Adelaide Club Champion Rory Laird will play in Showdown LI, senior coach Matthew Nicks has confirmed.

On Thursday, following the Crows' training session at Adelaide Oval, Nicks told the media Laird would return following a broken hand sustained in pre-season.

Unfortunately, Club Captain Rory Sloane will not be fit to play.

Sloane was substituted against Collingwood on Saturday due to adductor soreness.