AFL round two 2026, scores, results, odds, stats and start time from the Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

Just like that, AFL football returned to Adelaide Oval.

Slowly but surely the fans are preparing for perhaps the biggest match of the tour between the unbeaten Crows and the Western Bulldogs.

The wastelands in the crowd will surely soon be filled; Traffic in and around the CBD has come to a near standstill and thousands of pundits are taking advantage of the glorious sunshine to flock to the final few days of the 2026 Adelaide Fringe Festival, just two kilometers from the city’s East End.

Crows superstar Izak Rankine has made his much-publicized return from a four-match ban following a homophobic comment towards Collingwood late last year. It was a moment that badly damaged Rankine’s reputation.

The Bulldogs could not have been more impressive in the first two weeks of the season, but their recent record in the football heartland of South Australia has been poor. They have lost their last five games at Adelaide Oval, with their last win coming in the 2021 preliminary final.