Adelaide could be without two more key players for their season opener with Essendon.

Channel 10 news reporter Max Burford suggested this afternoon that Tom Lynch and Hugh Greenwood were not on the flight to Melbourne for the Crows’ clash with Essendon at Etihad Stadium on Friday night.

Tom Lynch and Hugh Greenwood did not travel with the Crows to Melbourne this morning by my reckoning. @TenNewsADEL — Max Burford (@mkfburford) March 22, 2018

Last season’s Grand Finalists are already without captain Taylor Walker (foot), Brad Crouch (groin) and Riley Knight (ankle), and it is understood that Lynch and Greenwood will also miss, although the reasons are not yet clear.

That would make it seven players missing from their Grand Final team following the trade period departures of Charlie Cameron and Jake Lever.

Essendon also have a few injury woes themselves with Orazio Fantasia (knee), David Myers (calf), Travis Colyer (foot), Marty Gleeson (ankle), Jayden Laverde (hamstring) and Patrick Ambrose (wrist) all ruled out of the Crows encounter.