Delisted Joyce not standing still

Dumped Crow Nick Joyce was impressive as he attempts to win back his spot on Adelaide's list. Picture: Sarah Reed Source: The Advertiser

BRENTON Sanderson has apologised for making Nick Joyce the Crows' sacrificial lamb in the Kurt Tippett scandal, saying "we are very sorry for the way he's had to play this out".

And he "all but guaranteed" the still-contracted Joyce would be back on the Adelaide playing list next season.

Joyce, 19, certainly didn't look like a lost sheep as the Crows resumed pre-season training yesterday, proving himself as one of the club's better runners.

"He's been OK," Sanderson said of Joyce, who could be re-drafted at Thursday's national draft on the Gold Coast.

"He was a bit of a victim of circumstances to be honest but he's been really mature about it.

"For a 19-year-old in his second year, we've all but guaranteed him he's going to be on our list for next season, so that's not an issue for him, for us or his management.

"We were very sorry for the way he's had to play this out but he was out there (yesterday), he trained really well and he understands the situation."

The Crows are expected to claim Joyce at pick 54 at the draft but there is an outside chance they could wait until the pre-season or rookie drafts to re-claim him, by which time they should have cleared Tippett from their list.

Tippett's delisting is being held up by the AFL's investigation into alleged salary cap breaches and draft tampering by the Crows.

"That wouldn't be our preference (to rookie-list Joyce) but it is an option," Sanderson said.

While Tippett's name might be mud among the players at Adelaide, they have rallied around the popular Joyce, who was drafted from Woodville-West Torrens at pick 46 last year.

"He's had great support from the playing group," Sanderson said.

"I think almost every player rang him when the news came out (of his delisting).

"That just shows you the strength of this group, too, that the boys do care about each other, which is great."

Sanderson said the Crows were delighted to have kept their first pick in Thursday's draft (No. 20 overall), saying "at pick 20 we can bring a really good player into our team".
 

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