Luke Lowden Biography

Adelaide delists former Hawthorn ruck/forward Luke Lowden and rookie-listed forward Keenan Ramsey.

"Both Luke and Keenan have had a positive influence on our environment and can be proud of the way they have carried themselves," Crows coach Don Pyke said.

"We wish them all the very best for the future."

Luke Lowden isn't even being considered for round one due to an Achilles injury that was aggravated – albeit indirectly – by boy band One Direction.

Lowden was carrying an Achilles injury when he joined the Crows from Hawthorn last October and hasn't featured in the NAB Challenge.

The injury occurred when the club was forced off AAMI Stadium due to One Direction's concert at the venue on February 17.

In order to run closed training sessions the Crows trained at nearby Thebarton Oval, but the surface was so hard in comparison to Max Basheer Reserve or AAMI Stadium that it had to be abandoned after just four sessions.

Walsh insisted the move back to West Lakes was no hit on Thebarton Oval, which often hosts SANFL training sessions throughout the summer.

Lowden has since returned to full training but needs more conditioning before he'd be ready to play.

"He came to the club with an Achilles and we've had a couple of guys with Achilles [injuries] this pre-season," Crows coach Phil Walsh said.

"With Luke, he probably trained two days in a row on a really hard surface that's given him a small setback.

"We ended up moving back, we came back to Max Basheer (Reserve) because of it – we did penetrometers and we got readings."

Adelaide secures Hawthorn pair Kyle Cheney and Luke Lowden in a complicated exchange for draft selections that involved Geelong in the dying stages of the NAB AFL Trade Period.

The medium defender and ruckman were packaged with the draft picks (No.43 and No.47) for the Crows' second, third and fourth round picks.

The Crows have given up picks No.31, No.50 and No.68 to the Hawks, and have swapped their first-round pick of No.10 with Geelong's No.14 as part of the deal.

Despite kicking three goals on debut, Jarryd Roughead says Hawthorn ruckman and teammate Luke Lowden would "understand" if he was squeezed out of Hawthorn's team to play Carlton on Friday night.

After waiting more than five years, Lowden arrived with a bang in the Hawks' 44-point win over West Coast in Launceston.

The 23-year-old competed strongly in the ruck against Nic Naitanui and Dean Cox, winning 15 hit-outs and gathering 12 touches, and slotted three memorable goals.

But with first-choice ruck combination David Hale and Ben McEvoy pushing to return from injury, Lowden could find himself back at Box Hill.

"He knows it's a tough ask to try and break in each week," Roughead said.

"But that's why he's been playing consistent footy at Box Hill the last few years and got his crack on the weekend.

"That just shows the depth that we've got - that a bloke like that can step up and not only contribute but contribute well. To kick three goals, it's a very good effort on debut.

"So hopefully he can stay in, but we'll wait and see what the coaches think."

Luke Lowden makes his AFL debut for Hawthorn with 12 disposals (6 kicks and 6 handballs), 2 tackles, 15 hitouts and 3 goals in a 44-point win over West Coast.