Sydney Swans vs. Adelaide Crows
Date: Saturday 27 June
Time: 2.40pm
Venue: AAMI Stadium
Tickets available from Ticketmaster.com.au
Training this week
The Sydney Swans will train on Tuesday 23 June from 3pm at the SCG. This session is open to the public, and all are invited to come along.
Swans Reserves - round twelve
Swans Reserves vs. Eastlake
Date: Saturday 28 June
Time: 2.00pm
Venue: Manuka Oval
Broadcast information
This match will be broadcast in Sydney 3.00pm AEST on Fox Sports 1. For additional broadcast information, click here.
Head to head
The Sydney Swans have beaten the Adelaide Crows in 9 of their 28 matches for a winning percentage of 32.14%
Last three years
Round 14, 2006 Sydney Swans 8.14.62 defeated by Adelaide 15.11.101 @ SCG
Round 4, 2007 Sydney Swans 5.14.44 defeated by Adelaide 9.7.61 @ AAMI Stadium
Round 17, 2008 Sydney Swans 6.17.53 defeated by Adelaide 11.11.77 @ AAMI Stadium
Last time they met
The Swans came into their Saturday night clash against Adelaide having lost eight of their past nine matches against the Crows. Going into the game with an injury list growing week by week, the Swans added to their woes when Henry Playfair went down with a hamstring injury early in the first quarter and Adam Goodes further aggravated his groin.
It was Adelaide that got out to an early start, leading at the first change by nine points, and despite relentless forward pressure by the Swans in the second quarter, their inaccuracy in front of goal saw them chasing the Crows in the second half. The Swans kicked two goals and five behinds to Adelaide’s five goals and one behind to go into the main break trailing by 23 points.
In a hard-fought third quarter both the Swans and the Crows remained goalless. In the end, it was the Crows who ran out the fourth quarter the hardest, kicking three goals to Sydney’s two to finish the game 24-point victors.
Brownlow Medal Votes: 3 – Jason Porplyzia (Ade), 2 – Chris Knights (Ade), 1 – Ryan O’Keefe
Fast footy facts
The Swans have lost their last five matches against Adelaide.
The Swans have won one game against the Crows in their past ten attempts.
The Swans have not beaten Adelaide at AAMI Stadium since Round 16, 2001.
Of the 13 matches between the Swans and the Crows at AAMI Stadium, the Swans have won four.
The Swans won the first-ever game played between these two sides at AAMI Stadium back in round 18, 1991 in front of 40,794 supporters.
In 28 games between the Swans and the Crows, only twice has a single kick separated the two sides at the end of the game.
The two sides have only played once in a finals series, with the Crows winning by 27 points in the 1998 semi-final.
