1997 AFL Season: Adelaide

Season Team Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Team: Adelaide
Home Ground: Football Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 4th (W-D-L: 13-0-9, P%: 121.6%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 35
Brownlow Leader(s): Mark Ricciuto (18)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Tony Modra (81)
Malcolm Blight Medal Recipient(s): Andrew McLeod

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Mark Bickley

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bickley, Mark #26 26 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 12 3
Bond, Troy #18 18 R01, R04-R06, R13-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 20 0
Caven, Peter #44 22 R04-R19, R21-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 6 0
Chalmers, Brett #19 8 R10-R12, R18-R22 2 0
Collins, Matthew #17 6 R15-R20 0 0
Connell, Matthew #14 17 R01-R03, R12, R14-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 6 2
Cook, Tim #2 4 R02, R14-R16 3 0
Edwards, Tyson #9 17 R01-R13, R21, QF, PF, GF 5 0
Ellen, Shane #13 10 R12-R14, R20-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 5 0
Gilligan, Tom #31 3 R03-R04, R13 1 0
Goodwin, Simon #36 10 R01, R14-R18, QF, SF, PF, GF 4 0
Hart, Ben #34 26 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 2 0
James, Brett #11 17 R01-R11, R13, R17-R20, GF 3 3
Jameson, Rod #35 22 R01-R04, R08-R12, R14-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 9 5
Jarman, Darren #3 24 R01-R02, R05-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 39 13
Johnson, Kane #28 23 R01-R13, R15-R16, R19-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 7 0
Keating, Aaron #20 3 R01, PF, GF 0 0
Koster, Kym #5 24 R03-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 12 8
Liptak, Matthew #27 7 R07-R13 9 0
McCartney, Jason #8 6 R01-R06 3 0
McLeod, Andrew #23 26 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 10 1
Modra, Tony #6 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 84 1
Ormond-Allen, Trent #21 18 R02-R15, R17-R18, SF, PF 0 0
Pittman, David #15 23 R01-R02, R05-R22, QF, SF, GF 4 1
Rehn, Shaun #52 22 R05-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 11 2
Ricciuto, Mark #32 21 R01-R20, R22 6 18
Rintoul, Chad #42 11 R01-R04, R17, R21-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 8 0
Robran, Matthew #10 19 R07-R12, R14-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 24 5
Sampson, Clay #24 10 R17-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 5 0
Smart, Nigel #7 22 R01-R11, R13-R14, R16, R19-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 13 6
Standfield, Barry #16 13 R01-R09, R13-R16 23 0
Tregenza, Simon #12 10 R03-R12 1 0
Vardy, Peter #30 24 R01-R22, QF, SF 28 2
Viska, Mark #49 2 R02-R03 0 0
Williams, Brent #29 7 R01-R07 4 0

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Blight, Malcolm 26 17 -0- 9 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
30/03/1997 Round 1 Brisbane Lions HOME WIN ADE by 36 Malcolm Blight Mark Bickley
05/04/1997 Round 2 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 28 Malcolm Blight Mark Bickley
13/04/1997 Round 3 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 28 Malcolm Blight Mark Bickley
20/04/1997 Round 4 Port Adelaide HOME LOSS POR by 11 Malcolm Blight Mark Bickley
26/04/1997 Round 5 Western Bulldogs AWAY WIN ADE by 50 Malcolm Blight Mark Bickley
03/05/1997 Round 6 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 1 Malcolm Blight Mark Bickley
11/05/1997 Round 7 Essendon HOME WIN ADE by 53 Malcolm Blight Mark Bickley
17/05/1997 Round 8 Sydney HOME WIN ADE by 89 Malcolm Blight Mark Bickley
24/05/1997 Round 9 Hawthorn AWAY WIN ADE by 14 Malcolm Blight Mark Bickley
02/06/1997 Round 10 Fremantle AWAY WIN ADE by 33 Malcolm Blight Mark Bickley
08/06/1997 Round 11 Melbourne AWAY WIN ADE by 52 Malcolm Blight Mark Bickley
15/06/1997 Round 12 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 22 Malcolm Blight Mark Bickley
28/06/1997 Round 13 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 56 Malcolm Blight Mark Bickley
04/07/1997 Round 14 West Coast HOME WIN ADE by 75 Malcolm Blight Mark Bickley
12/07/1997 Round 15 St Kilda HOME WIN ADE by 10 Malcolm Blight Mark Bickley
18/07/1997 Round 16 Brisbane Lions AWAY LOSS BRI by 31 Malcolm Blight Mark Bickley
26/07/1997 Round 17 Richmond HOME WIN ADE by 137 Malcolm Blight Mark Bickley
03/08/1997 Round 18 Carlton HOME WIN ADE by 41 Malcolm Blight Mark Bickley
10/08/1997 Round 19 Port Adelaide AWAY WIN ADE by 7 Malcolm Blight Mark Bickley
17/08/1997 Round 20 Western Bulldogs HOME LOSS BUL by 43 Malcolm Blight Mark Bickley
25/08/1997 Round 21 Collingwood HOME WIN ADE by 9 Malcolm Blight Mark Bickley
31/08/1997 Round 22 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 4 Malcolm Blight Mark Bickley
07/09/1997 Qualifying Final West Coast HOME WIN ADE by 33 Malcolm Blight Mark Bickley
13/09/1997 Semi Final Geelong HOME WIN ADE by 8 Malcolm Blight Mark Bickley
20/09/1997 Preliminary Final Western Bulldogs AWAY WIN ADE by 2 Malcolm Blight Mark Bickley
27/09/1997 Grand Final St Kilda AWAY WIN ADE by 31 Malcolm Blight Mark Bickley