Bailey Smith will make his Geelong debut and young defender Connor O’Sullivan will play his second AFL game when the Cats host Fremantle at GMHBA Stadium on Saturday.
Emerging midfielders Mitch Knevitt and Jhye Clark will get the chance to impress against the Dockers.
However, veteran Mitch Duncan, who is four games shy of 300, will start the new season on the outside looking in.
He is an emergency along with ruck Rhys Stanley and rookie Ted Clohesy.
The Cats couldn’t consider Jake Kolodjashnij (groin), Tanner Bruhn (finger), Cam Guthrie (Achilles), Toby Conway (back), and Jed Bews (finger).
Geelong fans are being urged to be in their seats by 1pm for a big screen tribute to Bill McMaster, Ken Newland, Mick Turner and Troy Selwood, who all died in the off-season.
K rock Football is live from 12pm Saturday via FM 95.5, krockfootball.live, and the AFL app.
GEELONG
FB [14] Connor O’Sullivan,[38] Jack Henry,[46] Mark Blicavs
HB [39] Zach Guthrie,[44] Tom Stewart,[17] Lawson Humphries
C [3] Bailey Smith,[9] Max Holmes,[28] Oliver Dempsey
HF [45] Brad Close,[32] Gryan Miers,[18] Tyson Stengle
FF [33] Shannon Neale,[5] Jeremy Cameron,[35] Patrick Dangerfield
FOL [16] Sam De Koning,[30] Tom Atkins,[12] Jack Bowes
IC [34] Oisin Mullin,[42] Mark O’Connor,[36] Oliver Henry,[13] Jhye Clark,[10] Mitch Knevitt
