\n Dawson spoke after the semi-final against Hawthorn\n <\/p>\n
Adelaide Captain Jordan Dawson has labelled the Crows\u2019 loss to Hawthorn as \u201cdevastating,\u201d but says it shouldn’t overshadow the team\u2019s rise from bottom eight to finals contender.<\/p>\n
The Crows\u2019 2025 campaign, in which they climbed from 15th in 2024 to top-of-the-ladder, ended with a defeat against the Hawks in a semi-final at Adelaide Oval on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
Speaking from the changerooms after the loss, the third-year Skipper said players were disappointed but determined to learn from the Club\u2019s first AFL finals appearance since 2017.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s pretty devastating, to be honest,\u201d Dawson said.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously I am very proud of the group and where we have come from, but also so disappointed that our season is done, and that we couldn\u2019t play the way that we really wanted to.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe growth of the group has been unbelievable, we\u2019ve seen that in a lot of individuals and then as a group, we\u2019ve been able to jell as a team and play some high level footy.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll have to learn from this and get better, but also take away some real positives.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaking on the team\u2019s performance, Dawson said there were many factors behind the loss and the Crows had plenty to work on ahead of next season.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt will be good to look back on, but I feel like our ability to halt momentum a little bit, but also our style, and what\u2019s worked for us throughout the year,\u201d Dawson said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur ability to wrestle that back and play our brand is something we will try and do going forward.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur skill execution going inside the forward half (cost us), and then their ability to be clean around the contest and use the ball on the outside is something we didn\u2019t handle too well.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe got some pretty harsh feedback that we aren\u2019t ready for finals, yet, it\u2019s going to hurt, but we will learn from it and improve.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dawson was one of just seven Crows to have lined up in an AFL finals series before the team\u2019s qualifying final against Collingwood a fortnight ago.<\/p>\n
The third-year Skipper believed his teammates would be better for having a September campaign under their belt.<\/p>\n
\u201cFinals footy is another level up and there\u2019s certain things you have to bring in finals footy,\u201d Dawson said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll be better for the experience as a group and as individuals.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll learn from it and hopefully be here again next year.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dawson also thanked the Crows\u2019 Members and supporters, with a crowd of more than 52,000 at Adelaide Oval on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ve been unbelievable all year,\u201d Dawson said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince Round One against the Saints, they\u2019ve been here rain, hail or shine.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve had at least 40,000 each game (at Adelaide Oval), I\u2019m disappointed we couldn’t finish the season the way we all wanted to, but I can\u2019t thank them enough for their support, through thick and thin.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dawson spoke after the semi-final against Hawthorn Adelaide Captain Jordan Dawson has labelled the Crows\u2019 loss to Hawthorn…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138780,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85,83],"class_list":["post-138779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports","tag-text"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}