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Simon Goodwin will lead Adelaide against Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium on
Friday night in the opening round of the NAB Cup. "It was selected by the
leadership group," experienced defender Jason Torney said at a media
conference on Thursday. "He's the most experienced guy there." Goodwin will
be standing in for regular captain Mark Ricciuto, who is resting a back
complaint. Asked how Goodwin had handled 'a pretty tough week' after having
been named in an AFL investigation of players betting on matches, Torney
said: "I think pretty well. It doesn't seem to have affected his preparation
for the game and training, so I think he's handled it quite well." Asked
Adelaide's attitude to the NAB Cup, Torney said: "We're in every game to
win. It's already been said we've taken a few per cent - if you can add it
up somehow - off our pre-season, so things have been taken back a little
bit, and we'll be performing with an attitude that we want to win.
"There'll be some new faces and some new things happening on ground to make
us better, so we'll be using it as every game (is there) to win but also
trying different things." Torney said the NAB Cup was 'massively important'
for the Crows' young ruckmen (such as Ivan Maric, John Meesen and Jonathon
Griffin) 'to get experience, to get game time, to compete with some big
bodies and some big players who know the craft pretty well'."We've got some
good numbers there," he said. "Games-wise, they're obviously very
inexperienced but we just (have to) give these guys opportunities to play
footy at the highest level. "I'm confident they will perform. Their fitness
and their pre-season have been top-notch and nearly all of them have trained
every session and not been out with injuries."