Hawthorn has announced its 29-man squad to take on the Kangaroos at Arden Street on Sunday, with several big names heading the list of inclusions.
Tom Mitchell is set to make his anticipated first appearance in the brown and gold. The former Swan will don the number three guernsey, left vacant after Jordan Lewis’ departure at the end of the last season.
Luke Hodge also looks set to play his first game since handing over the captaincy reigns to Jarryd Roughead. The former and current skippers will play alongside each other for the first time since the 2015 grand final.
Read: Will Hodge play on?
Jack Gunston, Luke Breust and Brendan Whitecross are the other big name inclusions, and young Hawks Teia Miles, Kade Stewart and Kieran Lovell will get another chance to impress after solid JLT Game 1 performances.
The squad will be cut to 26 before the match.
JLT Community Series Game 2 Squad
North Melbourne vs Hawthorn
Arden Street Oval
Sunday 26 February, 2.05pm
2 Jarryd Roughead
3 Tom Mitchell
4 Billy Hartung
5 Ryan Burton
6 Josh Gibson
8 Taylor Duryea
10 Jaeger O’Meara
11 Brendan Whitecross
12 James Frawley
15 Luke Hodge
19 Jack Gunston
20 Dallas Willsmore
21 James Sicily
22 Luke Breust
23 Tim O’Brien
24 Ben Stratton
25 Ryan Schoenmakers
26 Liam Shiels
27 Tyrone Vickery
29 Will Langford
31 Ricky Henderson
32 Jack Fitzpatrick
33 Cyril Rioli
34 Kurt Heatherley
36 Kieran Lovell
37 Blake Hardwick
40 Kade Stewart
42 Teia Miles
43 Marc Pittonet
