The Crows will go into Saturday night’s Indigenous Round clash with Fremantle as named.
Midfielder Jarryd Lyons will start as Adelaide’s substitute. Matt Crouch, Jake Kelly and Brodie Martin will being the game on the interchange.
On Friday, Martin was added to the selected side in place of Ricky Henderson.
Henderson, who was a late withdrawal against Greater Western Sydney last weekend because of a back complaint, was named in the Adelaide team on Thursday night but failed to train on Friday and will miss another week with a sore back.
Martin, who played 17 matches in a career-best season for Adelaide in 2014, will play his first game of the season against the unbeaten Dockers. Untried ruckman Reilly O'Brien and defenders Kyle Hartigan and Harrison Wigg are the emergencies.
Sam Kerridge, who will miss six weeks with an ankle injury, is the only omission to the Crows team that lost to Greater Western Sydney. Kerridge doesn’t require surgery, but will spend three weeks in a moon boot.
Rory Laird and Luke Brown have both overcome concussions sustained in Adelaide’s match against GWS. However, wingman Brodie Smith will miss another week as he continues to recover from his second concussion of the season against St Kilda in Round Seven. Smith aims to train fully next week with the hope of being available for Adelaide’s clash with Carlton.
Read the AFL Preview of Adelaide’s clash with Fremantle
In positive news for the Club, Sam Shaw and Rory Atkins made their long-awaited returns from injury in the SANFL on Saturday.
Limited tickets are available at the gate for Adelaide’s game against Freo. It will be the Club’s second time hosting an Indigenous Round match following on from the success of last season. ARIA award winner Dan Sultan will perform before the game, proudly sponsored by The Maxima Group. Gates open at 5pm. The pre-game Welcome to Country ceremony begins at 6.40pm and will be followed by Sultan's on-ground performance.
Adelaide will once again wear a special guernsey to commemorate Indigenous Round. This year's design was a combined effort of Crows champion Andrew McLeod with renowned Torres Strait Island artist Laurie Nona. Click here to purchase your own Crows Indigenous guernsey.
The AFL team is:
IN: Brodie Martin (replacing Ricky Henderson in selected side)
OUT: Sam Kerridge (ankle)
