Carlton has made three changes for Saturday's clash with Collingwood at the MCG. 

Defender Andrew Walker comes into the senior side after returning from his knee injury in the VFL last week, while Mark Whiley and Nick Holman have also earned a call up. 

Making way are Chris Yarran, Troy Menzel and Jason Tutt who have all been omitted. 

Coach John Barker says the trio will play in the curtain raiser with the Northern Blues on Saturday. 

"Clearly our form as a team, over the past couple of weeks, hasn't been where we want it to be and of the standard we expect," Barker said. 

"We are striving to install some high standards with our on-field work ethic and we expect players to earn their spot each week. 

"We need these three players to find the spark we know they have – they're all good Carlton people and I'm confident they will fight their way back into the senior side."

Meanwhile Kristian Jaksch, Tom Fields and Brad Walsh have been named as the emergencies. 

The Collingwood v Northern Blues curtain raiser kicks off at the MCG at 10.15am with Collingwood v Carlton at 1.45pm. 

Carlton's team to take on Collingwood:

Backs43. Simon White40. Michael Jamison17. Sam Rowe
Half-backs7. Dylan Buckley42. Zach Tuohy6. Kade Simpson
Centreline15. Sam Docherty44. Andrew Carrazzo35. Ed Curnow
Half-forwards12. Blaine Boekhorst41. Levi Casboult28. Tom Bell
Forwards33. Andrejs Everitt23. Lachie Henderson1. Andrew Walker
Followers8. Matthew Kreuzer9. Patrick Cripps3. Marc Murphy (C)
Interchange20. Nick Holman25. Clem Smith24. Mark Whiley
 36. Cameron Wood  
Emergencies18. Kristian Jaksch37. Tom Fields34. Brad Walsh

Click here to see Collingwood's team.

In: Walker, Whiley, Holman

Out: Yarran (omitted), Tutt (omitted), Menzel (omitted)