North Melbourne has added four players to its squad of 25 to take on Brisbane on Sunday.
Aaron Black and Aaron Edwards could both strengthen the forward line if included. Black, having recently signed a new contract, has been in good form for VFL affiliate North Ballarat, and Brad Scott says his inclusion is much deserved.
"Blacky's been performing pretty well at VFL level for a while and we're really excited about him. We've had some things that we've wanted him to address and he's a really driven player,” Scott told kangaroos.com.au in the Interactive Team of the Week video.
Aaron Black and Aaron Edwards could both strengthen the forward line if included. Black, having recently signed a new contract, has been in good form for VFL affiliate North Ballarat, and Brad Scott says his inclusion is much deserved.
"Blacky's been performing pretty well at VFL level for a while and we're really excited about him. We've had some things that we've wanted him to address and he's a really driven player,” Scott told kangaroos.com.au in the Interactive Team of the Week video.
"He's got some hefty ambitions to play some really good AFL footy. We think he'll add some real exuberance to our side and something a little bit different."
Sam Wright has recovered from the shoulder soreness that forced him to miss the Port Adelaide game and could play a role at either end of the ground.
"We were pretty close to playing him last week but we really erred on the side of caution,” Scott added.
“He's trained really strongly this week. Wrighty's an important part of our side so he's right to go.”
Hamish McIntosh has been unable to recover from a knee injury sustained two week ago and will not take his place in the side.
"We're not going to rush him. It's an old injury that's flared a little bit so we want to make sure it's absolutely 100 percent before we play him again.”
After his first two games of AFL football, Brad McKenzie is the unlucky omission from the initial squad of 25.
kangaroos.com.au will announce the final teams first at 4.30pm on Friday.
B: Luke Delaney, Scott Thompson, Levi Greenwood
HB: Shaun Atley, Michael Firrito, Nathan Grima
C: Daniel Wells, Andrew Swallow, Jamie Macmillan
HF: Ryan Bastinac, Aaron Edwards, Leigh Adams
F: Kieran Harper, Drew Petrie, Ben Cunnington
Fol: Todd Goldstein, Jack Ziebell, Brent Harvey
Int From: Ben Warren, Lindsay Thomas, Cam Delaney, Cam Pedersen, Aaron Black, Cruize Garlett, Sam Wright
In: Sam Wright, Cruize Garlett, Aaron Black, Aaron Edwards
Out: Brad McKenzie (omitted)
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North Melbourne v Brisbane Lions
Sunday 27th May, 1.10pm EST
Etihad Stadium
