the last time the crows were in the grand final was 2014.
the last time the crows were in the grand final was 2014.
when was the last time the crows were in the grand final?
2014
after winning the 2017 afl women's grand final, the crows finished a disappointing fifth in 2018. the blues, which was also expected to perform well in 2018, did much, much worse, ultimately battling for the wooden spoon – and getting it. in 2019, both adelaide and carlton had new coaches – matthew clarke and daniel harford respectively. the crows retained much of their team from 2017 and 2018, but lacked a ruckman after rhiannon metcalfe was sidelined for an acl reconstruction and jasmyn hewett suffered an ankle injury. jess foley was pressed into the ruck role at the last minute. the crows went on to an impressive season, notching up seven games by an average of 40 points, with their only loss for the season being by a single point in the first round match against the , when they kicked an inaccurate 1.11, and finished on top of conference a.
2019 afl women's grand final
the melbourne storm qualified for their sixth grand final in ten years after appearing in the 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2012 deciders, although their only recognised premiership was in 2012 after their 2007 and 2009 titles were withheld due to systemic salary cap breaches. only coach craig bellamy and halfback cooper cronk have been involved on each occasion. the cronulla sutherland sharks had never won a grand final in the club's preceding 50 seasons, with their last grand final appearance in a unified competition being in 1978 when they lost to the manly warringah sea eagles through a grand final replay. the sharks had also appeared in the 1997 super league grand final, losing to the brisbane broncos. the last time melbourne and cronulla had faced each other in a finals series was in 2008 when the storm denied the sharks with a decisive 28-0 win to claim a spot against the sea eagles in the grand final.
2016 nrl grand final