Adelaide Football Club
2022 season
PresidentJohn Olsen
CoachMatthew Nicks
Captain(s)Rory Sloane
Home groundAdelaide Oval
Premiership season14th
Malcolm Blight MedalRory Laird
Leading goalkickerTaylor Walker
Highest home attendance39,190 vs. Port Adelaide (April 1, 2022)
Lowest home attendance22,859 vs. West Coast (June 4, 2022)
Average home attendance31,429
Club membership63,009
← 2021 2023 →

The 2022 season was the Adelaide Football Club's 32nd season in the Australian Football League (AFL). They improved on their 2021 season, but for the fifth year in a row failed to reach the finals series.

Squad

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Retirements and delistings

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Player Reason Date Ref
Tyson Stengle Delisted March 17, 2021 [1]
Tom Lynch Delisted August 10, 2021 [2]
David Mackay Retired August 19, 2021 [3]
Daniel Talia Retired October 15, 2021 [4]
Ben Davis Delisted October 22, 2021 [5]
Ronin O'Connor Delisted October 22, 2021 [5]

Draft

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After the 2021 season, Sydney wingman Jordan Dawson requested a trade to return to his home state of South Australia.[6] Adelaide traded a future first-round draft pick to Sydney and received Dawson in return.[7] Adelaide only used three picks in the 2021 national draft, using them to select small forward Josh Rachele, midfielder/forward Jake Soligo, and midfielder Zac Taylor.[8][9][10]

2021 national draft
Round Pick Player Recruited from
1 6 Josh Rachele Murray Bushrangers (NAB League)
2 36 Jake Soligo Eastern Ranges (NAB League)
3 44 Zac Taylor Calder Cannons (NAB League)
2022 pre-season draft
Round Pick Player Recruited from
1 4 Luke Nankervis Sandringham Dragons (NAB League)
2022 rookie draft
Round Pick Player Recruited from
1 4 Ben Davis Adelaide (AFL)
2 22 Passed —

Squad

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Statistics are correct to the end of the 2021 AFL season.[11]

No. Player Born Hgt (cm) Wgt (kg) Previous club(s) Games Goals Note
21 Sam Berry February 12, 2002 182 86 Gippsland U18 17 5
35 James Borlase July 18, 2002 192 100 Sturt 0 0 Category B Rookie
16 Luke Brown September 22, 1992 181 81 Norwood 178 13
41 Jordon Butts December 31, 1999 198 97 Murray U18 24 0 Category A Rookie
15 Brayden Cook July 18, 2002 190 87 South Adelaide 3 0
5 Matt Crouch April 21, 1995 182 80 North Ballarat U18 125 28
40 Ben Davis May 19, 1997 188 90 UNSW-Eastern Suburbs 6 1 Category A Rookie
12 Jordan Dawson April 9, 1997 192 86 Sturt, Sydney 64 34
39 Tom Doedee March 1, 1997 187 90 Geelong U18 51 3
32 Darcy Fogarty September 25, 1999 194 99 Glenelg 41 50
22 Billy Frampton November 20, 1996 201 99 South Fremantle, Port Adelaide 18 11
44 Lachlan Gollant September 12, 2001 192 85 Calder U18 1 1
17 Will Hamill November 17, 2000 185 81 Dandenong U18 25 0
6 Jackson Hately October 21, 2000 191 85 Central District, Greater Western Sydney 16 2
34 Elliott Himmelberg June 4, 1998 200 99 Redland 27 26
20 Mitchell Hinge June 26, 1998 189 91 Glenelg, Brisbane Lions 4 1
1 Chayce Jones January 14, 2000 180 82 Launceston 38 10
2 Ben Keays February 23, 1997 186 89 Redland, Brisbane Lions 68 26
29 Rory Laird December 29, 1993 178 78 West Adelaide 182 18
23 Shane McAdam May 28, 1995 183 82 Sturt 28 37
3 Fischer McAsey March 8, 2001 198 98 Sandringham U18 10 0
25 Ned McHenry July 13, 2000 178 74 Geelong U18 29 11
36 Andrew McPherson June 20, 1999 187 86 Woodville-West Torrens 27 0
30 Wayne Milera September 14, 1997 184 86 Central District 62 21
4 Lachlan Murphy December 4, 1998 175 81 Northern U18, Adelaide 59 47
28 Nick Murray December 18, 2000 194 98 UWS Giants 13 1 Category A Rookie
27 Luke Nankervis May 25, 2003 191 77 Sandringham U18 0 0
42 Tariek Newchurch July 21, 2002 182 79 North Adelaide 0 0 Category B Rookie
43 Reilly O'Brien August 20, 1995 203 105 Calder U18 57 5
37 Patrick Parnell March 4, 2002 177 71 Murray U18 0 0 Category A Rookie
10 Luke Pedlar May 17, 2002 184 84 Glenelg 2 0
8 Josh Rachele April 11, 2003 180 80 Murray U18 0 0
31 James Rowe September 17, 1999 173 75 Woodville-West Torrens 19 15
26 Harry Schoenberg February 21, 2001 183 83 Woodville-West Torrens 30 13
11 Paul Seedsman January 22, 1992 190 84 Eastern U18, Collingwood 132 66
38 Lachlan Sholl March 7, 2000 186 82 Calder U18 27 5
9 Rory Sloane March 17, 1990 183 82 Eastern U18 229 130
33 Brodie Smith January 14, 1992 189 88 Woodville-West Torrens 204 64
14 Jake Soligo January 25, 2003 180 77 Eastern U18 0 0
45 Kieran Strachan October 5, 1995 204 103 Port Melbourne 3 0 Category A Rookie
19 Zac Taylor January 31, 2003 182 79 Calder U18 0 0
7 Riley Thilthorpe July 7, 2002 202 105 West Adelaide 14 18
13 Taylor Walker April 25, 1990 194 102 NSW/ACT U18 220 489
24 Josh Worrell April 11, 2001 194 88 Sandringham U18 1 1

Pre-season

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Adelaide played one practice match and one AAMI Community Series match during the pre-season. The practice match was played against the Brisbane Lions at Metricon Stadium on February 25. Adelaide lost the match by 89 points, but new draft pick Josh Rachele impressed by kicking 3 of Adelaide's 7 goals.[12] The AAMI Community Series match was played against cross-town rivals Port Adelaide on March 5. Rachele again impressed with another 3 goals, but Adelaide again lost the match. The Crows also suffered an injury to Rory Laird, who left the field in the third quarter with a suspected broken hand. The injury required X-rays and put him in doubt to play the first game of the season proper.[13]


2022 AAMI Community Series Match
Saturday, 5 March (4:10 pm) Adelaide def. by Port Adelaide Richmond Oval Report
2.1 (13)
5.4 (34)
8.5 (53)
 11.8 (74) 		Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final 		1.5 (11)
4.5 (29)
12.7 (79)
 17.9 (111)
Rachele 3, Hinge, McHenry, O'Brien, Himmelberg, Fogarty, Pedlar, Gollant, Soligo Goals Georgiades 4, Finlayson 2, Rozee 2, Boak 2, Duursma, Amon, Butters, McEntee, Houston, Marshall
O'Brien, Rachele, Sloane, Schoenberg, Keays, Crouch Best Butters, Rozee, Burton, Wines, Boak, Georgiades
Laird (hand), Pedlar (hamstring) Injuries Gray (hamstring)
nil Reports Nil

Home and away season

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Season summary

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Round Date and local time Opponent Scores Venue Attendance Ref
For Against Result
1 Sunday, 20 March (3:40 pm) Fremantle 12.10 (82) 11.17 (83) Lost by 1 point Adelaide Oval (H) 28,186 [14]
2 Saturday, 26 March (1:45 pm) Collingwood 8.10 (58) 15.10 (100) Lost by 42 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 36,843 [15]
3 Friday, 1 April (7:50 pm) Port Adelaide 15.6 (96) 13.14 (92) Won by 4 points Adelaide Oval (H) 39,190 [16]
4 Sunday, 10 April (1:10 pm) Essendon 15.9 (99) 15.13 (103) Lost by 4 points Marvel Stadium (A) 24,906 [17]
5 Saturday, 16 April (4:05 pm) Richmond 15.11 (101) 12.10 (82) Won by 19 points Adelaide Oval (H) 33,031 [18]
6 Saturday, 23 April (1:45 pm) Western Bulldogs 8.15 (63) 9.8 (62) Won by 1 point Mars Stadium (A) 10,412 [19]
7 Saturday, 30 April (1:40 pm) Greater Western Sydney 8.6 (54) 17.11 (113) Lost by 59 points Adelaide Oval (H) 31,811 [20]
8 Sunday, 8 May (4:40 pm) Carlton 10.8 (68) 17.14 (116) Lost by 48 points Marvel Stadium (A) 25,376 [21]
9 Saturday, 14 May (7:10 pm) Brisbane Lions 9.12 (66) 16.6 (102) Lost by 36 points Adelaide Oval (H) 36,579 [22]
10 Saturday, 21 May (7:00 pm) St Kilda 9.15 (69) 14.6 (90) Lost by 21 points Adelaide Oval (H) 28,783 [23]
11 Saturday, 28 May (1:45 pm) Geelong 7.13 (55) 15.7 (97) Lost by 42 points GMHBA Stadium (A) 19,051 [24]
12 Saturday, 4 June (1:15 pm) West Coast 13.10 (88) 8.9 (57) Won by 57 points Adelaide Oval (H) 22,859 [25]
13 Bye
14 Sunday, 19 June (3:20 pm) Gold Coast 10.13 (73) 18.8 (116) Lost by 43 points Metricon Stadium (A) 10,507 [26]
15 Sunday, 26 June (1:10 pm) North Melbourne 17.13 (115) 8.10 (58) Won by 31 points Blundstone Arena (A) 5,072 [27]
16 Saturday, 2 July (4:05 pm) Melbourne 10.5 (65) 14.10 (94) Lost by 29 points Adelaide Oval (H) 30,702 [28]
17 Sunday, 10 July (3:10 pm) Hawthorn 8.6 (54) 13.8 (86) Lost by 32 points Marvel Stadium (A) 18,833 [29]
18 Saturday, 16 July (1:15 pm) Collingwood 13.8 (86) 14.7 (91) Lost by 5 points Adelaide Oval (H) 30,110 [30]
19 Saturday, 23 July (1:45 pm) Sydney 12.13 (85) 17.16 (118) Lost by 33 points Sydney Cricket Ground (A) 25,084 [31]
20 Saturday, 30 July (7:00 pm) Carlton 12.12 (84) 8.7 (55) Won by 29 points Adelaide Oval (H) 35,666 [32]
21 Sunday, 7 August (2:10 pm) West Coast 16.6 (102) 13.8 (86) Won by 16 points Optus Stadium (A) 50,117 [33]
22 Saturday, 13 August (1:40 pm) North Melbourne 15.13 (103) 10.14 (74) Won by 29 points Adelaide Oval (H) 28,802 [34]
23 Saturday, 20 August (7:00 pm) Port Adelaide 7.13 (55) 16.15 (111) Lost by 56 points Adelaide Oval (A) 50,090 [35]

Ladder

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Pos Team
 Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts Qualification
1 Geelong (P) 22 18 4 0 2146 1488 144.2 72 Finals series
2 Melbourne 22 16 6 0 1936 1483 130.5 64
3 Sydney 22 16 6 0 2067 1616 127.9 64
4 Collingwood 22 16 6 0 1839 1763 104.3 64
5 Fremantle 22 15 6 1 1739 1486 117.0 62
6 Brisbane Lions 22 15 7 0 2147 1799 119.3 60
7 Richmond 22 13 8 1 2165 1780 121.6 54
8 Western Bulldogs 22 12 10 0 1973 1812 108.9 48
9 Carlton 22 12 10 0 1857 1714 108.3 48
10 St Kilda 22 11 11 0 1703 1715 99.3 44
11 Port Adelaide 22 10 12 0 1806 1638 110.3 40
12 Gold Coast 22 10 12 0 1871 1820 102.8 40
13 Hawthorn 22 8 14 0 1787 1991 89.8 32
14 Adelaide 22 8 14 0 1721 1986 86.7 32
15 Essendon 22 7 15 0 1737 2087 83.2 28
16 Greater Western Sydney 22 6 16 0 1631 1927 84.6 24
17 West Coast 22 2 20 0 1429 2389 59.8 8
18 North Melbourne 22 2 20 0 1337 2397 55.8 8
Source: AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers


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