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2011 Adelaide Football Club season

Field	Value
club	Adelaide Football Club
season	2011
imagesize	120px
president	Rob Chapman
coach	Neil Craig (rounds 1–18)
Mark Bickley (rounds 19–22 as caretaker)
captain	Nathan van Berlo
home ground	AAMI Stadium
preseason comp	Pre-season competition
preseason result	Round 1
regularseason comp	AFL season
regularseason result	14th
finals series	Finals series
finals result	N/A
club b&f	Best and Fairest
best and fairest	Scott Thompson
leading goalscorer	Taylor Walker (32)
highest attendance	42,536 vs. (26 March 2011)
lowest attendance	23,063 vs. (2 July 2011)
average attendance
prevseason	2010
nextseason	2012

Mark Bickley (rounds 19–22 as caretaker) | club b&f = Best and Fairest

The 2011 AFL season was the Adelaide Football Club's 21st season in the AFL. Neil Craig coached from round 1 to round 18, but was replaced by Mark Bickley who coached from round 19. Nathan van Berlo was appointed captain and the leadership group consisted of Scott Stevens, Ben Rutten, Michael Doughty and Scott Thompson.

Squad

Statistics are correct as of start of 2011 season. Flags represent place of birth.

Senior List	No.	Born	Player	Hgt (cm)	Wgt (kg)	Date of birth	Age	Debut	Recruited from	Games
1	Northern Territory	Richard Tambling	181	84	12 September 1986	24	2005	Southern Districts/	108	61
2	England	Brad Moran	201	100	29 September 1986	24	2006	Southport/	17	7
3	Victoria	Brent Reilly	185	85	12 November 1983	27	2003	Calder U18	135	43
4	Queensland	Kurt Tippett	203	107	8 May 1987	23	2008	Southport	65	118
5	South Australia	Scott Thompson	187	86	14 March 1983	28	2001	Port Adelaide Magpies/	176	121
6	Victoria	Jack Gunston	193	81	16 May 1991	19	2010	Sandringham U18	2	1
7	Western Australia	Nathan van Berlo	187	84	6 June 1986	24	2005	West Perth	116	31
8	Victoria	Myke Cook	184	83	9 October 1989	21	2009	Sandringham U18	12	2
9	Victoria	Rory Sloane	183	79	17 March 1990	21	2009	Eastern Ranges U18	15	7
10	South Australia	Matthew Jaensch	182	83	18 September 1989	21	2010	Sturt	11	7
11	South Australia	Michael Doughty	179	81	5 August 1979	31	2000	South Adelaide	188	43
12	Victoria	Daniel Talia	196	95	2 October 1991	19	****	Calder U18	0	0
13	New South Wales	Taylor Walker	194	98	25 April 1990	20	2009	NSW/ACT Rams	32	58
14	Victoria	David Mackay	183	75	25 July 1988	22	2008	Oakleigh U18	55	12
15	South Australia	Brad Symes	187	82	7 March 1985	26	2004	Central District/	67	8
16	Australian Capital Territory	Phil Davis	197	94	30 August 1990	20	2010	North Adelaide	15	1
17	South Australia	Bernie Vince	188	89	2 October 1985	25	2006	Woodville-West Torrens	71	38
18	South Australia	Graham Johncock	180	87	21 October 1982	28	2001	Port Adelaide Magpies	184	94
20	Victoria	Ivan Maric	200	102	4 January 1986	25	2006	Calder U18	71	25
21	Victoria	Chris Knights	187	88	25 September 1986	24	2005	Vermont/Eastern Ranges U18	75	55
22	Victoria	Andy Otten	194	92	15 May 1989	21	2008	Oakleigh U18	26	1
23	South Australia	Jared Petrenko	179	82	22 December 1989	22	2009	Woodville-West Torrens	21	10
24	South Australia	Sam Jacobs	203	102	10 April 1988	23	2009	Woodville-West Torrens/	17	3
25	South Australia	Ben Rutten	192	101	28 May 1983	27	2005	West Adelaide	148	6
26	Victoria	Richard Douglas	182	80	6 February 1987	24	2006	Calder U18	78	55
27	Western Australia	Scott Stevens	195	87	15 January 1982	29	2002	Perth/	142	87
28	Victoria	Luke Thompson	196	89	8 February 1991	20	****	Geelong Falcons U18	0	0
29	South Australia	James Sellar	196	98	24 March 1989	22	2008	Glenelg	16	3
30	South Australia	James Craig	196	95	18 April 1991	19	****	North Adelaide	0	0
31	Victoria	Jarryd Lyons	196	95	22 July 1992	18	****	Sandringham Dragons	0	0
32	Victoria	Patrick Dangerfield	189	92	5 April 1990	20	2008	Geelong Falcons U18	42	48
33	South Australia	Brodie Smith	189	78	14 January 1992	19	****	Woodville-West Torrens	0	0
34	Victoria	Sam Shaw	194	86	5 April 1990	21	****	Oakleigh U18	0	0
35	Victoria	Shaun McKernan	198	98	1 September 1990	21	2009	Calder U18	1	0
36	South Australia	Brodie Martin	182	79	6 November 1988	22	2009	Sturt	4	1
38	New South Wales	Tony Armstrong	185	80	29 September 1989	21	2010	NSW/ACT Rams/Calder U18	9	0
39	Victoria	Will Young	194	88	3 August 1990	20	2010	North Ballarat U18	2	1
40	South Australia	Jason Porplyzia	179	82	27 November 1984	25	2006	West Adelaide	87	136
45	Victoria	Ricky Henderson	190	78	11 September 1988	21	2010	Trentham	0	0
37	South Australia	Ian Callinan	172	74	20 December 1982	28	****	Central District	0	0
41	New South Wales	Sam Martyn	186	73	7 April 1992	18	****	NSW/ACT Rams	0	0
42	South Australia	Lachlan Roach	178	69	25 April 1992	18	****	North Adelaide	0	0
43	New South Wales	Aiden Riley	181	76	13 December 1991	18	****	Wollongong Lions	0	0
44	South Australia	Jake von Bertouch	192	80	4 May 1992	18	****	Woodville-West Torrens	0	0
46	South Australia	Chris Schmidt	190	89	20 March 1989	22	2007	West Adelaide/	15	0
47	South Australia	Matt Wright	179	81	14 December 1989	20	****	North Adelaide	0	0
48	South Australia	Timothy Milera	171	77	3 September 1992	18	****	Port Adelaide Magpies	0	0

Player changes for 2011

In

Player	Previous club	League	via
Northern Territory Richard Tambling		AFL	AFL Trade Week
South Australia Sam Jacobs		AFL	AFL Trade Week
South Australia Brodie Smith	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL	2010 AFL draft - Pick No. 14
Victoria Jarryd Lyons	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup	2010 AFL draft - Pick No. 61
South Australia Timothy Milera	Port Adelaide Magpies	SANFL	2011 Rookie Draft - Pick No. 15
South Australia Jake von Bertouch	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL	2011 Rookie Draft - Pick No. 32
South Australia Lachlan Roach	North Adelaide	SANFL	2011 Rookie Draft - Pick No. 49
South Australia Ian Callinan	Central District	SANFL	2011 Rookie Draft - Pick No. 64
New South Wales Sam Martyn	NSW/ACT Rams	TAC Cup	2011 Rookie Draft - Pick No. 84 (NSW Scholarship)

Out

Player	New Club	League	via
Western Australia Jonathon Griffin		AFL	Trade
South Australia Tyson Edwards	–		Retired
Northern Territory Andrew McLeod	–		Retired
South Australia Brett Burton	–		Retired
South Australia Simon Goodwin	–		Retired
Republic of Ireland Brian Donnely	–		Retired
Western Australia Jarrhan Jacky	–		Delisted
South Australia Nathan Bock	Gold Coast Suns	AFL	Gold Coast uncontracted signing

NAB Cup

The 2011 NAB Cup was competed in a new format for the first time since 2003. Adelaide played two games on 11 February 2011, against Melbourne and Port Adelaide. Melbourne defeated Adelaide in the first game 0.5.4 (34) – 0.3.6 (24), but the team defeated cross town rivals Port Adelaide 0.6.4 (40) – 0.1.2 (8).

Adelaide didn't make it into the second round of the NAB Cup, but were to play NAB Challenge/practice matches for the rest of the competition. Adelaide played Fremantle at Thebarton Oval on 26 February. They won by 74 points 22.8 (140) – 10.6 (66). They then played Carlton at Visy Park on 4 March, losing by 34 points 15.10 (100) – 11.10 (76). In the final preseason match of 2011, Adelaide played Richmond, again at Visy Park on the 11th, this time coming up the winners by 68 points 18.14 (122) – 8.6 (54).

Home and away season

Main article: 2011 AFL season

Round 1

Dangerfield 3 Henderson, Knights, van Berlo 2 Vince, Porplyzia, McKernan 1 Franklin, Roughead, Young 2 Bateman, Osborne, Savage 1

This match began Adelaide's 20th year in the AFL with a rematch against Hawthorn, their first opponent in this competition in their inaugural 1991 season.
This was Nathan van Berlo's first game as the 6th appointed captain.

Round 2

Round 3

Vince, Dangerfield, McKernan, Stevens, Jaensch 1 Bradley, Fyfe, Crowley, Mundy, Palmer, Walters, Hill 1

Round 4

Gray, Motlop, Westhoff 2 Surjan, C. Cornes, O'Shea, Salopek 1 Douglas, Tippett, S. Thompson, L. Thompson, McKernan, Jaensch, Vince 1

Round 5

Waite, Ellard 2 Betts, Garlett, Russell 1 Tippett 3 McKernan 2 Jaensch, Thompson, Vince 1

Round 6

Knights 3 Douglas 2 McKernan, Wright, Walker, Dangerfield 1 Cripps 2 Steven, Jones, Dal Santo, Schneider 1

Round 7

Jurrah 3 Watts, Wonaeamirri, Green 2 Dunn, Tapscott, Bartram, Bate, Jones 1 Reilly 2 Thompson, van Berlo, McKernan 1

Round 8

Knights, Wright, Henderson, McKernan 2 Douglas, Reilly, Tippett, S. Thompson, Gunston, L. Thompson 1 McKenzie 1

Patrick Dangerfield kicked a career high six goals.

Round 9

Thomas, Tarrant, Ball 2 McCarthy, Buckley, Shaw, Beams, Swan 1 Patrick Dangerfield, Sloane 2 van Berlo, Smith, Schmidt, Gunston, Knights, Henderson, Wright 1

Patrick Dangerfield played his 50th game for Adelaide.

Round 10

Banfield 3 Clark, Retzlaff 2 Collier, Power, Rich, O'Brien 1

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Following the match, long-time coach Neil Craig resigned effective immediately. The match was his second largest loss as Adelaide coach.

Round 19

Wright, Gunston, Sloane 2 Otten, Henderson, Jacobs, Doughty, Maric, Mackay Schulz, Ebert, C. Cornes 2 Westhoff, Thomas

This was the first match of caretaker coach Mark Bickley, following the resignation of Neil Craig.

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

G Ablett, H Bennell, T Hickey, L Russell, R Thompson 1 J Gunston, D Mackay, J Petrenko 2 N Van Berlo, R Sloane, M Wright, R Douglas 1

Round 23

Round 24

Ladder

References

(25 July 2011). "Neil Craig stands down as Adelaide coach".
Gill, Katrina. (12 August 2010). "Crows name van Berlo as skipper". AFL.com.au.
"Adelaide Crows Senior player list". afc.com.au.
"Adelaide Crows Rookie player list". afc.com.au.
"AFL Trade Week wrap". FootyDraft.com.
(19 November 2010). "AFL Draft Picks 2010 – Full List". [[Fairfax Media]].
(7 December 2010). "2011 AFL pre-season and rookie drafts". [[News Limited]].
"2010 Retirements and Delistings". AFL.com.au.

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