when was the last time the crows were in the grand final
2017
title: 1998 AFL Grand Final text: 1998 AFL Grand Final The 1998 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Adelaide Crows and the North Melbourne Kangaroos, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 26 September 1998. It was the 102nd annual Grand Final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League), staged to determine the premiers for the 1998 AFL season. The match, attended by 94,431 spectators, was won by Adelaide by a margin of 35 points marking that club's second consecutive premiership victory, and second premiership overall. This Grand Final saw the Kangaroos playing in their title: Adelaide Football Club text: The club had a dominant 2017 season, winning their opening six games and never falling below second place for the entire season. Adelaide claimed their second McClelland Trophy as minor premiers. The Adelaide Crows entered the 2017 finals series as favourites for the premiership; they defeated and by 36 and 61 points respectively to qualify for the Grand Final, their first since 1998, where they faced . Despite starting as rampaging hot favourites, the Crows lost the match by 48 points and finished runners up for the first time in their history. The club struggled to replicate its 2017 form title: 1998 AFL finals series text: 1998 AFL finals series The Australian Football League's 1998 finals series began on Friday, 4 September 1998 and culminated with the 102nd AFL Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday, 26 September 1998. Eight of the league's sixteen teams qualified for the finals based on the home-and-away season, and the finals were played under the McIntyre Final Eight System. The series concluded with the Grand Final, which saw the Adelaide Crows (5th placed after the home-and-away season, 13–9) win its second consecutive premiership, defeating minor premiers North Melbourne (16–6) by 35 points. Adelaide was the lowest placed team title: 2018 Adelaide Football Club season text: to ensure a close finish, but the Crows held on to win the game by 4 points. With the win they went into the top two for the first time of the season. The Crows went into their final match against Collingwood as favourites and were expected to win and make their way into the Grand Final to defend their premiership. Crows co-captain Chelsea Randall suffered a head knock late in the second quarter and was forced to sit out the rest of the match. Randall had been instrumental in getting the Crows their 10-point lead at half-time, and without title: 2018 Adelaide Football Club season text: a draw against the and wins against and . They needed to win their final match against to make it to the Grand Final, but despite leading at half-time they lost the match by 21 points and finished the season in fifth. The season opener was a re-match of the 2017 AFL Women's Grand Final, which the Crows had won to claim the inaugural AFL Women's premiership cup. The Crows went into the game missing Courtney Cramey and Abbey Holmes due to injury, and Jenna McCormick due to her W-League duties, then co-captain and 2017 AFLW Best and Fairest Erin