Former Crows player Robert Shirley will be back at AAMI Stadium on Saturday with his Canberra club Ainslie.

Shirley, who played 151 AFL games for Adelaide up to the end of 2009 and a life member, will be a key midfielder for the reigning AFL Canberra premier when it plays West Adelaide in the Foxtel Cup curtainraiser to the to the Balfours Showdown.

The curtainraiser starts at 4.05pm.