Crows deny rumours of Power spy

Adelaide Crows coach Brenton Sanderson. The club denies his plans have been leaked to Port Adelaide by a trainer. Picture: Sarah Reed Source: The Advertiser

ADELAIDE is dismissing suggestions there has been a security breach of coach Brenton Sanderson's planning at West Lakes, after the removal of a back-room official.

The Crows last month replaced a trainer, saying he could no longer combine the increasing time demands at a professional sporting club and a full-time job.

But the sudden reaction and speculation this week - including claims of inside information being passed to AFL rival Port Adelaide - has shocked Adelaide officials, as highlighted by acting football operations chief David Noble saying yesterday: "How this has grown to what it has is beyond me.

"We have not sacked anyone (as claimed on Adelaide radio on Monday).

"And the innuendo (of information being leaked to the Power) has become stressful to the trainer."

Port is denying it has become the beneficiary of "disgruntled" or "loose-lipped" official from Adelaide, which on Friday will keep the cloak of secrecy on its off-season planning by locking the gates before an internal trial at AAMI Stadium.

The search for a competitive edge - the much-treasured "intellectual property" that defines how an AFL team prepares and plays - is one of the game's dilemmas.

Every AFL club has its full-time contracts with confidentiality clauses. Volunteers agree to a code of conduct that includes a demand of confidentiality.

The problem of protecting inside information at an AFL club is when coaches are sacked, players are traded and staff move on.

"We make it clear they cannot take our plans with them," said Port football chief Peter Rohde.

"The challenge is when high-profile staff feel they developed and own that intellectual property and not the club."

In the past two decades there have been three notable cases of a club official being labelled with "leaking" to rivals - two at Alberton.

Inaugural Power coach John Cahill, after being replaced by Mark Williams at the end of 1998, was accused but not proven to have detailed strengths and weaknesses of the Port players to rival clubs and coaches.

Late last season, Port sacked assistant midfield coach Ryan McMillan for allegedly speaking "gossip" of internal happenings at Alberton to rival clubs.

It did not accuse McMillan of leaking the Power's secrets.

Geelong was not as prudent with its sacked fitness coach Loris Bertolacci, who in 2007 was taken to court accused of breaching copyright by allegedly outlining the Cats' game plan in documents to rival clubs.

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