UPDATE: On Friday afternoon, key position duo Jack Frost and Jesse White were removed from the squad. Mason Cox and Adam Oxley are their replacements.

ORIGINAL STORY: The addition of four big names to Collingwood’s 29-man squad and the promise of a capacity crowd means Sunday’s trip to Bendigo to face Carlton will take on a rare class of interest for a NAB Challenge fixture.

Collingwood set to field a team comprising premiership stars Dane Swan, Scott Pendlebury, Travis Cloke and Jarryd Blair for the first time in 2015.

The quartet was absent from the line up when the team last played against Hawthorn on 26 February.

Each of the four inclusions will each be eager to get their campaigns off and running after a middling end to 2014.

Swan and Cloke sat out the final rounds owing to injury, while Pendlebury and Blair were left to swim against the tide in a midfield that was lacking experience.

As coach Nathan Buckley told those gathered at Collingwood’s Season Launch and Hall of Fame Dinner on Wednesday night, the team’s best 22 is yet to be determined, meaning Sunday’s match will mark another opportunity for several youngsters to press their claims for a senior berth against Brisbane in round one.

Experienced recruits Levi Greenwood, Travis Varcoe and Jack Crisp will look to build on their promising starts to life as Magpies, and so, too, will Jordan De Goey.

The fifth overall selection in last November’s National Draft was an eye-catcher in the win over Hawthorn and has been given another opportunity to gain senior experience.

Carlton, meanwhile, has regained several stars for Sunday’s match.

Champion onballer Chris Judd will appear for the first time in 2015, as will Bryce Gibbs, Michael Jamison, Lachie Henderson and Andrew Carrazzo.

Collingwood’s 29-man squad will be trimmed to 26 ahead of the match.

The club’s VFL team is set to face Geelong in its first practice match of the year at Simonds Stadium at 12pm on Saturday.

PLEASE NOTE: Tickets to Sunday's match are now officially sold out. The AFL advises that no tickets or membership scans will be available on the day. Only pre-purchased ticket holders will be admitted entry.

About Mason Cox
Recruited from Oklahoma State University (OSU), Mason Cox is the tallest player ever measured at an AFL Combine, standing an imposing 211.4 centimetres. Projected as a potential ruck or key position player, Cox was the standout performer at last month’s US International Combine in Los Angeles, with his supreme athleticism drawing plaudits from recruiters across the AFL. Recording elite vertical jump scores, including the second highest left-footed running leap ever documented by the AFL in 20 years of testing, Cox also demonstrated impressive speed and agility for his height, completing the 20-metre sprint in three seconds flat.

NAB Challenge Round Two
Collingwood v Carlton
Sunday 15 March
Queen Elizabeth Oval, Bendigo
4.40pm (AEDT)

Collingwood’s Squad
1. Alex Fasolo
2. Sam Dwyer
4. Brodie Grundy
5. Jamie Elliott
6. Tyson Goldsack
7. Ben Kennedy
8. Tom Langdon
9. Jesse White
10. Scott Pendlebury (captain)
11. Jarryd Blair
13. Taylor Adams
16. Nathan Brown
18. Travis Varcoe
19. Levi Greenwood
21. Nathan Freeman
22. Steele Sidebottom
24. Josh Thomas
25. Jack Crisp
26. Marley Williams
28. Ben Sinclair
29. Tim Broomhead
31. Jackson Ramsay
32. Travis Cloke
33. Patrick Karnezis
34. Alan Toovey
35. Jordan De Goey
43. Adam Oxley
44. Corey Gault*
46. Mason Cox*
*Denotes rookie

IN: Jarryd Blair, Travis Cloke, Mason Cox, Scott Pendlebury, Dane Swan
OUT: Jack Frost, Jesse White

Carlton’s Squad
2. Troy Menzel
4. Bryce Gibbs
5. Chris Judd
6. Kade Simpson
7. Dylan Buckley
9. Patrick Cripps
10. Matthew Watson
11. Robert Warnock
12. Blaine Boekhorst
13. Chris Yarran
14. Liam Jones
15. Sam Docherty
17. Sam Rowe
18. Kristian Jaksch
22. Jason Tutt
23. Lachie Henderson
25. Clem Smith
27. Dennis Armfield
28. Tom Bell
31. Matthew Dick
32. Nick Graham
33. Andrejs Everitt
35. Ed Curnow
38. Ciaran Byrne
40. Michael Jamison
41. Levi Casboult
42. Zach Tuohy
43. Simon White
44. Andrew Carrazzo