6 marks, 9 handballs, 1.0
Luke Thompson (Eagles) 9 kicks, 8 handballs
Matt Wright (North) 20 kicks, 11 marks, 6 handballs, 1.0
Lewis Johnston (North) 18 kicks, 10 marks, 4 handballs, 3.0
James Craig (North, rookie) 2 kicks, 7 handballs, 19 hit outs
Jarryd Lyons (Glenelg) 20 kicks, 10 handballs, 2.3
Sam Shaw (Glenelg) 8 kicks, 3 handballs
Reserves:
Mitch Grigg (Norwood) 16 kicks, 6 handballs, 1.1
Cam Ellis-Yolmen (Eagles) 7 kicks, 15 handballs
Nick Joyce (Eagles) 2 kicks, 4 handballs (head knock early in game)
Sam Martyn (Eagles, rookie) 5 kicks, 8 handballs
Ben Dowdell (South, rookie) 4 kicks, 3 handballs, 43 hit outs
Rory Laird (West, rookie) 12 kicks, 6 handballs, 2.1
Dylan Orval (Central, rookie) 9 kicks, 1 handball, 5 marks, 4.1
