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"My little Jimmy is a Crow”: Rowe's tears as SA clubs go local
An emotional Stephen Rowe shed tears on Adelaide radio today as he recounted his son James’s journey from draft discard to one of eight new Adelaide Football Club recruits.
An emotional Stephen Rowe shed tears on Adelaide radio today as he recounted his son James’s journey from draft discard to one of eight new Adelaide Football Club recruits.
UPDATED | After months of speculation about Adelaide landing a big fish in the so-called ‘superdraft’, in the event it was the players they didn’t select that stole the show.
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With a motley crew of draft steals, the Adelaide Crows are bucking the AFL system – but they’ll have to buck recent history to become premiers next week.
The fate of the 2012 Brownlow Medal will be decided by the AFL Commission today, with AFL chairman Mike Fitzpatrick to deliver the verdict at a late-afternoon media conference.
The Adelaide Crows have nominated the son of premiership hero Darren Jarman as their first likely father-son recruit as the club rings the changes ahead of 2017.
The AFL may consider adding extra draft picks for struggling clubs in a bid to return long-suffering teams to finals contention.