Bode played just one game that year due to injury before having what was easily his best season in 2002, which saw him kick 22 goals and play all 25 games.

In 2006 he found a niche in the side as Adelaide's main small forward at the start of the premiership season, kicking 9 goals in the first 5 rounds.

Bode played 23 games for the year, scoring a total of 32 goals.

In 2007, Bode managed just one game, against the Western Bulldogs in Round 2.

In this match, he suffered a knee injury that forced him to miss the rest of the season.