As Adelaide pick up the pieces from a disastrous finals series, the spotlight has quickly turned on suspended forward Izak Rankine.

The Crows became the first minor premier since North Melbourne in 1983 to crash out in straight sets after slumping to a hugely disappointing 34-point loss to Hawthorn on Friday night.

Adelaide’s much-vaunted attack fired another blank with just 10 goals following on from last week’s eight-goal effort.

Rankine was watching on from the stands as he serves his four-match ban for a homophobic slur directed at a Collingwood player during their Round 23 match.

The electric playmaker will also miss Round 1 next year as a result of the suspension.

The Rankine saga engulfed the entire AFL world with the star Crow eventually leaving the country to escape the s

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