The Adelaide Crows have confirmed that defender Jordon Butts will make his in Sunday's clash against Geelong.
The Crows' ninth debutant this season, Butts was drafted by the club with pick No. 39 in the 2018 Rookie Draft.
Coach Matthew Nicks confirmed on Friday afternoon that Butts would play his first AFL game on the weekend.
โButts will debut. Just gave him an opportunity to kick a goal to get in (the team),โ Nicks told reporters on Friday.
โHe missed, but heโs playing down back, so hopefully he learns from that one if he gets an opportunity on Sunday.โ
Butts could come in for veteran backman Danial Talia, who has been suffering from general soreness.
The Crows will give Talia every chance to get up for the Cats clash.
โTaliaโs probably 50-50 at the moment. Heโs going to train tomorrow,โ Nicks said.
โHe got some run-throughs done today, moved pretty well. Obviously a really important one for us with (Tom) Hawkins being in such good form.
โTals has taken that match-up in the past and done really well. Itโs a huge challenge, especially with the form heโs in at the moment.โ
Adelaide meets Geelong at Adelaide Oval on Sunday at 1.05pm AEST.
CONFIRMED: We'll have our ninth AFL debutant of Season 2020 this Sunday ๐ #weflyasone
— Adelaide Crows (@Adelaide_FC) August 21, 2020
