With the GIANTS looking for their first win against the Crows in Adelaide, we’ve taken a look at what’s been happening at West Lakes before the GIANTS make their way to the city of churches.

Adelaide will be boosted by the inclusion of Taylor Walker and Rory Sloane who have been named in the Crows' final 22-man team, and are expected to line up on Sunday afternoon.

Walker has been struggling with a tight hamstring and Sloane missed the pre-season competition with a fractured eye socket, but both players completed training on Thursday.

"They got through really well, so we'll name them later this afternoon," Crows coach Don Pyke said on afc.com.au on Thursday.

"Captain and vice-captain of our footy club clearly signifies how important they are in terms of their leadership and their playing side of things.

"They both trained fully, got through the session really well so we'll see how they pull up tomorrow with the expectation they will play."

A familiar face will be at Adelaide Oval on Sunday with former GIANT Curtly Hampton to make his Crows debut against his old club.

Hampton played 51 games for the GIANTS before joining Adelaide ahead of the 2016 season.

"Curtly will play on Sunday. It's a credit to him because he's really worked hard through the offseason and the pre-season," Pyke said.

"His form through the JLT (Community Series) has been really pleasing ... he's basically built week on week. I thought his game against Brisbane two weeks ago was another level up from even what we saw against Richmond and Geelong.

"It's fantastic for him. His first game for the footy club happens to be against his former club. I know he's really excited and looking forward to the opportunity.”

Pyke said he was relishing the opportunity to test his Crows side against the GIANTS in round one.

“It’s a great test first up,” he said.

“That’s the beauty of the comp, we play a side that was a kick out of the grand final last year with a talented list so it’s a great challenge and an ideal game for us first-up.”

GIANTS coach Leon Cameron was under no illusions that playing Adelaide in Adelaide would be a big test for his side.

“It sounds funny because round one is exactly the same as round four in terms of points. You’ll get four or you’ll get two or you’ll get zero,” Cameron said.

“But the output of exertion — energy, nervousness — all wrapped up on three or four months of preseason all comes out in two hours of footy.

“Our challenge is to get back on that bike coming off a first winning year.”