Adelaide could unveil several new faces in the Club’s first NAB Challenge hit-out against North Melbourne, says coach Phil Walsh.

The Crows will kick off their 2015 campaign in Port Lincoln on March 1 against last year’s Preliminary Finalists.

Adelaide then travels to Simonds Stadium to play Geelong, before tackling cross-town rivals Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium to round out the pre-season fixture.

Walsh said he was keen to give young players an opportunity early.

“We’ll give the younger players a bit of a chance in the first NAB (game),” Walsh said on radio station FIVEaa.

“Then we’ll try play our strongest team in the next two.”

Adelaide added nine players to its list in the offseason; former Hawthorn pair Kyle Cheney and Luke Lowden, draftees Jake Lever, Harrison Wigg, Mitch McGovern and Harry Dear, and rookies Reilly O’Brien, Keenan Ramsey and Anthony Wilson.

Another five Crows, Sam Siggins, Rory Atkins, Riley Knight and rookie-listed duo Jake Kelly and Jack Osborn are yet to make their AFL debuts.

Walsh earmarked recruits Ramsey and O'Brien for possible Crows debuts.

“We might play Keenan in NAB One because it’s in (his home town of) Port Lincoln, so he might be able to do a lap of honour,” Walsh said with a laugh.

“The other guy is Reilly O’Brien, who has rucked quite well actually in the last couple of match simulations we’ve had. He’d possibly be a chance.”

The players will take a four-day break over the Australia Day long weekend before resuming training next Wednesday.

Walsh said it was a well-deserved rest for the group, but there was plenty of work still ahead.

“The attitude of the players has been first-class,” he said.

“The way they’ve gone about their work, no whinging, anything I’ve served up to them they’ve lapped it up and looked for more.

“But we’ve got a lot of work still to do.”

Walsh’s mantra of hard work, elite standards and team-first football has struck a chord with players and fans alike.

But Walsh said the real test would come when faced with genuine opposition.

“A lot of people talk the talk but they can’t walk the walk,” he said.

“I want out Club to be about action, not words.

“When our fans watch us play, I want them to be able to look and say ‘yeah, that’s an authentic footy club (with) the way they go about it’.

“We’ve got some big games coming up – none bigger than that Round One game against North Melbourne. That’s when the fans out there will see whether we’re an authentic footy club or not.”