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News.com.au
11-05-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
‘What a freak': Izak Rankine defies belief with outrageous soccer goal
Izak Rankine has produced a goal of the year contender as Adelaide held on to topple Port Adelaide in a hard-fought Showdown contest. The Crows were locked in a tight tussle with the Power and needed somebody to take the game over. FOX FOOTY, available on Kayo Sports, is the only place to watch every match of every round in the 2025 Toyota AFL Premiership Season LIVE in 4K, with no ad-breaks during play. New to Kayo? Get your first month for just $1. Limited-time offer. Enter Rankine. The 25-year-old showed he loves the big stage by getting on the end of a scintillating passage of play by soccering the ball through the big sticks. Crows ruckman brilliantly fed skipper Jordan Dawson who burst out of the middle and drilled the ball deep inside 50. Darcy Fogarty wasn't able to haul in the mark with the ball bouncing off his chest and into free space. Rankine then pounced as he raced into the contest and slotted the ball back across his body for his second straight goal. 'WOW. There it is,' Garry Lyon said on Fox Footy. 'The magic man says you can have your Rozee and your Butters, when it's on the line I'm going to step up and provide something special in the Showdown.' Fans watching on couldn't quite believe what the Crows star had just produced in a clutch fourth quarter moment. One fan wrote: 'Rankine, wow. What a freak this guy.' A second added: 'You're are a freak of nature Izak Rankine.' The soccer goal came only moments after Rankine kicked his first goal of the contest after running into open space in the 50. The contest was hanging in the balance in the fourth quarter with the Crows unable to pull clear of their cross-town rivals. But it was Rankine who stepped up to the plate with his first goal giving his team some much needed breathing space. Despite the moments of magic from Rankine, the Crows ran out of juice as Port Adelaide roared back to life. Down by as many as 21-points, the momentum completely flipped as the Power had all the running and looked like they were on the brink of pinching victory from the jaws of defeat. Goals to Darcy Byrne-Jones and Jeremy Finlayson saw the margin close to within four-points, but that's as close as things got as the Crows held on. The win lifts the Crows to 6-3 on the season and sees them sitting in fifth on the ladder. The loss for the Power drops them to 4-5 with pressure all over coach Ken Hinkley.
The Advertiser
10-05-2025
- Sport
- The Advertiser
Crows pip Port in another SA Showdown thriller
Adelaide have held off a late Port Adelaide surge to pip their bitter rivals by five points in yet another South Australian Showdown thriller. Five Crows booted multiple goals in a 13.11 (89) to 12.12 (84) victory before a bumper 53,117-strong crowd at Adelaide Oval on Saturday night. Adelaide led by two points at three quarter-time and made a defining move with three goals in a four-minute burst in the last term - two in 60 seconds from Izak Rankine. But just when the Power appeared out, Port booted two late goals - the last from Jeremy Finlayson reduced their deficit to four points with one minute 47 seconds remaining. The Crows survived the frantic finale to edge the Power 29-28 in the overall record, but defender Mark Keane was reported. The Irishman - who took a courageous contested mark to deny a Port attack in the last minute - pushed out with his legs, connecting with the midriff of Finlayson, in the third quarter. Adelaide retain a grip on fifth spot with Riley Thilthorpe and Darcy Fogarty slotting three goals each and Rankine, Josh Rachele and Ben Keays booting two. Thilthorpe was an immense aerial presence, grabbing 10 marks - half of them contested - while ex-Giant James Peatling (24 disposals) and defender Josh Worrell (23) were influential. Port skipper Connor Rozee was superb at halfback with 32 touches and a goal and his deputy Zak Butters (33 possessions) was typically busy. Miles Bergman's tag on Jordan Dawson (14 disposals) paid off, Finlayson slotted three goals and Mitch Georgiades, Darcy Byrne-Jones and Sam Powell-Pepper scored two apiece. Adelaide opened with a dominant quarter-hour for a 15-1 lead but led by only three at quarter-time, 3.4 to 3.1. An after-the-siren conversion from Crow Josh Rachele gave Adelaide a five-point buffer at halftime, 7.8 to 7.3. The tide turned towards Port early in the third quarter with Rozee scoring after a 50m penalty against Rankine rapidly followed by a Powell-Pepper strike. The Power led by nine points before the Crows rallied with the next three goals - the first from Thilthorpe after another strong mark - for an eight-point lead. But a stunning snap from a tight angle by Jason Horne-Francis reduced Port's deficit to just two points at three quarter-time. The Crows then kicked three goals in four minutes and were 21 21 points up before Port's late flourish - Byrne-Jones and Finlayson goaled only for their side to fall just short. Adelaide have held off a late Port Adelaide surge to pip their bitter rivals by five points in yet another South Australian Showdown thriller. Five Crows booted multiple goals in a 13.11 (89) to 12.12 (84) victory before a bumper 53,117-strong crowd at Adelaide Oval on Saturday night. Adelaide led by two points at three quarter-time and made a defining move with three goals in a four-minute burst in the last term - two in 60 seconds from Izak Rankine. But just when the Power appeared out, Port booted two late goals - the last from Jeremy Finlayson reduced their deficit to four points with one minute 47 seconds remaining. The Crows survived the frantic finale to edge the Power 29-28 in the overall record, but defender Mark Keane was reported. The Irishman - who took a courageous contested mark to deny a Port attack in the last minute - pushed out with his legs, connecting with the midriff of Finlayson, in the third quarter. Adelaide retain a grip on fifth spot with Riley Thilthorpe and Darcy Fogarty slotting three goals each and Rankine, Josh Rachele and Ben Keays booting two. Thilthorpe was an immense aerial presence, grabbing 10 marks - half of them contested - while ex-Giant James Peatling (24 disposals) and defender Josh Worrell (23) were influential. Port skipper Connor Rozee was superb at halfback with 32 touches and a goal and his deputy Zak Butters (33 possessions) was typically busy. Miles Bergman's tag on Jordan Dawson (14 disposals) paid off, Finlayson slotted three goals and Mitch Georgiades, Darcy Byrne-Jones and Sam Powell-Pepper scored two apiece. Adelaide opened with a dominant quarter-hour for a 15-1 lead but led by only three at quarter-time, 3.4 to 3.1. An after-the-siren conversion from Crow Josh Rachele gave Adelaide a five-point buffer at halftime, 7.8 to 7.3. The tide turned towards Port early in the third quarter with Rozee scoring after a 50m penalty against Rankine rapidly followed by a Powell-Pepper strike. The Power led by nine points before the Crows rallied with the next three goals - the first from Thilthorpe after another strong mark - for an eight-point lead. But a stunning snap from a tight angle by Jason Horne-Francis reduced Port's deficit to just two points at three quarter-time. The Crows then kicked three goals in four minutes and were 21 21 points up before Port's late flourish - Byrne-Jones and Finlayson goaled only for their side to fall just short. Adelaide have held off a late Port Adelaide surge to pip their bitter rivals by five points in yet another South Australian Showdown thriller. Five Crows booted multiple goals in a 13.11 (89) to 12.12 (84) victory before a bumper 53,117-strong crowd at Adelaide Oval on Saturday night. Adelaide led by two points at three quarter-time and made a defining move with three goals in a four-minute burst in the last term - two in 60 seconds from Izak Rankine. But just when the Power appeared out, Port booted two late goals - the last from Jeremy Finlayson reduced their deficit to four points with one minute 47 seconds remaining. The Crows survived the frantic finale to edge the Power 29-28 in the overall record, but defender Mark Keane was reported. The Irishman - who took a courageous contested mark to deny a Port attack in the last minute - pushed out with his legs, connecting with the midriff of Finlayson, in the third quarter. Adelaide retain a grip on fifth spot with Riley Thilthorpe and Darcy Fogarty slotting three goals each and Rankine, Josh Rachele and Ben Keays booting two. Thilthorpe was an immense aerial presence, grabbing 10 marks - half of them contested - while ex-Giant James Peatling (24 disposals) and defender Josh Worrell (23) were influential. Port skipper Connor Rozee was superb at halfback with 32 touches and a goal and his deputy Zak Butters (33 possessions) was typically busy. Miles Bergman's tag on Jordan Dawson (14 disposals) paid off, Finlayson slotted three goals and Mitch Georgiades, Darcy Byrne-Jones and Sam Powell-Pepper scored two apiece. Adelaide opened with a dominant quarter-hour for a 15-1 lead but led by only three at quarter-time, 3.4 to 3.1. An after-the-siren conversion from Crow Josh Rachele gave Adelaide a five-point buffer at halftime, 7.8 to 7.3. The tide turned towards Port early in the third quarter with Rozee scoring after a 50m penalty against Rankine rapidly followed by a Powell-Pepper strike. The Power led by nine points before the Crows rallied with the next three goals - the first from Thilthorpe after another strong mark - for an eight-point lead. But a stunning snap from a tight angle by Jason Horne-Francis reduced Port's deficit to just two points at three quarter-time. The Crows then kicked three goals in four minutes and were 21 21 points up before Port's late flourish - Byrne-Jones and Finlayson goaled only for their side to fall just short.
Yahoo
02-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Revamped Crows midfield faces toughest AFL test: Nicks
Adelaide's revamped midfield will face the AFL's best on-ball brigade when confronting Gold Coast, coach Matthew Nicks says. The Crows and Suns clash on the Gold Coast on Saturday with both white-hot clubs unbeaten. Nicks has recast his midfield with the inclusion of GWS recruit James Peatling and former goalsneak Izak Rankine playing as a full-time on-baller. But the Crows coach says his midfield will be challenged by the Suns' on-ball unit headed by Matt Rowell, captain Noah Anderson and former skipper Touk Miller. "There are some great midfields in the competition," Nicks told reporters on Wednesday. "But this (Gold Coast) is probably the pick of them and they're in some rare form. "Rowell is playing his best footy - he does start the season really well when he's fresh, there's a reason he was such a highly regarded selection in the draft; Anderson alongside him - so it's never ending. "We've got our work cut out for us. "We're confident our mids are playing some good footy at the moment, that we'll take it to them but we know that's going to be a key area of the game." Nicks was weighing whether to summon another midfielder to replace forward Josh Rachele, who will miss at least month after suffering broken ribs in Adelaide's 36-point win against North Melbourne last Sunday. Josh Rachele has been subbed out with a rib injury following this contest in the first Draper comes into the game.#AFLCrowsNorth — AFL (@AFL) March 30, 2025 But he's all but ruled out Rankine returning to attack to replace Rachele. "We would love to keep him (Rankine) around the footy - we'd love two of him, to be honest, another one forward," he said. "He complements the guys in and around the footy, they're all making each other better. "Matt Crouch is a different player to Izak Rankine and the two of them together make quite a duo. "And then Jordan Dawson and (Jake) Soligo's game is going to another level, Peatling I thought on the weekend had his best game for us. "We're going to need a lot of guys through that midfield because the challenge doesn't get much bigger than what we get this week." Adelaide's superb start to the season - they have scored 100-plus points in three consecutive wins - has many declaring them ripe to end the club's finals drought dating back to 2017. But Nicks said such talk was irrelevant inside his club. "We don't even touch on it," he said. "We have got a process that we go through every week, there's a structure to what we do. "We come in and we review and we look at ways that we want to improve, we reward the stuff we love, the things that we value, and then we click our way into the next round."
