EXPERIENCE and a Navy Blue debut has been added at the selection table. 

Young defender Daisy Walker will be the second of Carlton’s 2020 draft class to pull on the Navy Blue when the Blues face the Saints at Moorabbin Oval on Saturday night.

Walker follows fellow first-year Blue Mimi Hill, who made her debut in Round 1 and has been named for her third consecutive AFLW appearance.

One of four changes to the line-up ahead of the Round 3 clash, Walker joins second-year Blue Mua Laloifi and AFLW veteran Gab Pound as the backline inclusions.

Laloifi returns to the line-up after a week on the sidelines with a concussion sustained in the Blues season-opening clash with Collingwood.

Pound will make her first appearance of the 2021 season after missing the first two rounds with a hand fracture sustained during the pre-season.

The only two games the inaugural Blue has missed in her AFLW career, Pound will be looking to hit the ground running in her first 2021 appearance.

Rounding out the inclusions is returning midfielder Lucy McEvoy, with the young gun making her way back into the line-up after missing the opening two rounds with a facial fracture sustained in Carlton’s practice match against St Kilda.

McEvoy will be a welcome addition to the midfield group, after her impressive first year in Navy Blue earned her a Rising Star nomination in 2020.

The Blues will be without Brooke Walker (foot) for another week, with a return to full training imminent for the forward.

Young defender Brooke Vernon will also miss the Round 3 clash with a calf injury sustained during the week.

Jessica Edwards, Natalie Plane and Charlotte Hammans have been omitted for the clash on Saturday evening.

Tomorrow’s Round 3 clash will kick off at 5.10pm without crowds.

In: Daisy Walker, Mua Laloifi, Gab Pound, Lucy McEvoy
Out: Brooke Vernon (calf), Jessica Edwards (omitted), Natalie Plane (omitted), Charlotte Hammans (omitted)