ADAM Cerra will bolster Carlton’s midfield group tomorrow night. 

The first-year Blue returns to the fold for the seventh annual AFL Carlton Respects Game, which will see the team wear its first guernsey marking the occasion.

Cerra has missed the last two games due to hamstring soreness, but prior to then had been a prime mover in Carlton’s on-ball brigade. 

He ranks No.1 at the Blues for inside 50s per game, forming part of a midfield brigade which has hunted the ball and opposition with regularity in 2022.

Cerra takes the spot in the side of the injured Jordan Boyd, who will miss an extended period due to an acute fracture in his foot.

The Blues otherwise go unchanged from last week’s starting side, with sub Will Setterfield - who was only activated in the closing stages - once again named as an emergency.

He joins Paddy Dow, potential debutant Will Hayes and Liam Stocker, with the medical sub to be announced an hour before the game.

Carlton takes an unchanged forward mix into the contest with the Saints, with small forwards Josh Honey and Jesse Motlop reprising their roles in the starting side alongside Corey Durdin.

It looks to be a battle of the big forwards under Friday night lights, with Charlie Curnow and Harry McKay at one end while Max King will spearhead St Kilda’s attack at the other.

Tomorrow night’s clash begins from 7:50pm AEST, with reserved seating and general admission tickets exhausted: Carlton access members will still be able to access the game utilising their memberships.

Fans are encouraged to be in Marvel Stadium, with a special pre-game dedicated to the Carlton Respects initiative to take centre stage.

In: Adam Cerra
Out: Jordan Boyd (foot), Will Setterfield