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North Melbourne is set to introduce off-season recruits Jarrad Waite and Shaun Higgins into its round one team after both were listed in the 25-man squad to face Adelaide at Adelaide Oval on Easter Sunday.
Former Blue, Waite, has been named at centre half-forward, while Higgins is set to line up on a wing for the clash against the Crows.
"They’ll both play, we’ve been really pleased with their pre-seasons," coach Brad Scott told NMFC.com.au on Thursday.
"They’ve had really long preparations – a month longer than the rest of our playing group because they both finished their seasons last year in August.
"They’ve been ready to play for a long time, they’re fit and firing and we’re looking forward to seeing them in North colours."
The pair are the only new additions to a Roos’ squad that looks close to full strength.
Nathan Grima (back), Levi Greenwood (traded) and Aaron Black are the players missing from the 2014 preliminary final team, while Lachlan Hansen has been overlooked despite his bid to be fit.
Joel Tippett could be set to hold down a key defensive post after being named at centre half-back, with Robbie Tarrant named among an extended interchange.
Robin Nahas is also in line for a call-up after being promoted from the rookie list on Thursday and has been named on the bench.
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The squad will be trimmed by three on Friday evening.
Adelaide is set to be without Scott Thompson and Sam Kerridge, the pair on the mend from hamstring injuries.
"Scott (Thompson) didn’t play at all over the NAB Challenge, so from a preparation point of view we just felt he wasn’t quite ready to come straight back into the AFL team," Crows head of football David Noble said.
"Sam (Kerridge) is tracking along well, but we'll give him another week. He’ll train hard over the weekend with the view to being available to play next week."
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North Melbourne
Backs L.McDonald 21 SD.Thompson 16 M.Firrito
Half Backs S.Atley 18 J.Tippett 36 J.Macmillan
Centreline S.Higgins 4 J.Ziebell 7 S.Gibson
Half Forwards D.Wells 8 J.Waite 30 N.Dal Santo
Forwards L.Thomas 12 D.Petrie 20 B.Harvey
Followers T.Goldstein 22 B.Cunnington 10 A.Swallow
Interchange From R.Bastinac 3 B.Jacobs 5 S.Wright R.Tarrant 25 R.Nahas 28 K.Turner B.Brown 50
Adelaide
Backs D.Talia 12 K.Hartigan 15 K.Cheney
Half Backs R.Laird 29 L.Brown 16 M.Jaensch
Centreline R.Henderson 45 R.Sloane 9 B.Smith
Half Forwards E.Betts 18 M.Wright 11 N.Van Berlo
Forwards T.Walker 13 C.Cameron 23 T.Lynch
Followers S.Jacobs 24 P.Dangerfield 32 R.Douglas
Interchange From J.Podsiadly 1 J.Jenkins 4 M.Grigg D.Mackay 14 C.Ellis-Yolmen 28 J.Lyons B.Martin 36
