Overview
- Butts will miss the Fremantle game after reporting concussion symptoms that surfaced well after the Geelong match.
- Butts took a head knock against Geelong, passed a head injury assessment, returned to play, then later flagged delayed signs of concussion.
- Adelaide’s defensive stocks are thin with Mark Keane still out with a broken leg and Dan Curtin not expected back until mid-season after knee surgery.
- The load now shifts to Nick Murray, Josh Worrell and Max Michalanney to handle Fremantle’s tall targets Josh Treacy, Jye Amiss and Pat Voss.
- Treacy’s four goals and 12 marks against Richmond, with Amiss adding 2.3, underscore the test facing Adelaide’s reshuffled backline.