North Melbourne has added 10 players to its squad for the clash against Richmond on Sunday.
The “North Nine” rested for last week’s match, have been named along with forward Lindsay Thomas in the 25-man squad.
Among the star inclusions are Todd Goldstein, Ben Cunnington, Shaun Higgins and Andrew Swallow meaning North is set to field arguably its strongest team of the season so far.
Thomas missed the last two games due to a foot injury, but will return for his 19th game of the season, should he be named in the final 22 on Friday.
At this stage, the Roos have made six omissions, with only Luke McDonald and Aaron Mullett retained of last week’s inclusions, while Kayne Turner has been ruled out due to concussion.
The team will be trimmed to 22 on Friday afternoon.
North team
Backs M.Firrito 11 S.Thompson 16 S.Atley 18
Half Backs S.Wright 19 R.Tarrant 25 J.Macmillan 34
Centreline N.Dal Santo 15 J.Ziebell 7 B.Jacobs 5
Half Forwards S.Higgins 4 D.Petrie 20 T.Garner 27
Forwards B.Brown 50 J.Waite 30 B.Harvey 29
Followers T.Goldstein 22 A.Swallow 9 B.Cunnington 10
Interchange From R.Bastinac 3 L.Hansen 6 L.Thomas 12 L.McDonald 21 R.Nahas 28 A.Mullett 41 S.Gibson 43
In: N.Dal Santo, J.Waite, M.Firrito, A.Swallow, S.Higgins, L.Thomas, T.Goldstein, S.Wright, B.Cunnington, S.Thompson
Out: J.Tippett (Omitted), M.Daw (Omitted), A.Black (Omitted), B.McKenzie (Omitted), M.Wood (Omitted), T.Dumont (Omitted), K.Turner (Concussion)
Richmond team
Backs C.Newman 1 J.Batchelor 11 A.Rance 18
Half Backs B.Houli 14 N.Vlastuin 31 T.Chaplin 25
Centreline B.Ellis 5 T.Cotchin 9 K.McIntosh 33
Half Forwards D.Martin 4 B.Lennon 35 K.Lambert 48
Forwards J.Riewoldt 8 B.Deledio 3 T.Vickery 29
Followers I.Maric 20 S.Grigg 6 T.Hunt 28
Interchange From D.Grimes 2 A.Miles 26 S.Lloyd 27 S.Edwards 10 B.Griffiths 24 R.Conca 30 S.Morris 38
In: S.Morris , B.Griffiths , R.Conca
A crowd of more than 80,000 is expected for the MCG blockbuster on Sunday, with limited tickets remaining.
North Melbourne will hold an open training session this Saturday (September 12, 2015) at Arden Street from 11.15am-12.00pm.
