Adelaide Crows take flight for Melbourne ahead of Saturday’s grand final against Richmond
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CROWS midfielder Hugh Grewnwood is in the 25-man travel party — along with his possible grand final replacement Wayne Milera — as Adelaide left for Melbourne on Thursday afternoon.
Crows midfield coach Scott Camporeale declared Greenwood fit to play, despite concerns with a calf strain that limited his work against Geelong in the preliminary final last Friday at Adelaide Oval.
Camporeale was satisfied with Greenwood’s work at training at Adelaide Oval on Wednesday, leaving the impression the Crows will name an unchanged line-up on Thursday evening for the grand final with Richmond at the MCG on Saturday.
“He’s fine; he got through training (on Wednesday),” Camporeale said.
“He ticked all the boxes. So he is fine.”
Adelaide is taking young forward Mitch McGovern to Melbourne. He was ruled out with a left-hamstring strain on Wednesday.
Camporeale dismissed any need for a late fitness test on Greenwood at the MCG on Friday morning when the Crows complete their training program.
“He’s fine,” Camporeale said.
Adelaide is playing in its first grand final since 1998 while Richmond is ending a 35-year drought from the premiership decider.
The Crows have a closed training session at the MCG on Friday morning before the Grand Final Parade at 11.30am (SA time).
Crows coach Don Pyke has one last tough call to make on Adelaide’s AFL grand final 22.