Seven months after Adam Kingsley departed Richmond to lead GWS, Tigers coach Damien Hardwick has turned to his former assistant for tips.
The Giants fought past Adelaide to win Kingsley's first match as coach in round one and a jovial Hardwick said he'd already spoken him about how to handle the Crows at Adelaide Oval on Saturday.
"Yeah, no question (I spoke to Kingsley.) We had a hard time finding him to be honest, he was still painting the town red," Hardwick told reporters.
"He's very diligent, Adam, he gave us some good things.
"We worked together for a long time and some of the things they're doing and we're doing are quite similar, so we'll look at that.
"(Adelaide's) first half versus GWS was quite exhilarating.
"Speaking to 'Kingers', he used the term 'GWS killing GWS' ... all of a sudden GWS ramped up their pressure and they got the game back on their terms."
The Tigers will again be without Robbie Tarrant (hip), leaving Dylan Grimes and Noah Balta to take on Darcy Fogarty and Taylor Walker, while their smaller defenders will have to deal with livewires Izak Rankine and Josh Rachele.
"We're certainly going to have our hands full with that," Hardwick said.
"Once again, if we rely on players to individually compete against those guys one-on-one, we, like most, are going to be in trouble, so it'll be a team defence philosophy."
Hardwick was happy with "80 per cent" of the Tigers' efforts in their opening-round draw with Carlton but wanted better polish and execution.
He expected his midfielders' chemistry with boom recruits Tim Taranto and Jacob Hopper to grow as the season progressed.
"Those boys, we've started calling them 7-Eleven - they were open 24 hours," Hardwick quipped.
Ruckman Toby Nankervis outpointed Carlton's Tom De Koning first-up but faces a sterner test against Adelaide big man Reilly O'Brien.
The Tigers opted for defender Ben Miller as a pinch-hitter against the Blues but he has been dropped along with Rhyan Mansell and Jack Ross.
Samson Ryan, who stands 206cm tall, will play his second senior game as Nankervis' offsider against O'Brien, while mature-age rookie Tylar Young will make his debut in defence.
Adelaide have dropped Jordon Butts and Tyler Brown, and recalled Lachlan Sholl.
