NORTH Melbourne will hand debuts to prized recruits Jared Polec, Aaron Hall and Dom Tyson in its JLT Community Series clash with St Kilda at Avalon Airport Oval on Saturday.
Both teams named unchanged line-ups 90 minutes before Saturday's first bounce at 1.10pm, with the Roos fielding all five recycled players they acquired at the end of last season.
Along with Polec (Port Adelaide), Hall (Gold Coast) and Tyson (Melbourne), Jasper Pittard (Port) and ruckman Tom Campbell (Western Bulldogs) will make their first appearances in the royal blue and white.
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The Kangaroos' first two selection in last year's NAB AFL Draft, Tarryn Thomas and Bailey Scott, will also take on the Saints.
St Kilda will give a debut to former Demon Dean Kent on Saturday, having acquired the forward in last year's trade period.
Three Saints 2018 draftees will also get their first taste of senior football: Matthew Parker, Nick Hind and rookie Callum Wilkie.
Each team will field an extended interchange bench of eight – instead of the usual six used in the pre-season competition – due to a forecast top temperature of 38 degrees in Werribee.
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North's starting bench will consist of Tyson, Hall, Campbell, Scott, Paul Ahern, Nick Larkey, Tom Murphy and Cameron Zurhaar.
St Kilda's will be Luke Dunstan, Hunter Clark, Jack Lonie, Ed Phillips, Ben Paton, Darragh Joyce, Nick Hind and Callum Wilkie.
Saturday, March 2
North Melbourne v St Kilda at Chimside Park, 1.10pm AEDT
NORTH MELBOURNE
B: M.Williams 2, J.Macmillan 34, J.Pittard 17
HB: E.Vickers-Willis 33, B.McKay 23, L.McDonald 11
C: J.Polec 13, T.Thomas 26, T.Dumont 14
HF: S.Atley 18, B.Brown 50, S.Higgins 4
F: J.Simpkin 12, M.Wood 32, K.Turner 28
Foll: T.Goldstein 22, J.Ziebell 7, L.Davies-Uniacke 9
I/C: P.Ahern 15, N.Larkey 20, D.Tyson 21, B.Scott 30, T.Murphy 40, T.Campbell 42, A.Hall 43, C.Zurhaar 44
Emerg: N.Hrovat 8, C.Taylor 31, D.Watson 35, K.Hayden 37
Notable absentees: Majak Daw, Robbie Tarrant, Jed Anderson, Ben Cunnington, Ben Jacobs, Taylor Garner, Scott Thompson, Sam Wright, Will Walker
ST KILDA
B: J.Geary 14, N.Brown 22, S.Savage 5
HB: J.Battle 26, D.Roberton 17, J.Webster 29
C: J.Billings 15,J.Newnes 16, J.Sinclair 35
HF: J.Gresham 4, J.Bruce 27, D.Kent 25
F: T.Membrey 28, P.McCartin 32, M.Parker 34
Foll: L.Pierce 42, S.Ross 6, J.Steele 9
I/C: L.Dunstan 7, H.Clark 11, J.Lonie 13, E.Phillips 30, B.Paton 33, D.Joyce 39, N.Hind 40, C.Wilkie 44
Emerg: N.Coffield 1, R.Marshall 19, D.Armitage 20, R.Young 41
Notable absentees: Jake Carlisle, Jack Steven, Dan Hannebery, Blake Acres, Max King, Billy Longer
