St Kilda's Brendon Goddard will play his first AFL match in almost a year against the Western Bulldogs on Friday night.

Goddard, who seriously injured his knee in round seven last year, has been named for the Telstra Dome match after playing the past three games for the Saints' VFL affiliate Casey Scorpions.

The Saints, who have been constantly hampered by injuries in recent seasons, are now almost at full strength, with fellow defender Matt Maguire expected back from a leg injury in the next one or two weeks.

The Bulldogs made just the one forced change, half-forward Shaun Higgins out with an ankle injury, while running player Nathan Eagleton returns.

West Coast forward Josh Kennedy, traded from Carlton in the Chris Judd deal, will play his first game for the club in Saturday night's derby against Fremantle at Subiaco.

The Eagles will also unveil Scott Selwood for his AFL debut.

He will become the fourth Selwood to play in the AFL, joining Eagles teammate Adam, Brisbane's Troy and Geelong premiership player Joel.

Jaymie Graham and Chris Masten were the players dropped, after last round's bad loss to Adelaide.

The Dockers made one change, replacing Adam Campbell with Paul Duffield.

Hawthorn have regained midfielder Jordan Lewis from suspension, replacing injured utility Stuart Dew, for Saturday's Telstra Dome meeting with North Melbourne.

The Kangaroos dropped tall defender Shannon Watt, bringing in young forward pocket Scott McMahon.

Collingwood named tall defender John Anthony on an extended interchange bench in their squad to play Richmond at the MCG on Sunday, in what would be his first AFL match.

The Magpies have so far cut two players from the side that lost narrowly to Brisbane last round, with Tyson Goldsack out with concussion and Chris Egan dropped.

The Tigers regain skipper Kane Johnson from a self-imposed suspension, while former West Coast player Mitch Morton was named in their squad for what will be his first match in Richmond colours.

Out of the side so far is Andrew Raines, with a knee injury, while Chris Hyde and Dean Polo were dropped from the team that went down limply against the Kangaroos.

Carlton included No.1 national draft pick Matthew Kreuzer to make his AFL debut against Essendon at the MCG on Saturday night.

The Bombers reacted to last weekend's huge loss to Geelong by making four changes, only two of them forced.

Patrick Dempsey (hamstring) and Nathan Lovett-Murray (groin) are out injured, but Jason Johnson and Henry Slattery were dropped.

Into their side came youngster Kyle Reimers, Angus Monfries, Damien Peverill and Andrew Lovett.

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