Fremantle has recalled a wealth of experience ahead of Saturday night’s NAB Cup semi-final clash with St Kilda at Etihad Stadium.

Captain Matthew Pavlich returns into the initial squad of 29, along with Paul Hasleby, Byron Schammer, Adam McPhee, Kepler Bradley and Stephen Dodd, who has recovered well following wrist and shoulder surgery in the pre-season.

Michael Walters has also been named and is a chance to play his first game of 2010.

New recruit Jesse Crichton and Ben Bucovaz, who missed most of 2009 through injury, are both in line for a NAB Cup debut if selected in the final team.

Antoni Grover and Jay van Berlo come out of the team through injury, while key players David Mundy, Luke McPharlin, Hayden Ballantyne and Chris Mayne have been rested.

Fremantle Coach Mark Harvey said it was the club’s pre-season policy to rotate at least six players a week and that would not change with a NAB Cup grand final spot up for grabs.

“Our whole focus is round one, so we’ve just got to make sure we don’t get sidetracked with that,” the coach said from Fremantle Oval on Thursday.

“It’d be great for our fans and our members [to make a grand final], but we’ve had this policy imprinted over the pre-season and that’s what we were going to do, no matter what circumstance we found ourselves in.

“Our whole policy throughout the course of this has been to rotate six players every week and we’ll do that again this week.”

ST KILDA v FREMANTLE - Teams

St Kilda

1. Jason Gram, 2. Steven King, 4. Clint Jones, 5. Ben McEvoy, 6. Zac Dawson, 7. Lenny Hayes, 10. Steven Baker, 11. Leigh Montagna, 13. Adam Schneider, 14. Jarryn Geary, 19. Sam Gilbert, 20. David Armitage, 21. Nick Heyne, 22. Farren Ray, 23. Justin Koschitzke, 25. Sam Fisher, 26. Nick Dal Santo, 27. Jason Blake, 28. Rhys Stanley, 29. Tom Lynch, 30. Brett Peake, 32. Andrew McQualter, 33. James Gwilt, 37. Leigh Fisher, 38. Will Johnson, 41. Paul Cahill, 45. Luke Miles, 44. Stephen Milne, 49. Steven Gaertner.

Note: Alistair Smith (hamstring tightness) was withdrawn from the Saints' initial squad. Paul Cahill has taken his place.

Fremantle

2. Anthony Morabito, 3. Byron Schammer, 4. Paul Hasleby, 5. Garrick Ibbotson, 6. Greg Broughton, 8. Nick Suban, 9. Adam McPhee, 13. Nathan Fyfe, 15. Ryan Crowley, 19. Clayton Hinkley, 20. Chris Tarrant, 21. Michael Barlow, 24. Dylan Roberton, 25. Steven Dodd, 26. Kepler Bradley, 28. Ryan Murphy, 29. Matthew Pavlich, 30. Zachary Clarke, 31. Aaron Sandilands, 32. Stephen Hill, 33. Ben Bucovaz, 36. Alex Silvagni, 37. Michael Johnson, 38. Michael Walters, 40. Matt de Boer, 41. Paul Duffield, 43. Roger Hayden, 44. Jesse Crichton, 46. Clancee Pearce.