A look at Daniel Talia's career in numbers ahead of his 100th AFL game in Showdown XL on Saturday ...
13 – Talia was selected by the Crows with their first pick (No.13 overall) in the 2009 National Draft
2011 – The former Calder Cannon and Assumption College student made his AFL debut against the Sydney Swans in Round 15, 2011
99 – The durable key defender has played 99 of a possible 102 games since making his AFL debut
182 – He was the 182nd player to represent the Adelaide Football Club in a premiership season game
2012 – Talia became the first Crow to win the Rising Star award in 2012
1 – Career Brownlow Medal votes he’s polled. The vote came against Fremantle in Round 20, 2012
50 – Coincidentally, Talia’s 50th AFL game was also a Showdown in Round 19, 2013
24 – The reliable Crow picked up a career-high 24 disposals against Collingwood in Round Two, 2015
2014 – Talia earned All Australian selection and was crowned Crows Club Champion in 2014. He’s finished top 10 in the best and fairest voting in each of the past four years
2 – He is a two-time winner of the Dr Brian Sando OAM Trophy, recognising outstanding and professional attention to detail in the standard of preparation for being an AFL footballer. Talia was also recognised with the Mark Bickley Award in 2011
2021 – In February, Talia signed a new five-year deal tying him to the Club until at least 2021
1 – Rarely beaten one-on-one, Talia ranks No.1 at Adelaide and fifth in the AFL for spoils over the past four years (2012 -2015)
2015 – He’s been a member of Adelaide’s senior leadership group for the last two seasons
5 – Goals the 24-year-old has kicked in his 99 game career
8 – Talia will become only the eighth current Crow to reach the 100-game milestone. Of the 2016 playing squad, only Scott Thompson, Nathan van Berlo, Richard Douglas, David Mackay, Rory Sloane, Sam Jacobs and Taylor Walker have achieved the ton
3 – Talia’s impending milestone means that all three players to have worn the No.12 for Adelaide in a game for premiership points have reached 100 games. Rob Shirley, who played 151 games, is the most capped Crows No.12, while original owner Simon Tregenza made 106 appearances
