Anton Tohill will make his Collingwood debut on Saturday afternoon.
The Irish recruit has recovered from the concussion symptoms which kept him out last week to take his place in the side.
Tohill joins Sam Ralph and Callan Wellings as inclusions to face Northern, as Jared Rivers kept faith in the side which was beaten last week.
The three changes are forced, as Tyler Brown, Michael Chippendale and Jack Madgen each drop out of the team due to injury.
The likes of Ben Crocker, Ben Reid, Brayden Sier and Daniel Wells will look to continue pushing their cases for senior selection with strong performances in the Easter Saturday clash.
Collingwood v Northern Blues
VFL Round 3
Saturday, April 20
Victoria Park, 2.00pm
Collingwood
B: Elliot Le Grice, Mark Keane, Flynn Appleby
HB: Isaac Quaynor, Levi Greenwood, Adam Oxley
C: Ben Crocker, Alex Woodward, Sean Hetherington
HF: Josh Daicos, Tyson Goldsack, Tim Broomhead
F: Anton Tohill, Ben Reid, Atu Bosenavulagi
R: Max Lynch, Brayden Sier, Rupert Wills
Int: Sam Ralph, Matthew Smith, Callan Wellings, Daniel Wells
23rd player: Campbell Hustwaite
IN: Ralph, Tohill, Wellings
OUT: T. Brown (shoulder), Chippendale, Madgen (concussion)
NEW: Tohill (County Derry, Ireland)
