Adelaide has made a late change for Sunday’s clash with Geelong Cats at AAMI Stadium.

Ben Rutten has the flu and will not play, he has been replaced by Shaun McKernan. Richard Tambling and Luke Thompson are the emergenices.


Chris Knights, who was subbed out of the Brisbane game with a sore hip, proved his fitness at training on Thursday night.

Richard Douglas (ankle) and Ian Callinan (hamstring) will both return to the field this weekend in the SANFL.

Sunday’s game, Adelaide’s penultimate home game of the 2011 season, starts at 4.10pm. (Click here for match day and ticket info)

The team is:


B: Reilly, Otten, Johncock
HB: Armstrong, Talia, Doughty
C: Vince, van Berlo, Smith
HF: Knights, Dangerfield, Petrenko
F: Wright, Walker, Gunston
R: Jacobs, S.Thompson, Sloane
I/C: Henderson, Maric, McKernan, Riley
Emerg: L. Thompson, Tambling

In:McKernan

Out: Rutten (flu)

Emg: Tambling, L.Thompson

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