Congratulations Archie, go

The East Sandringham Football Club is ecstatic to announce that Archie Ludowyke has earned his debut for the Adelaide Crows. Archie is a 197cm athletic key forward with elite ariel skills and a big vertical. Taken by the Adelaide Crows with pick 50 in the 2025 AFL National Draft, Archie has been slowly building form in the SANFL. Archie will debut in Round 21 of the 2026 season against Essendon at Marvel Stadium.

Archie's debut sets a new record for ESJFC with an amazing fourth AFL debut this season by a former Zebbie. He joins teammate Hugo Hall-Kahan, Port Adelaide's Josh Lai, and North Melbourne's Tom Blamires. This beats the iprevious 2003 record of three AFL debuts which included Chris Judd, Ted Richards and Fergus Watts.

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