When it comes to making a statement to the match committee there’s knocking on the door and there’s knocking the door down. Mason Wood achieved the latter after registering 36 touches and 3 goals in the VFL with Werribee last week and has been rewarded with his first AFL game of the year.
The agile forward will play his ninth career game on Sunday, after being named in North's final team, hosted by Airbnb.
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The 22-year-old has been in good form recently, and had a four-goal game in the NAB Challenge series. He replaces the injured Taylor Garner in team to take on Fremantle, with North looking to win its fourth match in a row.
Despite being promoted off the rookie list, Farren Ray will have to wait a little longer before representing the Kangaroos. He’s been named as an emergency along with Kayne Turner and Lachlan Hansen.
North Melbourne
Backs M.Firrito 11 R.Tarrant 25 S.Wright 19
Half Backs S.Atley 18 S.Thompson 16 L.McDonald 21
Centreline J.Macmillan 34 D.Wells 8 N.Dal Santo 15
Half Forwards J.Ziebell 7 J.Waite 30 S.Higgins 4
Forwards B.Harvey 29 D.Petrie 20 L.Thomas 12
Followers T.Goldstein 22 B.Cunnington 10 A.Swallow 9
Interchange B.Jacobs 5 M.Wood 32 S.Gibson 43 B.Brown 50
Emergencies L.Hansen 6 K.Turner 40 F.Ray 44
In: M.Wood
Out: T.Garner (Hamstring)
Fremantle
Backs G.Ibbotson 5 Z.Dawson 3 L.Spurr 34
Half Backs C.Sutcliffe 33 M.Johnson 37 T.Sheridan 11
Centreline E.Langdon 26 S.Hill 32 D.Pearce 6
Half Forwards M.Walters 10 M.Pavlich 29 H.Crozier 17
Forwards A.Pearce 25 C.Mayne 23 H.Ballantyne 1
Followers J.Griffin 12 N.Fyfe 7 L.Neale 27
Interchange N.Suban 8 L.Weller 14 M.Taberner 20 M.Barlow 21
Emergencies J.Hannath 38 B.Grey 28 D.Tucker 18
In: J.Griffin , H.Crozier , M.Taberner
Out: A.Sandilands (ribs) , M.De Boer (Omitted) , T.Mzungu (Omitted)
