Hawthorn forward Kate McCarthy will make her brown and gold debut on Sunday when the Hawks take on St Kilda at Box Hill City Oval.
The match will mark Hawthorn's first AFLW home game, with the brown and gold community set to pack the stands.
McCarthy's inclusion comes at the cost of Tahlia Fellows who has been omitted.
In other news, Akec Makur Chuot will play her 25th AFLW game. She previously spent time with Fremantle and Richmond before crossing over to the Hawks for AFLW Season Seven.
The game commences at 4.10pm AEST.
ROUND 2 AFLW TEAM
Hawthorn v St Kilda
Sunday 4 September
Box Hill City Oval, 4.10pm
B: Catherine Brown, Mackenzie Eardley
HB: Jessica Duffin, Aileen Gilroy, Louise Stephenson
C: Kaitlyn Ashmore, Jasmine Fleming, Charlotte Baskaran
HF: Tamara Luke, Tegan Cunningham, Tamara Smith
F: Sarah Perkins, Kate McCarthy
R: Lucy Wales, Bridget Deed, Tilly Lucas-Rodd
INT: Sophie Locke, Akec Makur Chuot, Zoe Barbakos, Eliza Shannon, Dominique Carbone
Emer: Tahlia Fellows, Ainslie Kemp, Bridie Hipwell
