2009 season History of the Adelaide Football Club
after indifferent start 2009 season, adelaide hit form through middle of year, winning 7 consecutive games between rounds 9 , 15. catalyst again stingy defence, held melbourne (round 5) , carlton (round 9) goalless half-time, conceded 3.6 (24) in round 12 match against north melbourne , restricted fremantle 1.7 (13) in round 15 - lowest score side in vfl/afl match since 1961. losses premiership contenders st kilda, geelong , collingwood late in season damaged adelaide s top 4 hopes, , despite winning last 3 matches finished season in fifth place second year running, 14–8 record.
essendon visited aami stadium in first week of finals first elimination final. after close first quarter adelaide dominated match, winning 26.10 (166) 10.10 (70) - biggest ever finals win , third win in row more 70 points. win put crows first semi final against collingwood @ mcg. adelaide continued form , led 24 points @ half-time before magpies responded take lead @ 3 quarter time. in thrilling final quarter, lead changed several times before, second time in 3 years, adelaide sunk goal in dying seconds: jack anthony converted free kick 40 metres on slight angle, giving collingwood five-point win: 12.11 (83) 11.12 (78).
bernie vince won malcolm blight medal in 2009 leading goalkicker jason porplyzia. sharpshooter porplyzia kicked 57 goals season, 15 behinds. simon goodwin named on half flank in australian team. young stars patrick dangerfield, andy otten , taylor walker nominated 2009 rising star award, otten finishing runner-up in award brisbane lions daniel rich. veteran forward brett burton, returned side late in season having torn acl previous year, took mark of year in round 22 against carlton.
adelaide drafted daniel talia (pick 13) , jack gunston (pick 29) first 2 selections in national draft. picked matthew wright (pick 33) , matthew jaensch (pick 46) in rookie draft. tagger robert shirley delisted @ end of season.
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