2015 Adelaide Football Club season

Adelaide Football Club

2015 season
Coach	Phil Walsh (Rounds 1-13) Scott Camporeale (Rounds 15-Finals)
Captain(s)	Taylor Walker
Home ground	Adelaide Oval (Capacity: 53,583)
AFL season	7th
Finals series	6th
Malcolm Blight Medal	Patrick Dangerfield
Leading goalkicker	Eddie Betts (64 goals)
Highest home attendance	53,445 (Round 22 vs. West Coast
Lowest home attendance	42,656 (Round 17 vs. Gold Coast
Average home attendance	47,273
Club membership	60,328
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The Adelaide Crows' 2015 season is its 25th season in the Australian Football League (AFL). The Crows also fielded a reserves team in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

Squad for 2015

Statistics are correct as of end of 2014 season. Flags represent the state of origin, i.e. the state in which the player played his Under-18s football.

Players

Senior List
No.	State	Player	Hgt (cm)	Wgt (kg)	Date of Birth	Age (end 2014)	AFL Debut	Recruited from	Games (end 2014)	Goals (end 2014)
1		James Podsiadly	193	100	10 September 1981	33	2010	Werribee, Geelong	104	195
2		Brad Crouch	186	84	14 January 1994	20	2013	North Ballarat (U18)	25	9
3		Brent Reilly	183	85	12 November 1983	31	2002	Calder (U18)	203	52
4		Josh Jenkins	198	106	8 February 1989	25	2012	Tyntynder, Essendon	48	75
5		Scott Thompson	184	86	14 March 1983	31	2001	Port Adelaide (SANFL), Melbourne	254	150
6		Jake Lever	194	85	5 March 1996	18		Calder (U18)	0	0
7		Nathan van Berlo	184	82	6 June 1986	28	2005	West Perth	182	64
8		Mitch Grigg	182	81	2 January 1993	21	2013	Norwood	14	12
9		Rory Sloane	183	81	17 March 1990	24	2009	Eastern (U18)	100	62
10		Matthew Jaensch	180	82	18 September 1989	25	2010	Sturt (SANFL)	67	25
11		Matthew Wright	178	76	14 December 1989	25	2011	North Adelaide (SA)	78	58
12		Daniel Talia	195	97	2 October 1991	23	2011	Calder (U18)	76	4
13		Taylor Walker (c)	192	100	25 April 1990	24	2009	NSW/ACT (U18)	84	197
14		David Mackay	181	79	25 July 1988	26	2008	Oakleigh (U18)	124	41
15		Kyle Hartigan	194	94	7 November 1991	23	2013	Werribee	10	0
16		Luke Brown	181	79	22 September 1992	22	2012	Norwood (SANFL)	46	2
17		Sam Kerridge	188	86	26 April 1993	21	2012	Bendigo (U18)	26	23
18		Eddie Betts	173	73	26 November 1986	28	2005	Calder (U18), Carlton	206	341
20		Sam Siggins	195	88	20 March 1994	20		Lauderdale	0	0
21		Rory Atkins	185	79	12 July 1994	20		Calder (U18)	0	0
22		Andy Otten	192	90	15 May 1989	25	2008	Oakleigh (U18)	79	18
23		Charlie Cameron	183	72	5 July 1994	20	2014	Swan Districts	7	9
24		Sam Jacobs	202	101	10 April 1988	26	2009	Woodville-West Torrens, Carlton	104	24
25		Kyle Cheney	187	90	25 August 1989	25	2009	North Ballarat (U18)	41	2
26		Richard Douglas	180	79	6 February 1987	27	2006	Calder (U18)	155	107
27		Tom Lynch	191	88	15 September 1990	24	2010	Sandringham (U18), St Kilda	37	51
28		Cameron Ellis-Yolmen	189	94	28 January 1993	21	2014	Woodville-West Torrens	1	0
29		Rory Laird	178	76	29 December 1993	21	2013	West Adelaide	34	3
31		Jarryd Lyons	184	82	22 July 1992	22	2012	Sandringham (U18)	22	13
32		Patrick Dangerfield	185	90	5 April 1990	24	2008	Geelong (U18)	131	142
33		Brodie Smith	194	82	14 January 1991	23	2012	Woodville-West Torrens	76	21
34		Sam Shaw	193	90	5 April 1991	23	2012	Oakleigh (U18)	22	0
35		Harrison Wigg	179	75	16 October 1996	18		North Adelaide	0	0
36		Brodie Martin	180	83	6 November 1988	24	2009	Sturt	35	12
38		Harry Dear	197	98	18 August 1996	18		Sandringham (U18)	0	0
39		Riley Knight	180	72	27 March 1995	19		Woodville-West Torrens	0	0
40		Luke Lowden	206	103	22 February 1991	23	2014	Sandringham (U18), Hawthorn	1	3
41		Mitch McGovern	191	84	11 October 1994	21		Claremont	0	0
44		Matt Crouch	180	78	21 April 1995	19		North Ballarat (U18)	0	0
45		Ricky Henderson	188	91	11 September 1988	26	2010	Trentham	56	39

Rookie List
No.	State	Player	Hgt (cm)	Wgt (kg)	Date of Birth	Age (end 2014)	AFL Debut	Recruited from	Games (end 2014)	Goals (end 2014)
30		Jack Osborn	205	107	29 April 1990	24		North Hobart	0	0
42		Anthony Wilson	181	74	2 August 1992	22		Norwood	0	0
43		Reilly O'Brien	201	98	20 August 1995	19		Calder (U18), Coburg	0	0
46		Keenan Ramsey	192	86	23 August 1996	18		Port Adelaide (SANFL)	0	0
47		Jake Kelly	189	84	21 January 1995	19		Oakleigh (U18)	0	0

Coaches

Senior Coaching Panel
State	Coach	Coaching position				Adelaide Coaching debut	Former clubs as coach
	Phil Walsh	Senior Coach (Rounds 1-13)				2015	Port Adelaide (a), West Coast (a)
	Scott Camporeale	Interim Senior Coach (Rounds 15-Finals), Assistant Coach (Midfield)				2011	Essendon (a)
	David Teague	Assistant Coach (Forwards)				2015	West Coast (a), St Kilda (a)
	Matthew Clarke	Assistant Coach (Rucks and Stoppages)				2008
	Ryan O'Keefe	Assistant Coach (Midfield Development)				2015
	Darren Milburn	Assistant Coach (Defence)				2012
	Darren Glass	Assistant Coach (Leadership Program)				2015
	John Worsfold	Director of Coaching (Rounds 15-Finals)				2015	West Coast (s)

• For players: (c) denotes captain, (vc) denotes vice-captain, (lg) denotes leadership group.
• For coaches: (s) denotes senior coach, (cs) denotes caretaker senior coach, (a) denotes assistant coach, (d) denotes development coach.

2015 AFL Premiership Season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Adelaide's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance
			Home	Away	Result
1	Sunday 5 April (2:50pm)	North Melbourne	21.14 (140)	9.9 (63)	Won by 77 points [1]	Adelaide Oval (H)	46,491
2	Saturday 11 April (4:35pm)	Collingwood	9.9 (63)	12.18 (90)	Won by 27 points [2]	Etihad Stadium (A)	33,771
3	Saturday 18 April (1:40pm)	Melbourne	12.8 (80)	7.13 (55)	Won by 25 points [3]	Adelaide Oval (H)	43,713
4	Sunday 26 April (4:40pm)	Western Bulldogs	18.17 (125)	10.8 (68)	Lost by 57 points [4]	Etihad Stadium (A)	19,915
5	Sunday 3 May (4:10pm)	Port Adelaide	13.13 (91)	18.7 (115)	Lost by 24 points [5]	Adelaide Oval (H)	49,735
6	Saturday 9 May (5:10pm)	Gold Coast	11.12 (78)	18.11 (119)	Won by 41 points [6]	Metricon Stadium (A)	12,464
7	Saturday 16 May (1:15pm)	St Kilda	18.11 (119)	10.13 (73)	Won by 46 points [7]	Adelaide Oval (H)	43,532
8	Saturday 23 May (2:10pm)	Greater Western Sydney	16.12 (108)	12.12 (84)	Lost by 24 points [8]	Spotless Stadium (A)	9,481
9	Saturday 30 May (7:10pm)	Fremantle	7.15 (57)	10.8 (68)	Lost by 11 points [9]	Adelaide Oval (H)	45,518
10	Saturday 6 June (1:40pm)	Carlton	14.6 (90)	14.15 (99)	Won by 9 points [10]	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	32,035
11	Bye
12	Thursday 18 June (7:20pm)	Hawthorn	12.13 (85)	17.12 (114)	Lost by 29 points [11]	Adelaide Oval (H)	50,023
13	Saturday 27 June (4:35pm)	Brisbane Lions	10.9 (69)	11.16 (82)	Won by 13 points [12]	The Gabba (A)	18,146
14	Match against Geelong cancelled due to the death of senior coach Phil Walsh [13]
15	Saturday 11 July (5:40pm)	West Coast	22.15 (147)	14.7 (91)	Lost by 56 points [14]	Domain Stadium (A)	38,133
16	Sunday 19 July (2:50pm)	Port Adelaide	17.11 (113)	18.8 (116)	Won by 3 points [15]	Adelaide Oval (A)	54,468
17	Saturday 25 July (1:40pm)	Gold Coast	19.11 (125)	12.8 (80)	Won by 45 points [16]	Adelaide Oval (H)	42,656
18	Saturday 1 August (4:35pm)	Sydney	17.15 (117)	9.11 (65)	Lost by 52 points [17]	Sydney Cricket Ground (A)	38,690
19	Friday 7 August (7:20pm)	Richmond	11.22 (88)	8.4 (52)	Won by 36 points [18]	Adelaide Oval (H)	50,094
20	Saturday 15 August (1:45pm)	Essendon	8.11 (59)	27.9 (171)	Won by 112 points [19]	Etihad Stadium (A)	25,914
21	Saturday 22 August (7:10pm)	Brisbane Lions	20.11 (131)	6.8 (44)	Won by 87 points [20]	Adelaide Oval (H)	47,527
22	Saturday 30 August (12:40pm)	West Coast	19.12 (126)	10.9 (69)	Won by 57 points [21]	Adelaide Oval (H)	53,445
23	Saturday 5 September (1:05pm)	Geelong	17.17 (119)	11.14 (80)	Lost by 39 points [22]	Simonds Stadium (A)	26,128

Ladder

2015 AFL Ladder
	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts
1	Fremantle	22	17	5	0	1857	1564	118.7	68
2	West Coast	22	16	5	1	2330	1572	148.2	66
3	Hawthorn (P)	22	16	6	0	2452	1548	158.4	64
4	Sydney	22	16	6	0	2006	1578	127.1	64
5	Richmond	22	15	7	0	1930	1568	123.1	60
6	Western Bulldogs	22	14	8	0	2101	1825	115.1	56
7	Adelaide	21	13	8	0	2107	1821	115.7	54^1
8	North Melbourne	22	13	9	0	2062	1937	106.5	52
9	Port Adelaide	22	12	10	0	2002	1874	106.8	48
10	Geelong	21	11	9	1	1853	1833	101.1	48^1
11	Greater Western Sydney	22	11	11	0	1872	1891	99.0	44
12	Collingwood	22	10	12	0	1972	1856	106.3	40
13	Melbourne	22	7	15	0	1573	2044	77.0	28
14	St Kilda	22	6	15	1	1695	2162	78.4	26
15	Essendon	22	6	16	0	1580	2134	74.0	24
16	Gold Coast	22	4	17	1	1633	2240	72.9	18
17	Brisbane Lions	22	4	18	0	1557	2306	67.5	16
18	Carlton	22	4	18	0	1525	2354	64.8	16
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points for, PA = Points against ^1The round 14 match between Adelaide and Geelong was cancelled due to the death of Adelaide coach Phil Walsh, and both teams were awarded two premiership points each.

2015 AFL Finals Series

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Adelaide's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance
			Home	Away	Result
EF2	Saturday 12 September (7:50pm)	Western Bulldogs	14.18 (102)	16.13 (109)	Won by 7 points [23]	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	60.782
SF2	Friday 19 September (7:50pm)	Hawthorn	21.9 (135)	8.13 (61)	Lost by 74 points [24]	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	70,879

Match Review Panel

Player	Round	Charge category	Verdict	Result	Victim	Club	Ref(s)
Rory Sloane	3	Instigating a melee	Guilty	$1,500 fine		Melbourne	[25]
Scott Thompson	3	Engaging in a melee	Guilty	$1,500 fine		Melbourne	[25]
Josh Jenkins	3	Engaging in a melee	Guilty	$1,000 fine		Melbourne	[25]
Matthew Jaensch	3	Engaging in a melee	Guilty	$1,000 fine		Melbourne	[25]
Taylor Walker	3	Engaging in a melee	Guilty	$1,000 fine		Melbourne	[25]
Taylor Walker	10	Striking	N/A	Cleared	Cameron Wood	Carlton	[26]
Richard Douglas	17	Rough conduct	Guilty	$1,000 fine	Matt Shaw	Gold Coast	[27]

References

1. "Walker-inspired Crows crush sluggish Roos". Retrieved 5 April 2015.
2. "Crows soar on the road to blitz Magpies". Retrieved 11 April 2015.
3. "Crows hold off dogged Dees in fiery, rain-soaked clash". Retrieved 18 April 2015.
4. "Stringer's six helps Dogs end Crows' perfect start". Retrieved 26 April 2015.
5. "Power take down Crows for Showdown delight". Retrieved 3 May 2015.
6. "Betts boots five as Crows outclass undermanned Suns". Retrieved 9 May 2015.
7. "Injury carnage in Adelaide as Crows stand firm over Saints". Retrieved 16 May 2015.
8. "McCarthy shines as Giants break Crows duck". Retrieved 23 May 2015.
9. "Dockers edge Crows in tough slog to stay perfect". Retrieved 30 May 2015.
10. "Judd goes down as Crows hold off gallant Blues". Retrieved 6 June 2015.
11. "Unsociable Hawks return as Crows' wings clipped". Retrieved 18 June 2015.
12. "Crows fly home to pull off comeback win over Lions". Retrieved 27 June 2015.
13. "Crows-Cats cancelled: What does it mean?". Retrieved 3 July 2015.
14. "Eagles' goal feast too much for Crows on emotional night". Retrieved 11 July 2015.
15. "'Get the job done': Emotional Crows prove too strong as Port falls short". Retrieved 19 July 2015.
16. "Ablett hurt as Crows sink Suns to shore up spot in top eight". Retrieved 25 July 2015.
17. "Swans back on track with big win over Crows". Retrieved 1 August 2015.
18. "Crows halt the Tiger train with impressive win". Retrieved 7 August 2015.
19. "Crows crush dismal Dons to increase pressure on Hird". Retrieved 15 August 2015.
20. "Crows and Tex Walker flex muscles against Lions". Retrieved 22 August 2015.
21. "Crows ride rollercoaster for big win". Retrieved 30 August 2015.
22. "Cats' purrfect farewell to departing veterans". Retrieved 5 September 2015.
23. "Dream continues as Crows down Dogs in classic final". Retrieved 12 September 2015.
24. "Hawks crush Crows to storm into prelim". Retrieved 19 September 2015.
25. "Match Review Panel full statement: round three".
26. "MRP full statement: round 10".
27. "Match Review Panel full statement: Round 17".