North Melbourne has swapped a defender for a midfielder, with Declan Mountford replacing the injured Ed Vickers-Willis for Friday night’s match.

The Roos take on St Kilda and Mountford lines up for just his second game in the royal blue and white stripes.

The number 42 has averaged 21 disposals and seven tackles a game at Werribee this season.

As confirmed earlier in the week, Vickers-Willis is out with a PCL injury, while Jed Anderson, Andrew Swallow and Braydon Preuss are the emergencies.

North will pay tribute to AFL games-record holder Brent Harvey with speeches, a jumper unfurling and lap of honour before the game. The celebrations start at around 7.10pm.

Teams

North Melbourne

Backs M.Williams 2 R.Tarrant 25 J.Macmillan 34
Half Backs L.Hansen 6 S.Thompson 16 L.McDonald 11
Centreline S.Gibson 43  B.Cunnington 10 R.Clarke 13
Half Forwards K.Turner 28 J.Waite 30 T.Garner 27
Forwards M.Wood 32 B.Brown 50 T.Dumont 14
Followers T.Goldstein 22 J.Ziebell 7 S.Higgins 4
Interchange N.Hrovat 8 A.Mullett 17 S.Atley 18 D.Mountford 42
Emergencies J.Anderson 3 A.Swallow 9 B.Preuss 31

In: D.Mountford
Out: E.Vickers-Willis (Knee)