The Kangaroos play their first interstate game for the season against Adelaide at Adelaide Oval on Sunday afternoon.

North Melbourne will be looking to ride its wave of momentum after trouncing Melbourne by 59 points, but will need to overcome a red-hot Crows line-up.

Here's everything you need to know.

When: Sunday, March 30 at 3.20pm AEDT (2.50pm local time)
Where: Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Gates Open: 1pm local time
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Fresh off Round 2's stirring win over Melbourne, North Melbourne heads to South Australia this weekend to take on Adelaide.

The undefeated Crows have dispatched St Kilda and Essendon so far, and will be hunting a 3-0 start to 2025.

Round 3, Adelaide v North Melbourne
Where: Adelaide Oval, SA
When: Sunday, March 30 at 3.20pm AEDT
How to watch: Channel 7, Foxtel, Kayo Sports

The opposition

Adelaide broke its MCG hoodoo in Round 2, prevailing by 61 points in a high-scoring match against Essendon.

The Crows' spread and attack was too much for the Bombers as they cruised to a massive total of 25.11 (161).

Captain Jordan Dawson (33 disposals, 775 metres gained) set the tone at the 'G and will occupy North Melbourne's coaches as they prepare for Sunday, as will in-form forwards Riley Thilthorpe, Josh Rachele and Darcy Fogarty.

In-form Roo

Tristan Xerri

An exceptional performance against Max Gawn in the win over the Demons saw Xerri earn a perfect 10 coaches' votes this week. 

He finished with 29 hitouts, 20 disposals, 12 clearances, 10 score involvements and a goal to take another step towards becoming the competition's premier ruck.

His ability to play as another midfielder has been a key to North Melbourne's recent dominance in the middle of the park, and he'll need to deliver more of the same right from the first bounce on Sunday afternoon.

What the coach has said

North Melbourne senior coach Alastair Clarkson, post-game on Sunday: "We're hoping we can build into something but we know it takes a hell of a lot of hard work and we're also very mindful that we're at Round 2. We're at one win and one loss and we're coming up against a pretty formidable opponent.

"All we intend to do is try to be as competitive as we can deep into games and we know that as we become a better side we'll be able to capitalise on opportunities and turn them into victories."

North Melbourne has gone down to the Adelaide Crows by 36 points in Sunday afternoon's clash at the Adelaide Oval.

Entering full of spirits following last week's demolition of Melbourne, the Kangaroos started off slowly but worked their way back into the contest.

However, the Crows were too strong when it mattered and banked a 17.12 (114) to 12.6 (78) victory to remain unbeaten after three games.

After blowing St Kilda and Essendon away to open their season, the Crows had to dig deep to shake off a plucky Kangaroos outfit now with a 1-2 record.

The Kangas were within eight points midway through the third quarter but Adelaide kicked five of the next six goals in a defining burst.

The Roos ultimately couldn't contain Adelaide's attacking threats: Walker snapped two of his goals after snaring the footy at ball-ups and Riley Thilthorpe kicked three majors.

Fellow forwards Darcy Fogarty, Ben Keays, Dan Curtin and substitute Sid Draper scored two goals each as the Crows topped 100 points for the third consecutive game.

Adelaide's triple club champion Rory Laird celebrated his 250th AFL game with 32 disposals and midfielders Izak Rankine (30 touches) and Jake Soligo (28, one goal) were superb.

Ex-GWS utility James Peatling (23 possessions) played his best game for his new club and Josh Worrell was outstanding in defence.

CROWS v KANGAROOS Full match coverage and stats

North's horror record at Adelaide Oval extended to a 12th consecutive loss at the stadium despite spearhead Nick Larkey snaring four goals.

Lively duo Jacob Konstanty and Paul Curtis kicked two apiece, former Western Bulldog Caleb Daniel collected a game-high 33 disposals and captain Jy Simpkin was prominent with 31 touches.

North showed great spirit to fight back after the Crows kicked the initial four goals to lead 25-3 despite losing Josh Rachele to injury.

The talented forward suffered a knee to the ribs in a marking contest and didn't return before being substituted at quarter-time.

Adelaide's early advantage disappeared as the Kangaroos kicked three goals in a four-minute burst, with Larkey converting twice to leave the visitors four points down at quarter-time.

The Crows ominously skipped 20 points clear in the second term and held an 18-point half-time buffer.

But the Roos again bounced back in the third quarter, sneaking within eight points when Curtis kicked his second major.

Adelaide then responded to the danger in style with big guns Walker and Thilthorpe scoring as the hosts recorded five of the next six goals to break the Roos' resistance.

Dead-eye Nick is back
Nick Larkey's shot-on-goal accuracy is reliably excellent, and the forward is showing early signs of this trend continuing in 2025. Against the Crows, Larkey had six shots on goal and kicked 4.2. His shot on goal efficiency was 66.7 per cent, while he's averaging four goals from 5.3 shots on goal per game so far in 2025. Before Sunday's game, he had a career average of 74.24 per cent goalkicking accuracy, the highest of any active player in the league from more than 50 scoring shots, and the third-highest in the VFL/AFL since 1965. The next best is Adelaide's Darcy Fogarty with 69.92 per cent. Fogarty finished the game with two goals from three scoring shots.

ADELAIDE                       4.1    8.5    13.8    17.12 (114)
NORTH MELBOURNE      3.3    5.5     9.5     12.6 (78)

GOALS
Adelaide: Walker 4, Thilthorpe 3, Fogarty 2, Keays 2, Curtin 2, Draper 2, Neal-Bullen, Soligo
North Melbourne: Larkey 4, Konstanty 2, Curtis 2, Zurhaar, Stephens, Darling, Simpkin

BEST
Adelaide: Laird, Rankine, Soligo, Dawson, Keays
North Melbourne: Simpkin, Daniel, Larkey, Parker, Sheezel

INJURIES
Adelaide: Rachele (ribs)
North Melbourne: Nil

SUBSTITUTES
Adelaide: Draper (replaced Rachele at quarter-time)
North Melbourne: Stephens (replaced Hansen jnr at three-quarter-time)

Crowd: 46,511 at Adelaide Oval