{"id":10338,"date":"2018-07-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/kane-cornes-says-rory-sloane-should-replace-tex-walker-as-crows-captain\/"},"modified":"2018-07-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T00:00:00","slug":"kane-cornes-says-rory-sloane-should-replace-tex-walker-as-crows-captain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/kane-cornes-says-rory-sloane-should-replace-tex-walker-as-crows-captain\/","title":{"rendered":"Kane Cornes Says Rory Sloane Should Replace Tex Walker As Crows Captain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Newly re-signed vice captain <strong>Rory Sloane <\/strong>should be promoted to captain of the<strong> Adelaide Crows<\/strong>, argues<strong> Kane Cornes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><h3>\u201cWith Sloane committed to Adelaide until the end of 2023, it\u2019s time for him to take over as captain next year,\u201d Kane writes in The Advertiser.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cTaylor Walker has done a stellar job leading the club for the past four seasons but has struggled on and off the field since the club\u2019s 48-point loss to Richmond at the MCG in last year\u2019s grand final.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cSloane\u2019s appointment as captain would be similar to when Hawthorn\u2019s Luke Hodge took over from 2008 premiership captain Sam Mitchell at the end of 2010\u2026<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cIt wouldn\u2019t be the first time the Adelaide Football Club have released a player from the captaincy to focus on their fitness and form.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cAdelaide legend Mark Ricciuto took over as Crows captain from two-time premiership winning skipper Mark Bickley in 2001.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cBickley selflessly stepped aside as he knew Ricciuto, aged 26 at the time, was ready.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cBickley was able to work seamlessly alongside his new captain and went on to play 67 games over three seasons at a high standard before retiring in 2003.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cSloane has never stated publicly his desire to captain the club but you would think the opportunity to lead one of the AFL\u2019s biggest clubs would be appealing.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Port\u2019s horror day, skipper Sloane, Buddy\u2019s 900th, Ebert lost, rampant Rat, players taking over plus more in today\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheTiserSport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheTiserSport<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BTyHN232vg\">https:\/\/t.co\/BTyHN232vg<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Kane Cornes (@kanecornes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kanecornes\/status\/1018653828164415488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote>&#13;\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newly re-signed vice captain Rory Sloane should be promoted to captain of the Adelaide Crows, argues Kane Cornes. \u201cWith Sloane committed to Adelaide until the end of 2023, it\u2019s time for him to take over as captain next year,\u201d Kane writes in The Advertiser. \u201cTaylor Walker has done a stellar job leading the club for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":5133,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-10338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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