Checkside Chats with Adelaide’s 100-gamer Kieran Strachan

By ZAC MILBANK

He’s a towering figure on and off the field, a symbol of strength for Adelaide’s SANFL League Team.

So it is only fitting that the club’s most decorated State League player, Kieran Strachan, will be the first to reach 100 Hostplus SANFL League games on Saturday.

The 29-year-old is the first of 241 League players to reach triple figures, having won three best-and-fairests and being selected in The Advertiser SANFL Team of the Year on four occasions.

But the past 12 months have been particularly challenging for the boy from Bendigo, who has had to overcome a serious foot injury which placed his immediate future in doubt.

Now fighting fit, Strachan is desperate to add the one remaining prize to his bulging trophy cabinet – a premiership medallion.

* The first Crow to reach 100 SANFL games and the player with the most SANFL wins (57).

* There have been 241 players represent the Crows at SANFL level (118 x AFL listed players & 123 x Development players) since 2014.

* Kieran is Crows SANFL player #149 and made his debut in Round 1, 2019 v Sturt.

* He was Crows AFL player #235 and debuted in Round 9, 2020 v North Melbourne. Played 7  AFL games.

* Kieran is the Crows’ most decorated State League player with 3 SANFL Best & Fairest awards (2021, 2022 and 2024) & is a 4 The Advertiser SANFL Team of Year representative (2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024)

* His ruck dominance across the SANFL competition since his debut reached its pinnacle in 2022 when he amassed 705 hit outs in a season. He also recorded 585 hit outs in 2021, 584 in 2023 and 524 in 2024.

* Across 99 SANFL games, Kieran has kicked 57 goals.

* Kieran has played in 3 of Adelaide’s 4 previous SANFL Finals campaigns, joining Crows SANFL Coach Matthew Wright as the only 2 players to have achieved this.