“I’ve been impressed with Rory since pre-season, but particularly his last three to four weeks in the SANFL. He’s played really strong, hard and aggressive footy,” Craig said on Thursday.

“It gets another young player on our list exposed to AFL footy and with the way it falls it’ll be at the MCG, on a Friday night against last year’s premiers… it’s a pretty special game for him.”

Congratulation to Rory - there will be a lot of extra support for the Crows on Friday Night.