After heartbreakingly missing the 2023 finals due to a goal umpiring decision, Adelaide crashed and burned in 2024 to finish in the bottom four.
At no point were the Crows ever in the top eight throughout the season as they lost their first five matches of the campaign.
Having added three utility types to their team in Isaac Cumming, Alex Neal-Bullen and James Peatling, can Adelaide rise up the table in 2025?
The Sporting News runs the rule over the club’s best team with analysis.
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Adelaide’s best 22
FB | Josh Worrell | Nick Murray | Max Michaelanney |
HB | Mitch Hinge | Mark Keane | Isaac Cumming |
C | Luke Nankervis | Jake Soligo | Lachlan Sholl |
HF | Ben Keays | Darcy Fogarty | Alex Neal-Bullen |
FF | Taylor Walker | Riley Thiltorpe | Josh Rachele |
R | Reilly O’Brien | Jordan Dawson | Izak Rankine |
Interchange | James Peatling | Matt Crouch | Rory Laird |
Sid Draper | |||
SUB | Luke Pedlar |
Analysis
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