THE Blues have today trained at Ikon Park for the first time this pre-season as they prepare for their AFLX debut on Friday night.

With the surface at Carlton's home base undergoing a five-month transformation, the boys finally got to test the new surface in a skills session on Monday morning.

The Blues will go head-to-head with North Melbourne and Melbourne in the new AFLX competition at Etihad Stadium on Friday night, before hosting St Kilda at Ikon Park in the JLT Community Series on 28 February.

Here's a selection of Carlton Media's snaps from today's session:


David Cuningham. (Photo: Carlton Media)



Alex Silvagni. (Photo: Carlton Media)



Ed Curnow. (Photo: Carlton Media)



Jarrod Garlett. (Photo: Carlton Media)



Caleb Marchbank. (Photo: Carlton Media)



Sam Petrevski-Seton. (Photo: Carlton Media)



Tom Williamson. (Photo: Carlton Media)



Paddy Dow and Patrick Cripps. (Photo: Carlton Media)



Patrick Cripps. (Photo: Carlton Media)



Lochie O'Brien. (Photo: Carlton Media)



Jarrod Pickett. (Photo: Carlton Media)



Marc Murphy. (Photo: Carlton Media)



Charlie Curnow and Zac Fisher. (Photo: Carlton Media)



Zac Fisher. (Photo: Carlton Media)