Crows coach Brenton Sanderson conceded that stopping Ablett was effectively impossible, telling Kerridge the best he could hope to do was limit the superstar's damage on Sunday at Adelaide Oval.
To that extent, Kerridge's day on the game's best player was an overwhelming success.
Ablett still finished as one of the Suns' best with 25 possessions, two goals and two goal assists, but it was a performance well below the standard he had set over his previous five encounters with the Crows, when he'd averaged 36 touches a game.
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After the match Sanderson said that the side had several back up plans in case Ablett proved too much for Kerridge, but they weren't required.
The 21-year-old told AFL.com.au that he had loved the experience.
“We spoke about the fact that he’s always going to get the footy and rack up possessions - it was about limiting how damaging those possessions could be," Kerridge said.
"We knew if we could limit that, it would hold us in good stead to win the game.
“He’s got a great ability to keep his feet at the contest, he’s always on the move, which means I have to concentrate all the time - if I’m not on my guard, I’ve lost him and once he’s gone he gets possessions.
"He’s the best at it and has been for a number of years, he’s just a great player. It was great to play on him today, I loved it.”
The Crows received a pre-match address from another of the game's true champions, Adelaide legend Andrew McLeod.
McLeod designed the team's Indigenous Round jumper and Kerridge said it was inspiring to hear him reveal the story behind it.
“It was fantastic to hear from 'Bunji'; he has such a presence and was a fantastic footballer for a long time at our football club," he said.
"For the team to go out there and have a win for the likes of Eddie Betts, Charlie Cameron and Jared Petrenko and Cam Ellis-Yolmen, who didn’t play, was great.”
Sunday's 32-point win was a significant response to the club's five-point defeat to Carlton in round 10, and the fact remains that Adelaide's best football this year has been played in response to a poor loss.
Players and coaches remain confident their best would trouble most in the AFL but all agree that without consistency Adelaide's season will amount to little other than a year marked by the odd highlight.
With the Crows facing Fremantle in Perth next week, Kerridge highlighted the importance of replicating the club's good form.
“Last week was disappointing - the boys were dirty about it and we wanted to come out and prove to not only ourselves but our fans and everyone that we can play some good footy, and that our game style stands up," he said.
"We know we can play good footy, as everyone saw today, we’ve just have to put it on ourselves to produce it every week.
“We’ll start to focus on that next trip now, it’s a big task – one of the toughest road trips in football, but we’ll make the most of it and try to string together two wins in a row.”
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