Adelaide will play its first game of 2019 in regional South Australia with a pre-season Showdown clash against Port Adelaide.

The Crows will travel to Port Pirie, the home of club legend Mark Bickley, for the first time to face the Power at The Memorial Oval on Saturday, March 2.

It will be the first time the sides have met since Adelaide’s nail-biting three-point victory in Showdown 45.

Six days later, Adelaide will head to Canberra for its second match of the JLT Community Series against the Giants at UNSW Canberra Oval on Friday, March 8.

ADELAIDE'S 2019 PRE-SEASON FIXTURE

Match 1

Saturday, March 2

Adelaide v Port Adelaide

The Memorial Oval (Port Pirie)

3.40pm CDT

Match 2

Friday, March 8

Greater Western Sydney v Adelaide

UNSW Canberra Oval

7.10pm EDT