Adelaide had its best win of the season on Friday night, with the Crows' manic pressure at the forefront of their on-the-road victory against second-placed Sydney.
However, that physicality and pressure may have come with a cost as key forward Darcy Fogarty faces a nervous wait on Saturday to see if he will be suspended by match review officer Michael Christian for his swinging arm on Sydney's Harry Cunningham.
The incident occurred in the second quarter of the match, with Fogarty swinging his arm swiftly across Cunningham's body to lay a tackle, but the arm caught the Swan high, and he was ruled out of the game after failing to pass his HIA.
If the impact is deemed severe, Fogarty, who starred against the Swans in the wet with four goals, could be suspended in the range of three to four weeks.
Harry Cunningham comes from the ground before half time after this incident.
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After the match, Adelaide coach Matthew Nicks was hesitant to speak too much about the incident.
“It's a hard one," Nicks said.
"I haven't watched it back, so that's one I won't comment on, but yeah, watching it live, I thought it was a tackle, and I hope it's okay."
Sydney coach Dean Cox also didn't want to delve too deep into the tackle either.
“(It) was a high contact," Cox said.
"I think we know if there's any high collision or, you know, concussion from that (there could be ramifications). (We'll have to wait and see) whether they look at it or not."
Fogarty is arguably in the form of his career after kicking 17 goals in his last five games, including bags of four and five.
