the second Aboriginal player to reach 300 games. After the season's conclusion, however, McLeod's knee flared up again, forcing him to have surgery during the off-season. 2009 On his return from injury, McLeod captained the Indigenous All-Stars in the 2009 pre-season. McLeod continued to perform consistently for the Crows, and in round 9 (fittingly, it was Indigenous Round) he played his 313th game, breaking the club games record held by former teammate and good friend Mark Ricciuto. 2010 final season and retirements McLeod began the 2010 season healthy and in decent form. However, in a round 11 match against Fremantle, he re-injured his troubled right knee, ultimately keeping him sidelined for a month. He returned on 16 July 2010 in a round 16 match against Geelong in which Adelaide won by 11 points. This would ultimately be McLeod's last game of AFL football, as his knee continued to have problems. On 23 August 2010, McLeod announced his retirement from AFL football. Andrew McLeod's retirement announcement: Following his retirement, McLeod has been compared with Jason Akermanis and Ben Cousins as three greats of the AFL who all retired in 2010. Later career In 2011, McLeod signed a part-time contract with the Northern Territory Football Club in the inaugural North East Australian Football League season, and played a total of eight games for the Thunder, including the finals series. McLeod was a part of the Thunder's Northern Conference and NEAFL premiership teams. Statistics |- |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1995 |style="text-align:center;"| | 23 || 15 || 17 || 12 || 101 || 61 || 162 || 20 || 18 || 1.1 || 0.8 || 6.7 || 4.1 || 10.8 || 1.3 || 1.2 || 0 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1996 |style="text-align:center;"| | 23 || 19 || 20 || 12 || 110 || 84 || 194 || 31 || 22 || 1.1 || 0.6 || 5.8 || 4.4 || 10.2 || 1.6 || 1.2 || 0 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" | scope=row bgcolor=F0E68C | 1997# || | 23 || 26 || 10 || 8 || 287 || 151 || 438 || 96 || 51 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 11.0 || 5.8 || 16.8 || 3.7 || 2.0 || 1 |- | scope=row bgcolor=F0E68C | 1998# || | 23 || 19 || 30 || 20 || 232 || 101 || 333 || 67 || 42 || 1.6 || 1.1 || 12.2