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The interesting point is that Stevens wanted out rather than the Swans forcing him out.
Injury tag doesn't fit new Crow
By MICHELANGELO RUCCI
08nov03
INTRODUCING Scott Stevens, the first new face at the Adelaide Football Club for AFL season 2004. Some facts. He is tall - 194cm. He is 21. He is a West Australian. He is on a two-year contract.
And, to separate myth from reality, Stevens yesterday dismissed his career was stop-start at Sydney because of injury.
"I've not missed a game in four years," he says. "I'm sound."
Perhaps the "injury-prone" tag stuck because it was the Swans' easiest way to explain why Stevens made more trips in and out of Sydney than the Manly ferry. He played 24 AFL games with Sydney - 10 this year.
"They (Sydney's match committee) would say they had other options . . . and add that they'd wished I wasn't playing well because it would have made it easier to drop me," said Stevens.
In this year's final series Stevens revealed his value - certainly to the Crows - by repeatedly thwarting Port Adelaide in the qualifying final. He was dropped for the preliminary final.
He pursued an exit clause and the Swans agreed, trading him to Adelaide after deals with Geelong and Fremantle stalled.
"(To move on) seems the best thing to do with my career . . . this is a step forward," says Stevens, who has completed his first week at Adelaide. "This is another chance at another club . . . and I want to make the most of it."
Stevens is looking forward to playing alongside team captain and Brownlow Medallist Mark Ricciuto and Andrew McLeod, who are due back at training in another 18 days.
The question is where he fits into the Crows' line-up - in defence or in attack where he has already made his name. "Wherever I get a game," answers Stevens. "I like to kick goals. I'd be satisfied doing a job (in defence). I'll take whatever opportunities arise."
Injury tag doesn't fit new Crow
By MICHELANGELO RUCCI
08nov03
INTRODUCING Scott Stevens, the first new face at the Adelaide Football Club for AFL season 2004. Some facts. He is tall - 194cm. He is 21. He is a West Australian. He is on a two-year contract.
And, to separate myth from reality, Stevens yesterday dismissed his career was stop-start at Sydney because of injury.
"I've not missed a game in four years," he says. "I'm sound."
Perhaps the "injury-prone" tag stuck because it was the Swans' easiest way to explain why Stevens made more trips in and out of Sydney than the Manly ferry. He played 24 AFL games with Sydney - 10 this year.
"They (Sydney's match committee) would say they had other options . . . and add that they'd wished I wasn't playing well because it would have made it easier to drop me," said Stevens.
In this year's final series Stevens revealed his value - certainly to the Crows - by repeatedly thwarting Port Adelaide in the qualifying final. He was dropped for the preliminary final.
He pursued an exit clause and the Swans agreed, trading him to Adelaide after deals with Geelong and Fremantle stalled.
"(To move on) seems the best thing to do with my career . . . this is a step forward," says Stevens, who has completed his first week at Adelaide. "This is another chance at another club . . . and I want to make the most of it."
Stevens is looking forward to playing alongside team captain and Brownlow Medallist Mark Ricciuto and Andrew McLeod, who are due back at training in another 18 days.
The question is where he fits into the Crows' line-up - in defence or in attack where he has already made his name. "Wherever I get a game," answers Stevens. "I like to kick goals. I'd be satisfied doing a job (in defence). I'll take whatever opportunities arise."
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