HAWKS Robert Campbell and Brent Guerra are set to play their first game since last year’s premiership win.

The pair have been named in the 29-man squad to take on Carlton in the NAB Cup round match this Sunday.

Campbell missed last week’s win over Melbourne after recovering from surgery while Guerra was rested as part of the club’s conservative approach with him over summer.

General manager of football operations Mark Evans said the club had been in no hurry to bring Campbell and Guerra back for the Demons game.

“Robbie had surgery at the end of the year. We always said he would join in round two or three of the NAB Cup. With Brent Guerra we decided we wanted another week to trot him around before the first round. We are monitoring his overall load in the NAB Cup,” Evans said.

Three young players will be wearing the brown and gold for the first time this Sunday.

Riley Milne, Haydn Kiel and Luke Lowden are all in line to debut against the Blues.

Lowden was taken with pick 63 in last year’s draft and is combining his debut season with Year 12 studies at Caulfield Grammar.

Milne and Kiel were snapped up in the rookie draft, Kiel having already spent two years on the Brisbane Lions’ rookie list.

Evans said the pre-season campaign gave the team a chance to look at the next wave of youngsters coming through the ranks.

“The whole first part of the NAB Cup for us was about giving some of these kids a go and seeing how they’ve progressed over summer,” he said.

“Some have been here for two or three years and we’re trying to give them a good go at it and run them into some early form. It is certainly the philosophy we took into the game against Melbourne and this week’s team will be similar.”