Jordan Gallucci Biography

Jordan Gallucci is being considered for a list opening at Richmond after earning an invite to train with the Tigers.

Adelaide delists Jordan Gallucci, Myles Poholke and Ben Crocker.

"Jordan, Myles and Ben have all made important contributions during their time with the football club and can be proud of how they have carried themselves," list manager Justin Reid said.

"We wish them all the very best for the future."

Jordan Gallucci will miss the next 9-12 months, and the rest of the 2020 season, after rupturing his left Achilles tendon during an innocuous training drill.

"Jordan has had no tendon or lower leg issues at all during the preseason and went into training today with no history of calf/Achilles symptoms over the past couple of years," Crows head of science and medicine Steve Saunders said.

"This is obviously devastating for Jordan given it will now require 9-12 months of rehabilitation."

Crows midfield coach Michael Godden says Jordan Gallucci still has a ways to go to make it into the Crows' senior side.

"Jordan just hasn't quite got to the point where he was up for selection this week. His pre-season has been OK without being to the level that he would like, or we would like at this point," Godden told SEN SA.

"He has still got to work on his consistency, so what he does is bits of individual bits of brilliance, but the reality is that the game goes for longer than that, so he needs to keep working on his consistency.

"He is working hard at it, the coaches are working hard with him, but he hasn't quite made that jump at this stage."

Jordan Gallucci signs a new two-year deal with Adelaide to remain at the club until the end of 2020.

"In his first year at the club, Jordan has shown he has the skills and determination to succeed at the highest level and we look forward to his continued development," Adelaide list manager Justin Reid said.

Jordan Gallucci will miss the rest of the season after fracturing his jaw in the SANFL.

"Jordan Gallucci received a pretty heavy knock to the jaw, which fractured it in two places," Crows general manager of high performance Matt Hass said.

"It required surgery, which was done yesterday. All went well, but unfortunately he’ll miss the rest of the season."

Jordan Gallucci makes his AFL debut for Adelaide at the Gabba with 11 disposals (7 kicks and 4 handballs), 2 marks, 3 tackles and a goal in an 80-point win over Brisbane.

Adelaide will blood rookie midfielder Jordan Gallucci for their JLT Community Series clash against Geelong.

"It's about giving the opportunity ... we'll see how he performs and sees how he fits in with the side," Crows coach Don Pyke said.

"We recruited him as a high-end talent. He's a powerful athlete, he has got speed, his ball take is at a high level – that is certainly what we drafted him on."

Adelaide's first-round draft pick Jordan Gallucci has massive shoes to fill after being given the club's coveted No.7 guernsey.

The only two other players to have donned the Crows' No.7 – dual premiership star Nigel Smart and former captain Nathan van Berlo – both played more than 200 games in the red, yellow and blue.

Good mates Jordan Gallucci and Myles Poholke have joined their Crows teammates for the first time since being taken with the club's first two picks in last Friday's NAB AFL Draft.

Poholke said Gallucci had all the tools to make an impact at the next level.

"Jordan brings that X-factor to the team," Poholke said.

"He works really hard, he's a leader. He's definitely someone you want on your side rather than playing against.

"He's been a massive help for me since I came into the program and showed me the professionalism that's needed and I can't wait to play with him."

The pair's move interstate to unfamiliar surroundings has been made easier after they were a part of the national academy.

"He gave me a call straight after his name was called out, it's a good feeling," Gallucci said.

"You know that person already so it helps with the transition."

Adelaide select Jordan Gallucci with pick No.15 in the 2016 National Draft.

Gallucci is a former volleyballer who captained Vic Metro in 2016.

"We’ve followed him for a long time. He's got speed, power, can play in and out – so that was the attraction, he can play lots of roles," Crows National Recruiting Manager Hamish Ogilvie said.

"He has played at half-back, he can go forward with his elite vertical … nobody has really ever been better and he's a midfielder, so he can play three areas of the ground which is good."