ADELAIDE defender Daniel Talia is set to make a miraculous recovery and take to the field for Sunday's clash with Richmond at Adelaide Oval.
Talia was considered no chance to play after he left the ground in the first minute of last weekend's big win against Gold Coast at Metricon Stadium.
But scans cleared the All-Australian backman of hamstring damage and he trained with the team at Adelaide Oval on Thursday morning.
"The way he trained shows he is on track to play," Crows coach Don Pyke said on Thursday.
"When he first presented, our doctors thought it was a hamstring (injury), but the scan was clear, so it might be some tendonitis he was suffering.
"He cooled off with the ceremony for Anzac Day last week, and then when he went to go, he felt something and they treated it and it settled down really well.
"We'll see how he pulls up in the morning, but at this stage he's on track to play."
The news isn't as good for midfielder Riley Knight, who will miss at least one game with a hamstring injury.
"We will take a cautious approach with Riley this week," Knight said.
"He's still got some awareness when he's running.
"The general feeling is we're best to give that a spell this week and get him ready for the following week."
Defender Jake Kelly is set to come back into the side after recovering from an eye injury, while Pyke said forward Josh Jenkins completed training, including contact work, to put himself in the mix for his first game since round two.
The Crows held a closed training session at Adelaide Oval on Thursday morning.
Jenkins has been sidelined since he fractured a couple of ribs and sustained cartilage damage against Hawthorn at the MCG.
"Josh was able to train today fully, again we'll see how he pulls up tomorrow morning, but he's certainly getting closer and closer to playing," Pyke said.
"There's a balance of the side, there's the volume of work he's been able to do in the last four or five weeks, but clearly he's in our best 22."
The Tigers got the edge on the Crows with a 19-point victory when they faced off in the JLT Community Series at Etihad Stadium.
Since then, both teams have started the season brilliantly with five straight wins to kick off the year.
"We're both coming into game with good, winning form, playing good footy, so it sets it up to be a cracking game of footy," Pyke said.
"They might defend us slightly different than other teams have, so we've got to be ready to adapt and shift and change if we need to.
"Sometimes we're able to move the ball quickly, and that's our preferred method, but that won't always be the case.
"The challenge will be to move the ball in a different way to still move it with speed, but still take it forward.
"We'll see what opens up on Sunday."
