SANFL Team Selection: Round Five v Port Adelaide

See who will be lining up in our State League Showdown.

By Daniela Harvey

Adelaide will be looking to secure a third-straight win when it faces Port Adelaide in a SANFL Showdown at Adelaide Oval on Friday afternoon.

The match is a curtain raiser to the clubs’ AFL Showdown, which will kick off on Friday night.

AFL-listed recruits Indy Cotton and Finnbar Maley will feature in their first State League Showdown, alongside draftees Archie Ludowyke and Mitchell Marsh.

Other AFL-listed players named in the team include Charlie Edwards, Tyler Welsh, Chayce Jones, Sid Draper, Oscar Ryan, Lachlan Sholl, and Reilly O’Brien.

Skipper Kieran Strachan headlines the SANFL-listed players included in the squad and is named alongside Cam Taheny, Ned Atkinson, Tom Bell, Harry Boyle Jay Boyle, Blake Drury, Jaxon Bennett, Tate Coleman, Joseph Haines, Dayne McGary, Jay O’Leary and James Richards.

AFL emergencies are yet to be added to the team.

The Crows lead the head-to-head ledger 12 wins to 10, and claimed a 15-point win against Port Adelaide the last time the two teams met in Round 14, 2025.

Adelaide faces Port Adelaide in a SANFL Showdown at Adelaide Oval on Friday at 4pm.You can get to the games with a Crows Membership, details here.

The AFL Showdown between the two crosstown rivals will start at 7.40pm.

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