Carlton’s first selection in the 2008 Draft, Chris Yarran, will make his debut. Yarran, was the sixth selection overall in the 2008 draft and will become the 1122nd player to represent the Carlton Football Club.
The Blues have also included former Gold Coast local, Shaun Hampson along with Mark Austin and Richard Hadley.
Greg Bentley, Setanta O’hAilpin and Ryan Houlihan have all been omitted, while Andrew Carrazzo will miss with a hamstring injury. Steven Browne and Joe Anderson join Bentley as emergencies.
Bryce Gibbs will play his 50th AFL match on Saturday night. Gibbs will be the 296th player to reach this milestone. He is the fifth youngest player to reach this milestone at Carlton behind, Robert Walls, Lance Whitnall, Brent Crosswell and John Nicholls.
Gibbs has missed just one match on his way to playing 50 games (Round 8, 2008 v Melbourne), and to date fellow number one draft pick Marc Murphy and Kade Simpson are the only players to play in all 49 games with Gibbs.
| Backs | Richard Hadley | Bret Thornton | Michael Jamison |
| Half backs | Aaron Joseph | Paul Bower | Dennis Armfield |
| Centreline | Chris Judd | Nick Stevens | Jarrad Waite |
| Half forwards | Chris Yarran | Matthew Kreuzer | Kade Simpson |
| Forwards | Cameron Cloke | Brendan Fevola | Eddie Betts |
| Followers | Shaun Hampson | Bryce Gibbs | Marc Murphy |
| Interchange | Mark Austin | Jordan Russell | Heath Scotland |
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| Emergencies | Joe Anderson | Greg Bentley | Steven Browne |
