The Northern Blues have named a largely settled team for this Sunday’s clash with Werribee.
The Blues have recalled Tim Totevski to the starting team after a fortnight out through injury, while Daman Aujla, Zach Ballard, Cameron Barrett and Bailey Jordan have been called into the 27-man squad.
Andrejs Everitt is the only exclusion from the squad after replacing the injured Charlie Curnow in the AFL side.
The squad sees 17 Carlton-listed players in the squad, with David Cuningham to play his third consecutive match for the first time after an injury-riddled season so far.
The game will also mark Cameron Wood’s milestone 100th VFL game, spanning across three clubs at Collingwood, Williamstown and Northern.
He could be supported by last week’s hero Matthew Korcheck who has been named on the bench, alongside Kye Declase who retains his spot as 23rd man.
The Northern Blues' team to face Werribee. (Graphic by the Northern Blues)
Sunday’s game will mark only the fifth time this season where Northern isn’t blooding a new debutant.
Harry McKay has been named at full forward in a match where his twin brother Ben will feature up forward for the Tigers.
Werribee’s McKay will be joined by the returning Lachlan Hansen as well as Robin Nahas, who kicked eight goals the last time he played against the Blues.
After his three-goal, nine-mark performance last weekend, Liam Jones has been named to partner McKay up forward, while Kristian Jaksch features down back alongside Jayden Foster and Jesse Glass-McCasker.
Werribee sits in 12th position with one win less than the Blues – both teams will be looking for an essential win to keep their respective seasons alive.
Due to the match being broadcast live on Channel 7 in Melbourne, the game has been moved to 11:40am instead of the previously scheduled 2pm start. The Development match will follow at 2:40pm.
