New Kangaroo Jed Anderson will play his first game for North Melbourne against Adelaide on Saturday night at Etihad Stadium.

The former Hawk joined the club during the offseason trade period and has impressed in his two NAB Challenge appears thus far for his new side.

South Australian Daniel Wells is also set to play his first AFL game since Round Two of 2015. Wells has been named in the centre of a near-full strength North Melbourne lineup.

Three new faces in Adelaide's team

The team features 19 of the 22 that lined up in last year’s Preliminary Final loss to West Coast, with Anderson, Wells and Luke McDonald the three additions to the side.

Ben Jacobs, Lachlan Hansen and Kayne Turner are the emergencies.

 

North Melbourne's team is

B: Michael Firrito, Robbie Tarrant, Sam Wright
HB: Shaun Atley, Scott Thompson, Jamie Macmillan
C: Sam Gibson, Daniel Wells, Nick Dal Santo
HF: Shaun Higgins, Jarrad Waite, Brent Harvey
F: Jed Anderson, Drew Petrie, Lindsay Thomas
Fol: Todd Goldstein, Ben Cunnington, Jack Ziebell
Int: Andrew Swallow, Taylor Garner, Luke McDonald, Ben Brown
Emer: Ben Jacobs, Lachlan Hansen, Kayne Turner