Young defenders Sam Shaw, Rory Laird and Kyle Hartigan, and draftee Matt Crouch are all available for selection in Adelaide’s season-opener against Geelong.

Shaw experienced hamstring tightness early in the first quarter of the Club’s trial win over Greater Western Sydney and sat out the rest of the match as a precaution. Crouch made the trip to Blacktown, but withdrew from the team after coming down with tonsillitis. Hartigan (hamstring tightness) was rested in Adelaide’s last pre-season hit-out, but trained fully last week. Laird didn't play in any pre-season matches because of an adductor complaint but is also back in full training, giving the Crows match committee plenty to think about.

Richard Douglas (groin), Tom Lynch (shoulder) and Andy Otten (knee) are hopeful of recovering from their respective injuries sustained against GWS within a month.

The Crows will take on the Cats at Simonds Stadium at 7:10pm (AEDT) on Thursday night. Download the Club’s full 2014 AFL/SANFL fixture as a PDF.

The team will have an open training session on AAMI Stadium at 10:45am on Wednesday, March 19, before flying to Melbourne. The session will last approximately one hour.

Adelaide’s SANFL team will also be in action this weekend.The SANFL Crows will take on Woodville-West Torrens in a trial game at AAMI Stadium at 10:30am on Saturday, March 22.

Injury list as of Monday, March 17:
Richard Douglas (groin) – 3-5 weeks
Tom Lynch (shoulder) – 4-6 weeks
Andy Otten (knee) – 4-6 weeks
Taylor Walker (knee) – TBA
Nathan van Berlo (Achilles) – TBA
Ricky Henderson (ankle) – TBA
 

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