He played in the round three win over Geelong but has been out of the side since, however, his good form for WAFL side East Fremantle and injuries to key players has seen Dodd recalled.

The other inclusion was mature-age rookie Michael Barlow, who missed the round 10 match against North Melbourne with injury.

Clancee Pearce has been omitted, while Paul Hasleby, who needs two more games to reach 200, could not be considered because of a back injury.

Adelaide will be a familiar foe for Fremantle, who beat the Crows by 56 points at Subiaco Oval in round one this year, although the make-up of the Freo side will be different this time.

Missing from the victorious round one team will be Hasleby, Greg Broughton (foot), Luke McPharlin (knee), Des Headland (knee) and Michael Johnson (club suspension).

And, after losing its first six games of the season, Adelaide has displayed improved form in the past month, winning two games and pushing St Kilda at Etihad Stadium for three quarters last weekend.

Fremantle lost to the Crows at AAMI Stadium by 117 points in round 15 last year, kicking only one goal for the game, but there will be many different factors this time around.

Adelaide was in contention for a top four spot in 2009, while an injury-riddled Fremantle sent a side missing stars like Matthew Pavlich and Aaron Sandilands, who are both arguably in career-best form this year.

In fact, there will be at least 11 changes to the Freo side for this Saturday’s game as compared to the team that played the Crows in round 15 last year.

Despite this, Fremantle coach Mark Harvey was well aware of the danger this fixture still posed for his team.

“This’ll be a hard, tough game, there’s no doubt about that,” he said.

“They’ve got a lot of experience there, and they haven’t got too many younger players in their side at the moment. I think they’ve been playing well the last month.

“They’ve changed subtly what they’re doing, in fact a few things have changed. That’s what we’ve noticed from our intelligence.”

Adding to Fremantle’s task will be the emotional farewell for two-time Adelaide premiership star Tyson Edwards, who will play his 321st and final game of AFL football.

Harvey said Fremantle would be mindful of the occasion surrounding Edwards’ send-off, but that they wouldn’t be treating him any differently to any other player.

“I think our guys are pretty respectful players and they appreciate the opposition, and in particular players that have had distinguished careers like Tyson has,” he said.

“So they’ll treat him with that respect, but at the same time they will be aggressive and competitive when they need to be if he’s in and around the contest.”

Fremantle team:

Backs: Ryan Crowley Chris Tarrant Kepler Bradley
Half Backs: Antoni Grover Adam McPhee Roger Hayden
Centre: Garrick Ibbotson David Mundy Steven Dodd
Half Forwards: Jay van Berlo Matthew Pavlich Stephen Hill
Forwards: Nathan Fyfe Chris Mayne Hayden Ballantyne
Followers: Aaron Sandilands Michael Barlow Paul Duffield

Interchange: Nick Suban Rhys Palmer Anthony Morabito
Matthew de Boer

Emergencies: Ben Bucovaz Clancee Pearce Alex Silvagni

IN: Michael Barlow
Steven Dodd

OUT: Paul Hasleby (Back)
Clancee Pearce