As another teammate slotted a goal, key defender Kyle Hartigan and forward Billy Frampton came to blows with a scuffle in front of goal, needing to be separated by teammates.“He’s very competitive too, him and Kyle Hartigan had a bit of a tussle on the weekend so it’s good to see.“You see lots of guys go back to their footy clubs and feel welcomed … for me, the Crows doesn’t really have that vibe,” McLeod said on the Bunji and Brettster podcast.“It’s one of those things, and I have had this conversation with a lot of my old teammates, that it’s not a place you feel welcomed.”“But he had a bit of a taste with the trial game in the pre-season so I’m sure he’s pretty clear what his role will be if he’s playing Saturday.”McLeod is Adelaide’s games-record holder, playing 340 matches in a decorated career highlighted by the 1997-98 premierships and winning three club champion awards.After former star and two-time Norm Smith winner Andrew McLeod delivered a stunning criticism of the club, one which led board member Mark Rucciuto reportedly in tears, it’s another ugly look for the club.“I’m one of those guys that if you asked me if I felt comfortable walking back into the football club, I would say no,” McLeod said on a podcast he co-hosts with retired basketballer Brett Maher.He has also helped with the club’s indigenous and AFLW programs in retirement.10 News Adelaide captured the vision of the pair coming to blows in the club’s final match simulation before returning Saturday night’s grudge match against Port Adelaide.“It doesn’t have that vibe where you’re really welcomed here … it’s not a place you feel like it embraces you as a past player.”The Crows said of the incident: “neither player was hurt, there was no disciplinary action and it was being treated as a training incident in the heat of battle reflecting the intensity and competition of match simulation”.“I didn’t have much to do with him at all beforehand (when Frampton joined the Crows) but I had him in my group of eight (at training) last week and I’m really enjoying big Bill, he brings plenty of banter and is a really good fella,” Smith said.Just days out from the restart of the AFL competition, an ugly fight between two Adelaide Crows stars has added to the club’s culture issues.The Adelaide Crows culture questions are set to continue after a tense fight at training ahead of the AFL’s restart on Thursday.While training confrontations are relatively common and often played off as good to see by the clubs, it comes at an inopportune time for the Crows who have faced plenty of questions about the club’s culture over the off-season.
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The Crows pulled the plug on their Tasmanian Victorian coaching experiment and installed favourite son Malcolm Blight as coach for 1997, spelling the end of McDermott, McGuinness, A. Jarman and Anderson.. Adelaide have won two AFL premierships, in 1997 and 1998. ... playing 340 matches in a decorated career highlighted by the 1997-98 … The … Losses in the “pathetic Pittman” match against Richmond, against the M&M bedecked Carlton and, lowest of lows, in the first Showdown and Adelaide were 1-3. It was the 101st annual grand final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League), staged to determine the premiers for the 1997 AFL season.