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When losing is winning: The defeat that gave Crows their belief back – AFL

The most pivotal game of Adelaide’s season wasn’t the breakthrough victory against Hawthorn, coach Matthew Nicks says

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WHEN talking about the importance of Adelaide’s finish to 2020 and the belief it gave his players, coach Matthew Nicks doesn’t jump to any of the Crows’ three late wins to illustrate the point.
Coaches often take more out of a loss than a win, he says, and he starts the discussion with the 57-point loss to the Western Bulldogs in round 12 the team’s 12th straight loss for the season and 15th on the trot as a club.  
It was a game in which the Crows were “nowhere near” the Bulldogs, losing the contested…

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