The Kangaroos will go in tall once again in a bid to curb the influence of Adelaide’s big forwards, with Lachlan Hansen, Scott Thompson, Nathan Grima and Michael Firrito all capable of holding down key posts.
In the middle, Andrew Swallow will play his 98th consecutive game and lead the battle against the likes of Scott Thompson, Patrick Dangerfield and Rory Sloane.
Todd Goldstein will go head to head with Sam Jacobs for the majority of the afternoon in the ruck, and will be hoping for a helping hand from Majak Daw.
Jordan Gysberts will have to wait at least another week for his debut in North Melbourne colours, while Will Sierakowski and Taylor Hine are the other emergencies.
Adelaide has made just one change to its side, replacing Matthew Wright with Jared Petrenko. Coach Brenton Sanderson told the Crows’ website Petrenko would be handy inclusion in attack.
“We’ve really lacked some forward pressure the last couple of weeks. Even though he’s missed a few games, Petrenko leads our forward 50 tackles and we know he’ll provide us with that on Sunday."
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