Homecoming for Crouch brothers as Crows to play final round game against Bulldogs in Ballarat

CROWS Matt and Brad Crouch will get the chance to play in their home city of Ballarat when Adelaide plays its first match for AFL premiership points there in next year’s final home-and-away round.

BROTHERS IN ARMS: Brad and Matt Crouch will get the chance to play in their home city of Ballarat next season. Picture: Sarah Reed.

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STAR Crows Matt and Brad Crouch will get the chance to play in their home city of Ballarat when Adelaide plays its first match for AFL premiership points there next year.

The Crows will finish their home-and-away season in the gold rush city against the Western Bulldogs.

The round 23 match will be played at Mars Stadium, with the date and time to be confirmed as part of the league’s floating fixture.

The clash will be the homecoming for the Crouch brothers, who were born in Ballarat and played their junior football with the Beaufort Crows before joining TAC Cup side North Ballarat.

Port Adelaide has played the Bulldogs in Ballarat in the past two years.

The Ballarat match is the third Crows fixture released for next season.

They will play Hawthorn at Adelaide Oval in round one and Melbourne in Darwin in round 11.

The first round clash will be a twilight game, starting at 4.05pm, on Saturday, March 23.

The game should see former Power dual All-Australian Chad Wingard make his debut for the Hawks.

The Top End game against the Demons at TIO Stadium will be on Saturday, June 1, at 7.10pm.

The full 2019 fixture will be released on Thursday.