Mark Ricciuto has kicked five goals to lead the celebrations for his 300th AFL match, with Adelaide sprinting away from the Kangaroos for a thumping 72-point win in front of a partying crowd of 47,487 at AAMI Stadium on Friday night.

The Roos tried to upset the Crows' slick, running style with a stop-start, criss-cross possession game but could not maintain it and ultimately were swept aside - 19.10 (124) to 7.10 (52) - by a relentlessly attacking team that showed why it had lost only two of its previous 15 matches this season to be a short-priced premiership favourite.

Centre half-forward Ken McGregor booted four goals, including three in the second half when Adelaide turned the match into a stunning romp by adding 12.4 to the Roos' 3.6.

Full-forward Ricciuto started well with two goals at the southern end in the first quarter - the first from a set shot 50 metres out deep in the left forward and the second from a 20-metre snap after a handpass from Matthew Bode - and he kicked his third after a mark 15 metres straight in front of goal early in the second term.

His fourth came from a neat pass from Nathan Bock 20 minutes into the third quarter while the Crows were ramming on an unanswered, match-winning 6.1 in 16 minutes to boost their lead from 11 points to 48 until Leigh Harding scored a point just before three-quarter time.

And Ricciuto's fifth goal came early in the final term after a neat pass from Graham Johncock, and he thanked the crowd via the public address system immediately after the match before being chaired from the field by close mates Simon Goodwin and Brett Burton.

Adelaide led by 18 points at quarter-time and 20 at half-time, with the Kangaroos' keepings-off tactics - chip-kicking backwards and sideways - restricting the frustrated Crows to 7.6, but the Roos managed only 4.4, including a goal each to Shannon Grant and David Hale late in the second term after the margin had got out to 27 points (6.6 to 2.3).

It was indicative of the Kangaroos' attempts at possession that they had 119 kicks to Adelaide's 79 in the first half, while the handball tally was 69-67 the Roos' way.

And the Roos' game plan resembled that of Richmond when it beat Adelaide by three points in a low-scoring duel at Telstra Dome in round eight.

The Kangas made the Crows work hard in the midfield early where Goodwin and Tyson Edwards were quietened by Jess Sinclair and Brady Rawlings respectively - while Grant, who had a game-high 34 disposals, and Daniel Wells (28) often did as they pleased, and Brent Harvey (29) had a strong second half.

Goodwin worked his way into the game to have 22 disposals - third on Adelaide's list behind defenders Andrew McLeod (25) and Nathan Bassett (24).

The Roos were hurt briefly by the enforced withdrawal just before half-time of Wells, who appeared to strain a groin after piling up 16 possessions in a free-running role. But he resumed immediately after half-time and saw out the game.

Two goals to Harvey either side of a Bode goal - and the second after an uncharacteristic handling error by Johncock - left the Roos only 11 points down 12 minutes into the third quarter, but an opportunist goal from Burton, who had been subdued by Shannon Watt, and another to McGregor from a free kick put the Crows four goals clear - 10.7 to 6.7 at the 18-minute mark.

Soon after, Roos defender Michael Firrito was helped from the field after crashing heavily into McGregor and to the ground.

Bode goaled again as Firrito was departing and Ricciuto and McGregor also goaled again - McGregor after Wells was penalised dubiously when he slapped the ball over Adelaide's goal line - and the Crows suddenly led by seven goals - 13.7 to 6.7.

A touch of brilliance by Scott Thompson gave Adelaide another goal, then it added 5.3 to 1.1 in the final term for a comprehensive victory that had barely seemed possible at times during the scrappy first half.

Adelaide coach Neil Craig said his team's ability to play against the style the Roos employed in the first half was better than it had been in the past.

"We didn't change our style too much and we had to make some changes regarding player density, I guess - shifting people around," he said. "I thought we handled it really well. I thought we were patient, controlled, we were aggressive with our mindset with it, we didn't get frustrated and we got the ball back off them.

"So I thought it was an absolute credit to our guys with the way they played the whole night. It was a good game for us to play in - a really good game. There were some different styles of football to play against, a lot of rotations, a lot of our guys played in different positions and performed. The more we can play under those conditions, the better off we'll be."

Kangaroos coach Dean Laidley said his side lost the match in the third quarter by kicking 2.4 to the Crows' 7.1.

"In the end, they over-ran us - we always knew they were going to come at us at a certain stage," he said.

"They are a fantastic football club. They are in another stratosphere. No one is unbeatable but they've got a very good coach, they've got some genuine leaders who can control the atmosphere of the football club. If they can continue to do that for the next five games, they get home finals and that's a start."

ADELAIDE: 4.3, 7.6, 14.7, 19.10 (124)
KANGAROOS: 1.3, 4.4, 6.8, 7.10 (52)

GOALS – Adelaide: Ricciuto 5, McGregor 4, Biglands 2, Bode 2, Thompson 2, Bock, Burton, Stevens, Torney
Kangaroos: Grant 2, Thompson, Pratt, Hale, Harvey, Swallow
BEST – Adelaide: McLeod, Bassett, Ricciuto, Goodwin, Doughty, Thompson, Stevens, McGregor
Kangaroos: Grant, Harvey, Wells, Simpson, Rawlings
INJURIES - Adelaide: Nil
Kangaroos: Firrito (concussion)
REPORTS - Nil
UMPIRES - Donlon, James, Ellis
CROWD - 47,487 at AAMI Stadium