Reilly gets dumped for Collingwood clash

Brent Reilly will wait for his 200th game. Picture: Sarah Reed. Source: News Corp Australia

ADELAIDE defender and crowd favourite Brent Reilly will have to wait for his 200-game milestone after being dropped ahead of Thursday night's game against Collingwood.

It comes as the Crows had a busy day at the selection table, with Taylor Walker returning to the side after recovering for 12 months from a knee reconstruction and Charlie Cameron, who has been upgraded from the rookie list, making his debut.

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Coach Brenton Sanderson said it had been difficult decision to drop Reilly, a first-round draft pick who is sitting on 199 games, but was confident Reilly would return to celebrate joining the 200-game club and be an important part of the side.

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At the heart of the decision was for Reilly to go back and tweak his defensive game. He is a beautiful player to watch with the ball, but has had goals kicked against him of late and will work on his defensive action in the SANFL.

Sanderson said it was one of his most difficult selection decisions he he'd had to make as coach of the Crows for the blockbuster against the Pies and his best mate Nathan Buckley.

The Melbourne Demons have beaten the Adelaide Crows 70-67 at Adelaide Oval, their second AFL season win.

``We've left Brent Reilly out this week which is probably the toughest decision I've had to make as a senior coach so far,'' Sanderson said. ``On the eve of a milestone game, it seems that it can be quite cold. But unfortunately for Brent we've left him out.

``He's going to be fine though. He's a player with a lot of resilience. He's obviously got a lot of experience. He'll be back. He will be a 200-game player. But he needs to be in really good form. We can't play him this week but he won't be far away from getting back in the team, I'm sure.''

Sanderson also cleared Patrick Dangerfield from an ankle injury and will be picked to play.

Scans to Matthew Jaensch has cleared him of broken ribs and he will be available for selection.

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