Adelaide has named a final 10-man squad for its maiden AFLX outing against Collingwood.
Andy Otten will lead a relatively inexperienced outfit onto Hindmarsh Stadium, with Kyle Cheney (77 games) and Curtly Hampton (60) the only others with over 50 games of senior AFL experience.
Big-bodied midfielder Cam Ellis-
Emerging defenders Jake Kelly and Alex Keath, rookie Patrick Wilson and second-year player Matt Signorello round out the Crows squad for game one, with Harry Dear, Ben Davis and Lachlan Murphy on standby.
Ben Jarman, Jackson Edwards, Elliott Himmelberg, Paul Hunter and Reilly O’Brien, all named in the initial AFLX squad on Monday, will not pull on the Crows colours on Thursday night.
Adelaide AFLX Squad
Game 1 v Collingwood
6.38pm ACDT
7. Jordan Gallucci
8. Jake Kelly
17. Curtly Hampton
22. Andy Otten (C)
25. Kyle Cheney
28. Cam Ellis-
31. Patrick Wilson
35. Matthew Signorello
39. Tom Doedee
42. Alex Keath