North Melbourne has made three changes to its team to face Port Adelaide on Saturday night.

Captain Jack Ziebell returns from a hamstring injury, while Jared Polec returns after being omitted for the last two matches. 

Exciting young defender Flynn Perez will make his AFL debut against the top-of-the-table Power.

Majak Daw, Paul Ahern and Tom Murphy have all been omitted. 

Ahern, Murphy, Matt McGuinness and Tom Campbell have been named as the emergencies.