THERE will be no holding back in a North Melbourne intra-club match at Eureka Stadium on Tuesday as players battle for their spots, says the team's vice-captain Drew Petrie.

Petrie said the game would be "pretty full-on", for his teammates were super keen to have their first hit-out since training started in October.

"We won't be going out there to knock our teammates out, but we'll be out there to go in hard and put our heads over the footy.

"We've got 46 fit guys at the moment and we can't all get picked for the first NAB Cup, so the boys will be playing for spots.

"No one will be taking it easy."

Petrie said fans who could get to the intra-club match should keep an eye out for the club's many emerging stars.

"Brad McKenzie was our first draft pick, from South Australia, and he's been going really well on the track," Petrie said.

"Shaun Atley and Kieren Harper have trained really well and show a lot of pace, so they'll be very keen to stake their claim on a spot in the first NAB Cup game."

With North Melbourne's plan to play home and away matches in Ballarat firmly back on the table, Petrie is hoping it happens sooner rather than later.

The 29-year-old big man grew up in Ballarat and has been inspired by his club's push to get a boutique stadium built in the city.

North Melbourne chief executive Eugene Arocca wants the venue to host four of the Kangaroos' low-drawing home games against interstate opponents.

"Hopefully we can get that stadium built before I finish," Petrie.

"But even if I don't get to play in it, I have no doubt that it will happen.

"We need a buy-in from a lot of stakeholders to get the job done. We need the Ballarat community to get right behind it.

"But I think it could be great for the wider community as well - people who live in towns like Horsham, Hamilton, Ararat and Stawell.

"If they're a little bit frightened of driving in Melbourne traffic then they could come and watch a game of AFL football in Ballarat. It would be great."

On Monday, North Melbourne began its fourth consecutive community camp in Ballarat with a civic reception at the town hall.

"I enjoy coming back, and my teammate Cam Richardson is a local boy as well," Petrie said.

"Being able to come back four years in a row means our guys are really familiar with the area."

There are 100,000 people in Ballarat and around 300,000 in the region known as the Central Goldfields, which takes in Bendigo.

North Melbourne is targeting those people with a new "Eureka" membership package, which includes free entry to the Kangaroos' NAB Cup clash with the Western Bulldogs in Ballarat on March 11.

Eureka members, along with all other North supporters, can get their first look at how their boys are travelling when the club holds an intra-club match at Eureka Stadium from 5.30pm on Tuesday, February 7.