Adelaide livewire Izak Rankine will be sent for scans on a sore calf as fears goes into the Crows camp on the severity.
Despite a dominant first half, Rankine pulled up sore in the third term from a forward stoppage, immediately pointing to his calf before receiving heavy treatment by the Crows medicos.
However, the speedster didn't return to the game, putting at end to his night.
"The fact that he wasn't able to come back out means there'll be something there on a scan, and we'll just have to have a look at that. We go into a longer break now, a bye, so takes a week off, but hopefully it's nothing major," Adelaide coach Matthew Nicks said post-match.
"He pointed straight to the calf."
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An injury watch is also on Callum Ah Chee, with Nicks confirming the Crows recruit will require further assessment on an injured thumb.
Ah Chee managed to play out the remainder of the match with a protective guard.
Veteran Taylor Walker is set to play his first game in the SANFL in over a decade after being overlooked for the senior side.
Nicks assured the Walker decision wasn't due to form, but balance of the front half, as well as the games record holder being managed following a hamstring injury.
"We're reasonably pleased with the decision (to play Walker in the SANFL) in that we think it's going to be what's best for the team and for 'Tex' going forward into the second half of the year. Hopefully he has a good hitout this weekend, because he's going to play some footy, and then we'll just balance that as we go through the second half of the year," Nicks explained.
"The decision is not 'Tex' isn't playing because he's not good enough to be in our 23, it'll be a decision we make going forward, week by week, opposition, conditions, where we're playing, where the group's at. You know, we've still got some young guys that are playing some good footy. Toby Murray tonight didn't have his best game, but he's been playing well above where most would think at this time in his career, early part of his career. So, there'll be times as we go through the year where our forward line will look a little different."
