Six new faces will don the club colours on Saturday when Fremantle takes on North Melbourne at Manuka Oval in Canberra.

The young brigade consists of Nic Suban, Tim Ruffles, Zac Clarke, Michael Walters, Casey Sibosado and Hamish Shepheard, who will all make their NAB pre-season debuts for Fremantle against the Kangaroos.

Also set to line up in the NAB Challenge game are Matthew Pavlich and Chris Tarrant who have both been missing from Fremantle's previous two competitive hit-outs.

But coach Mark Harvey said despite the big name inclusions, the side that travels to Canberra will have a young look about it.

"Our group of players we are taking to Canberra will be a group of very inexperienced players," Harvey said on Wednesday.

"We have made some significant changes to the group that we played against Richmond.

"[Pavlich and Tarrant] are playing this week. Matthew is back on track and he will play the next three games, which will top him off nicely."

Underlining Fremantle's youthful approach to Saturday's NAB Challenge fixture is the inclusion of 18-year-old ruck prospect Zac Clarke.

With Aaron Sandilands and Kepler Bradley both being rested, the 203cm Clarke will share ruck duties with Daniel Gilmore.

The match will commence at 1.00pm and entry into the ground is free of charge.

Fremantle Squad v North Melbourne
Saturday 28 February 2009
Manuka Oval, Canberra
Bouncedown 1.00pm (EST)

Preliminary Squad of 29 players is listed below;

Byron Schammer 3, Paul Hasleby 4, Garrick Ibbotson 5, Dean Solomon 6, Brett Peake 7, Nic Suban 8, Marcus Drum 9, Rhys Palmer 10, Brock O’Brien 12, Antoni Grover 14, Ryan Crowley 15, Clayton Hinkley 19, Chris Tarrant 20, Chris Mayne 23, Steven Dodd 25, Daniel Gilmore 27, Ryan Murphy 28, Matthew Pavlich 29, Zac Clarke 30, Chris Hall 34, Tim Ruffles 35, Andrew Browne 36, Michael Walters 38, Casey Sibosado 39, Josh Head 42, Brent Connelly 44, Jay Van Berlo 47, Greg Broughton 48, Hamish Shepheard 45