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A look back at five Crows debuts that shaped the Club

In Round One, 1996, five debutants took the field for the Crows, kicking off careers that would shape the club’s history.

Thirty years ago, five new Crows started a journey to surprising success. 

Five recruits with assorted football experiences shared their debuts for Adelaide in Round One of 1996 but would later share triumphs of greater significance.

Darren Jarman, Kym Koster, Troy Bond, Peter Caven and Shane Ellen – all added to the squad after a disappointing 1995 season under coach Robert Shaw – played in a stirring 90-point win against Sydney at Football Park, on the last day of March.

Remarkably, the five featured on the last day of September the following year, when Adelaide won its first AFL premiership at the MCG.

Crows tight-lipped on Daicos plans, ponder ruck change

Matthew Nicks was keeping mum on ways Adelaide will try quell the influence of gun Magpie

ADELAIDE coach Matthew Nicks is keeping his cards close to his chest as he prepares to dull the influence of a red-hot Nick Daicos in Saturday night's clash with Collingwood.

The Magpies superstar dismantled St Kilda with 41 disposals, seven marks and four clearances at the weekend, and will again be a pivotal figure as last year's minor premiers open their 2026 campaign.

Nicks said the Crows had enormous respect for Daicos but remained coy on what plans he would employ to keep the three-time All-Australian under wraps.

Cats, Power debutants amid triple Eagles shock; verdict on star for brutal trip — AFL Team Tips

Multiple more debutants have been locked in including an Eagles stunner.

Plus Adelaide looks all but certain to make a brutal ruck call on a recently signed tall. meanwhile, North Melbourne has confirmed a young duo will make their AFL debuts on Sunday. Read more in AFL Team Tips!

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Team Tips: Dashing defender Adam Saad is expected to miss Carlton’s annual blockbuster against Richmond with a low-end hamstring strain, after finishing with just 64 per cent game time in his side’s Opening Round loss to Sydney. While not a like-for-like replacement, his absence could be somewhat negated by the return of Nick Haynes from an ankle injury, though he for now remains an outside chance to come straight back. The in-form Francis Evans (knee) is similarly considered unlikely, but not improbable to be parachuted into the starting 23. The trio of Blake Acres, Lachie Cowan and Matthew Carroll all successfully got through the club’s VFL practice match against Footscray late last week, with the side kicking a wayward 6.22 to ultimately go down by 21 points. It would be stiff to be dropped after just one match, but like most clubs early in the season, it will be intriguing to see if Michael Voss continues to deploy a two-ruck strategy with Liam Reidy as support to Marc Pittonet.

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