The issue of homophobic derogatory language being used at AFL games came to the forefront of the Adelaide media this week, after a Port member made a complaint over twitter about a fellow Port supporter yelling out a slur to injured Tiger Chris Knights, calling him a ‘f—ing poof’. The complaint was retweeted many times, [...]
Adelaide finally added another win to its ledger on the weekend with a convincing victory over a disorganised Western Bulldogs. The conditions were awful and required hard, contested wet-weather football. Adelaide’s players set a club record of 99 tackles, which helped set up their win over the struggling Bulldogs. Adelaide has clawed its way back [...]
To say Adelaide’s start to the 2013 AFL Premiership season has been disappointing for fans would be an understatement. The Crows have only won a single match, in tight conditions against Brisbane at the Gabba, after losing 30-point leads against both Essendon and Port Adelaide and losing their other two matches. Much has been made [...]
The nearly sold-out Showdown XXXIV holds the potential to be the one of the most hotly contested matches of round three. Adelaide were in blistering form in the 2012 season, one heart-breaking goal short of making a Grand Final, while Port Adelaide’s season was over well before September, having lost the majority of its games [...]
After an off-season of turbulence, innuendo and scandal that propelled Essendon into an unwanted spot light, there was a silver lining at the conclusion of Essendon’s incredible and otherwise thought as an “upset” win in the 2013 season opener against Adelaide. A fresh-faced and recently-drafted Nick Kommer must have been wondering what he had stepped [...]