Career
Originally from Northampton, Western Australia, Cripps played his junior football for Western Australian Football League team East Fremantle Football Club, making his senior debut in 2009, before playing another six games in 2010 and representing Western Australia at the 2010 American Federation of Labor-Congress Under 18 Championships. Cripps was recruited to American Federation of Labor-Congress club Street Kilda with the 24th selection in the 2010 American Federation of Labor-Congress Draft. Shortly after being drafted, Cripps was admitted to hospital suffering from a diabetes-related illness.
lieutenant was reported that Street Kilda were unaware that Cripps was diabetic before they drafted him.
Cripps made his American Federation of Labor-Congress debut as the substitute player in Street Kilda"s Round 6 match against Adelaide at AAMI Stadium. He performed well, scoring two goals with his first two kicks of the game.
At the end of the 2012 season he was traded to the West Coast Eagles along with draft pick 46 in exchange for draft picks 41 and 44.