RICHMOND coach Damien Hardwick faces a selection headache ahead of Saturday's meeting with Adelaide at AAMI Stadium, with a quartet of key Tigers ready to return from injury.

The Tigers will monitor the leg injuries of Nathan Foley and Tyrone Vickery at training on Thursday, while Dylan Grimes (hamstring) and Steven Morris (shoulder) are expected to be available.

Grimes had missed four matches before playing a half for Coburg Tigers' senior team in its defeat of Collingwood last weekend.

"They're four very, very good players we look forward to getting back into the side," Hardwick said.

The selection of the four players would overturn the Tigers' policy this season of making as few changes as possible.

Daniel Connors' return in the match against Greater Western Sydney in round 12 brought to 29 the number of players the Tigers have played this season, which is the lowest tally in the competition.

Ladder-leader Collingwood, by contrast, has used 35 players.

Brad Miller, Jake Batchelor, Matt Dea and Brett O'Hanlon are among those who would be unlucky to lose their places from the team that defeated the Giants by 12 points.

That victory was the Tigers' fifth in their last seven games heading into last weekend's bye.

Adelaide will face the Tigers after a disappointing 32-point loss to North Melbourne at Etihad Stadium last Sunday, and Hardwick expects the 9-3 Crows to bounce back with a vengeance this weekend.

"There's a number of things the Crows do very, very well. They're one of the form sides of the competition," Hardwick said.

"There's no doubt it will be an enormous game for us this weekend."

After Wednesday's press conference, Hardwick umpired a match in the Bachar Houli Cup, a round-robin football competition between Melbourne's eight Islamic schools, at the J.J. Holland Reserve in Kensington.