AFL Round 15: Crows vs. Demons Live Coverage

The siren sounds at Adelaide Oval, bringing the first quarter to an end, and its the Crows fans who are a little concerned.

The Demons have certainly taken their opportunities after a quick start for the home side. They have kicked 5.0 for the quarter, while the Crows have stumbled a bit with their kicking for goal.

There's not much in it, aside from one side having the composure and the other one not so much.

But there's plenty to play for and plenty of time.

The Demons have been struggling to get their stars into the play in the first quarter, with Kysaiah Pickett yet to touch the footy.

But that was better from the visitors, winning the ball on the wing, and kicking over the back. The Crows misread the ball, it runs for Matthew Jefferson, who runs into goal for the Demons' third.

It's been a tight enough first quarter, and now in time on it's still close.

But Izak Rankine gets on the ball and produces a lovely low kick for Josh Rachele to take a diving mark in the right forward pocket.

It's not a great angle, but he makes it look easy! Great kick from Rachele. They lead by nine points.

The pressure is on from both sides. Lachlan McAndrew has a big task against Max Gawn in the ruck early.

The Crows are attacking plenty, but the Demons clear, and eventually they shift it forward.

It goes to the left side of 50, and Harvey Langford snaps a beautiful curling ball on the run - it looks like it might be a point, but it goes through for a goal!

R19, 2025: Adelaide by 13 (Adelaide Oval)

R5, 2024: Melbourne by 15 (Adelaide Oval)

R19, 2023: Melbourne by 4 (MCG)

R16, 2022: Melbourne by 29 (Adelaide Oval)

R22, 2021: Melbourne by 41 (MCG)

R10, 2021: Adelaide by 1 (Adelaide Oval)

Melbourne has the edge in this match-up recently, winning four of the last six encounters.

The Demons have split the last four games at tonight's venue, Adelaide Oval, winning two and the Crows two.

There have been a couple of comfortable margins in there, but we could be in for a closer one - four of the last six have been decided by 15 points or less.

The big footy-related news off the field in the last couple of days has been the terrible truck crash involving former Adelaide Crows and Fremantle star forward Tony Modra.

Modra crashed his truck at Back Valley on South Australia's Fleurieu Peninsula on Thursday evening.

His friend and former teammate Mark Ricciuto has updated Fox Footy about his condition.

"The latest is that he's making a good recovery, which is absolutely unbelievable," Ricciuto said.

"Everyone was really concerned for 24-36 hours that he might not even make it through but he's showing the grit we expect of Tony.

"He had a really long day of surgery yesterday, a big part of it was still happening late yesterday, to the left side of his face where the branch of the tree came through the side of his truck and fixed up his jaw and cheek bone and eye socket.

"He might not be the perfectly good-looking Tony Modra when he recovers but the great thing is that there's growing optimism that he will recover and recover well."

Also, on ABC Sport's radio coverage today, Aaron Bryans has told listeners that SA Health have been contacted, and Tony Modra's condition has been upgraded to "stable".

Like everyone in and outside of football, we wish him and his family and friends well and hope he has a full recovery.

There are no late changes for either side.

There are a number of changes from last week in the named teams for both sides - you can see the line-ups above.

For the Crows, Luke Pedlar is out injured, while Josh Worrell misses due to illness and Toby Murray is omitted.

The ins, however, are significant. Taylor Walker comes back into the forward line, the dynamic Izak Rankine returns, as does key defender Mark Keane.

The Demons have a few ins and outs as well.

Harrison Petty's hamstring injury and Lukas Cooke's facial injury put them out of the side, while Bailey Laurie has been omitted.

In come Caleb Windsor, Tom McDonald and Matthew Jefferson.

Hello, good afternoon and welcome to ABC's live online coverage of round 15 of the AFL.

We kick things off shortly with the Crows taking on Melbourne at Adelaide Oval, with both teams on the cusp of a top-four spot.

A little later we will have GWS up against Carlton at Sydney Showground, before tonight's match at the MCG between Collingwood and Port Adelaide.

My name is Andrew McGarry, and I will be taking you through the first part of today's proceedings, before I hand over to my friend and colleague Mick Doyle.

Let's get in to it!