Uniting in the fight against cancer in men is a focus of this week's game ...

Captain Nathan van Berlo and team mate Patrick Dangerfield are asking all members and supporters to answer the Call to Arms.

This is the fourth year that the Adelaide Crows, led by van Berlo and Dangerfield, have got behind Cancer Council's Call to Arms campaign and promoted the national fight against cancer in men.

The pair have filmed a video clip which can been seen on the social forums facebook; see http://www.facebook.com/CancerCouncilSA and also youtube asking sporting clubs to join in the fight against men's cancers.

The reality is one in two men are diagnosed with cancer by the age of 85.

By supporting Call to Arms, you can help the 5000 South Australian men diagnosed with cancer each year, by funding Cancer Council's important cancer research, prevention and support programs.

Last year more than 250 sporting clubs in South Australia and 1500 nationally helped to raise more than $510,000 for Cancer Council across the country.

There are a variety of ways that members and supporters can get involved this week.
The main message is to encourage sporting clubs to hold a Call to Arms match during their season. Now is the time to register your team by visiting calltoarms.com.au or calling 1300 65 65 85.

Our match is this Friday night against Essendon. The Call to Arms campaign was born out of Essendon's support for their premiership player Adam Ramanauskas who was first diagnosed with cancer in 2003. Ramanauskas is currently one of Essendon's runners.

While the AFL does not approve players wearing yellow armbands during the match, the players will be wearing specially designed yellow warm-up t-shirts bearing the Call to Arms logo.

Members and supporters can bid for the t-shirts with all proceeds going to Cancer Council.

These tops will be individually signed by the players and auctioned on our website from 11pm on Friday 15 July until 4pm Friday 22 July. One t-shirt will be signed by the entire team and also available in the auction.

The third way that members and supporters can help is by buying a yellow Cancer Council wristband or making a donation to one of the Cancer Council volunteers who will be in the carparks at AAMI Stadium next Friday night, 15 July.

In keeping with the Call to Arms theme the AFL have organised for yellow balls to be used next Friday night and for the centre circles and both goal square lines to be painted yellow.

The match umpires will also wear yellow and a cancer patient from the Cancer Council Lodge will present the ball to the umpires prior to the match.

Club 300 gamer Tyson Edwards, who had his own battle with cancer at the end of 2009, will be a special guest of the Crows on the night and raise the 19th Man flag prior to the match.