Adelaide has named an unchanged team for Saturday night’s clash with Greater Western Sydney.

Luke Brown, who rolled his ankle against Gold Coast last weekend, is set to take his place in the side and extend his streak of consecutive AFL games to 66.

However, fellow defender Rory Laird will spend another week on the sidelines.

Laird, who hasn’t played since Round Six because of a fractured toe, completed the Club’s main session on Wednesday, but will be given more time to build his fitness base after being on light duties for the past three weeks.

Jarryd Lyons who was recalled to the team to play the Suns has held his spot after an impressive performance. Brad Crouch, Matt Crouch, who was sidelined with general soreness last week, and backman Jake Kelly are the emergencies.

It’s the first time this year Kelly, who starred in the SANFL last weekend, has been named in the 25.

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Crows Head of Football David Noble said the stiff competition at selection was a healthy scenario, with a number of players performing well in the SANFL.

“It’s always hard to change a winning team and last week there were some positive signs in regards to the areas of our game we have been working on,” Noble said.

Noble said the Crouch brothers would be valuable long-term players for the Club, and expected both to continue to push strongly for a recall to the senior team.

“Brad has missed a lot footy in the last two seasons and when he resumes this time we want him to stay in the team for the long haul,” Noble said.

“His form in the SANFL was pleasing and there is no doubt he is on track to reach the elite level that we have come to know and expect.

“Soreness forced Matt out of the team last week and we had lots of guys performing well so decided against making any changes, but we expect him to force his way back in very soon.”

There are no SANFL matches this weekend because of the State Game. Instead, Crows players not selected in the AFL team will participate in a rigorous training session.

Adelaide’s SANFL team has had two ‘byes’ in three weeks, which coach Don Pyke admitted wasn’t ideal preparation for his players.

“It’s been a little frustration of ours in terms of the way the draw has panned out at SANFL level,” Pyke said.

“We’re struggling to get continuity in all of our players. We’ve got guys coming back from injuries, or who are pressing for selection that are keen to keep playing to keep their form up.”

The Giants head to Adelaide as the form team of the competition, having won their past six games.

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Pyke was full of praise for the much-improved GWS side.

“They’re a really good footy team. They’re pretty even across the board,” Pyke said.

“They’re number one for scoring from stoppages … so they’re strong there. They’ve got some key forwards and in their back half, although they’ve got a couple of guys potentially out this week, (they have) Heath Shaw really marshalling them.

“They’re in good form and it’s going to be a good test.”

Adelaide’s game against GWS will be part of the 2016 Toyota AFL Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round. The Crows are encouraging fans to be in their seats by 6:30pm to witness the pre-game entertainment, which will involve the lights being switched off and images being projected onto the Eastern Stand. More information is here.

Gates open at 4:30pm ahead of the opening bounce at 7:10pm. Tickets are still available.

South Australia will take on the Northern Territory in a women’s curtain raiser at Adelaide Oval from 4:40pm. Crows and AFL legend Andrew McLeod will help coach the NT team. The game will feature plenty of candidates for a potential Crows AFL team in the new AFL national women’s competition next year.

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