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Crows ignore AFLW flag favouritism

Adelaide's AFLW co-captain Chelsea Randall isn't dwelling on her team's hot favouritism to win Sunday's grand final against Carlton.

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Adelaide's Chelsea Randall is taking nothing for granted ahead of the AFLW grand final with Carlton. (AAP)

Adelaide's co-captain Chelsea Randall is shunning all the talk about being overwhelming favourites to win the AFLW grand final.

"You just have to let it go through one ear and out the other," Randall said on Wednesday.

Adelaide enter Sunday's grand final against Carlton at Adelaide Oval on seven-game winning streak.

And in last week's preliminary final, the flag fancies restricted Geelong to the lowest-ever AFLW score - 1.1 (7).

That feat follows a home-and-away season where Adelaide banked a whopping percentage of 212 - they doubled the scoring of their opponents.

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But Randall said Carlton have the weapons to cause a boilover in the premiership decider.

"Carlton have got some great big stars and big game players, so for me it's anyone's game," she said.

"For us, we just want to go out there and play our best footy and continue to go another level every single quarter."

The Crows defeated the Blues by 13 points in their sole meeting this season, a round two clash in Melbourne.

But to get that win, Adelaide had to come from 17 points down late in the third quarter - they booted six of the last seven goals of the game.

"Carlton have come a long way from round two and so have we, so think we're in for an epic contest," Randall said.

Adelaide could field as many as 13 players who featured in the club's premiership in the inaugural AFLW in 2017.

And while comforted by boasting that experience, Randall said it was unlikely to prove decisive.

"There's probably about 13 or so girls that have played in a grand final before which is sensational for them, but it doesn't stop the nerves," she said.

"You just don't know, in such a big game anything can unfold.

"Sometimes people say 'yeah, they have had experience of being in a grand final' but it's just going to come down to game day and who is going to bring it more."


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