For Steven Holloway there is not much that made him prouder - or brought him more joy - than watching his daughter Lauren’s love for the Adelaide Crows.

And on Saturday night, that pride was felt again, as Steven and the family were welcomed into the Crows’ changerooms after their win against St Kilda at Adelaide Oval to remember and celebrate Lauren’s life.

Lauren passed away following a seizure in January, and Steven said being in the rooms post-win was a special way to feel close to her again with the team she loved the most.

“It was a great way to honour Lauren,” Steven said.

“It was a bit of closure for us, too.

“Lauren would’ve been so happy because she just loved the Crows so much.”

Watching the Crows train at their West Lakes headquarters earlier this month and meeting the players also formed part of the Holloway family’s inner sanctum experience.

It was a full circle moment for the family, whose connection to the Club had been years in the making.

In 2013, Lauren was involved in a horrific car accident on Port Wakefield Rd, leaving her with a severe brain injury that had her fighting to re-learn how to walk, talk, eat, and recognise those closest to her.

But through the heavy fog of post traumatic amnesia and emerging from a coma, her ability to answer a question about who wore No.5 for the Crows - which at the time was Scott Thompson - gave her family hope at the time.

By 2016, Lauren had recovered and her wish of meeting her favourite player - Thompson - came true when the family was invited by the Club to attend a training session at Adelaide Oval.

And through every stage of Lauren’s recovery, her kindness and passion for the Crows remained.

“Lauren was very friendly, she loved people, she loved sport, and she was just out to help everybody - pre and after the brain injury - she would just do everything for everyone else,” Steven said.

“She just loved the Crows - they’re South Australian and she was a big South Australian supporter.

“Scott Thompson was her hero, then when he left she was a bit devastated but then Taylor Walker became her favourite.

“Win, lose or draw, it didn’t matter, she just loved the Crows.”

As the Holloway family continues to navigate life without Lauren, Steven said it’s small moments that are providing comfort.

“The Club has been really good, and I can’t thank everyone enough,” Steven said.

“One of the best things about coming to training was Tex (Taylor Walker) having a race with my little grandson, that was hilarious. But it was the fact the guys genuinely listened.

“Saturday night was amazing as well, to see the look on my grandson’s face because that was his first football game, he just loved it.

“In the changerooms, Max Michalanney spoke to us and all the guys were so nice and they were genuine. Lauren would’ve loved it, and that’s what made it better for us.”

Steven said he and the family would continue to honour Lauren’s traditions, with the connection to the Club she loved so much continuing to bring them together.

“It is hard, I was her carer, so we did everything together. I still go to the gym in honour of her because she would want me to keep fit and keep going,” Steven said.

“We’ve still got Lauren’s Scott Thompson badge and her scarf and pictures of Tex, so we’ll put that on her chair for her and we’ll definitely keep going to watch the games."