North Melbourne will go into the second NAB Cup round missing its most dangerous forward, with Drew Petrie left out of the 25-man squad.

Brad Scott has taken the opportunity to look at a different forward line structure and give the club’s younger players more exposure to the game at the highest level.

Aaron Black is the most likely to fill the void in Petrie’s absence and form part of the Roos’ three-pronged tall-forward attack alongside Robbie Tarrant and Lachlan Hansen.

Jamie Macmillan will also be left in Melbourne with the match committee keen on seeing more of Will Sierakowski after his impressive hit-out last Friday night.  A knee injury has kept Majak Daw from travelling to Townsville while Luke and Cam Delaney will also miss the flight.

Another notable omission is Brad McKenzie while Leigh Adams and Nathan Grima will have at least another week to work on their fitness before being named.

Ben Jacobs, Jordan Gysberts and Daniel Currie will have another crack at it in North colours while Jack Ziebell and Daniel Wells both recovered well enough to get another game despite injury interrupted pre-seasons.

The NAB Cup competition always provides coaches with a chance to change up their personnel, and Scott has shown his intention to do exactly that and look for the right mix of players ahead of Round 1 of the season proper.

North Melbourne Squad

1. Daniel Currie
3. Ryan Bastinac
4. Liam Anthony
5. Ben Jacobs
6. Lachlan Hansen
7. Jack Ziebell
8. Daniel Wells
9. Andrew Swallow
10. Ben Cunnington
11. Michael Firrito
12. Lindsay Thomas
14. Jordan Gysberts
16. Scott Thompson
18. Shaun Atley
19. Sam Wright
22. Todd Goldstein
23. Kieran Harper
24. Levi Greenwood
25. Robbie Tarrant
28. Will Sierakowski
29. Brent Harvey
35. Aaron Black
41. Aaron Mullett
42. Scott McMahon
43. Sam Gibson

Gold Coast Squad

1. Jaeger O’Meara
2. Zac Smith
3. Jared Brennan
4. Maverick Weller
5. Jarrod Harbrow
7. Karmichael Hunt
8. Luke Russell
9. Gary Ablett ©
11. Harley Bennell
12. Sam Day
14. Matthew Warnock
15. Daniel Gorringe
16. Rory Thompson
17. Steven May
21. Jeremy Taylor
24. David Swallow
28. Jack Martin
29. Tom Murphy
30. Campbell Brown
31. Jackson Allen
32. Brandon Matera
33. Aaron Hall
34. Jack Hutchins
36. Greg Broughton
37. Jesse Lonergan
38. Joel Wilkinson
42. Kyal Horsley