It’s been a long week for the Crows with the Izak Rankine saga going on for over five days, but they still got the job done over North Melbourne to clinch the minor premiership.

Adelaide forward Riley Thilthorpe joined 3AW Football and was asked about how the suspended star is going and what the group did to put the saga aside and focus on the match.

“He’s doing it tough at the moment,” Thilthorpe said on 3AW Football.

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“It dragged out for a while, which made it a bit harder.”

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