{"id":615250,"date":"2026-04-18T15:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T15:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/615250\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T15:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T15:00:09","slug":"matthew-nicks-post-match-interview-video-jordan-dawson-taylor-walker-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/615250\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Nicks post match interview, video, Jordan Dawson, Taylor Walker comments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Adelaide coach Matthew Nicks says he hopes Jordan Dawson was proud of the way his club battled to victory in his honour on Saturday night<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The Crows, in Dawson\u2019s absence, overturned a 26-point St Kilda first-half lead and defended grimly in the last quarter to conjure a one-point win at Adelaide Oval. <\/p>\n

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Skipper Dawson didn\u2019t play on Saturday night following the tragic passing of his brother Jaryd midweek, instead watching from a box with partner Millie. <\/p>\n

The 29-year-old was overcome with emotion during Adelaide\u2019s heartfelt tribute for Jaryd at the 12-minute mark of the first quarter. <\/p>\n

Nicks, speaking on Fox Footy in the Crows\u2019 rooms post-game, reflected on the evening and the brutal week that was. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not an easy one for me to talk to, to be honest,\u201d a candid Nicks began on Fox Footy. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe 12-minute mark (tribute), I didn\u2019t actually know that was going (to happen); I thought it was beautiful, just the respect that is here. <\/p>\n

\u201cFooty clubs are a great place to be when you have moments like these and (when) you go through tough times. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re all there for the Dawson family and all the extended family. It has been a really, really tough week. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt was great to have Jordan and Millie in the rooms pre-game tonight; that was really tough for them, but it was good to have them around the group. <\/p>\n

\u201cAnd for the guys to get up, too. He (Dawson) just wanted to see us play the way we play, and we put it out there for most of the game, so we should be proud of ourselves, and hopefully he is.\u201d<\/p>\n

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After the Saints burst out of the blocks to kick five of the game\u2019s first six goals, Adelaide went on a nine-goal unanswered run across the second and third quarters to put itself in a winning position at three-quarter-time. <\/p>\n

Asked by club icon Mark Ricciuto about the draining week and whether the Crows\u2019 slow start on Saturday night had anything to do with it, Nicks acknowledged that may well have been the case. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been pretty poor in a lot of first quarters; we\u2019re trying to get to the bottom of that, Roo,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut maybe. Maybe it took a toll. You just don\u2019t know when you come into these games. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere was an incredible energy in the room \u2014 it\u2019s amazing how sometimes tragedies like this almost bring some energy and give you that, maybe, belief. <\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know. You don\u2019t know what you\u2019ve burnt during the week as far as energy goes, and whether that saps you when you first get out there.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the immediate post-match, Taylor Walker reflected on the circumstances in an on-field interview with Fox Footy\u2019s Kath Loughnan. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a pretty challenging week for our footy club and for \u2018Daws\u2019 and his family,\u201d Walker said. <\/p>\n

\u201cSo it was pretty special to be able to come out here and get the four points. When things like this happen in life, the best places to be are footy clubs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got amazing people and an amazing amount of care and support.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to wrap our arms around \u2018Daws\u2019 and (his wife) Millie, (his parents) Tony and Marian and (his sister) Chloe, for a long time.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will be nice to get the skipper back when he\u2019s ready. This is for all the Dawson family.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked about the crowd tribute early in the first term, Walker called the moment \u201cspecial\u201d on the field. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re in an industry that, no matter what club you play at, we wrap our arms around everyone. We\u2019re able to show so much support,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a pretty special moment. As I said, that\u2019s one for the Dawson family.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Adelaide coach Matthew Nicks says he hopes Jordan Dawson was proud of the way his club battled to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":615251,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,298636,298635,267110,298633,232375,3231,298632,3514,2504,31708,16712,184044,298634,85,16702,160512],"class_list":{"0":"post-615250","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-club-icon","14":"tag-crowd-tribute","15":"tag-emotional-night","16":"tag-first-half-lead","17":"tag-footy-clubs","18":"tag-jack-jovanovski","19":"tag-jaryd","20":"tag-jordan-dawson","21":"tag-lifts-lid","22":"tag-mark-ricciuto","23":"tag-matthew-nicks","24":"tag-on-field-interview","25":"tag-pretty-special-moment","26":"tag-sports","27":"tag-taylor-walker","28":"tag-tragic-passing"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615250","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=615250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}