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Collingwood will blood its third debutant this season with Lachlan Keeffe set to play his first AFL match at the MCG on Sunday afternoon.

Key forward Chris Dawes, who could miss around six matches with a broken knuckle, is the only omission from the side that beat Hawthorn by 41 points.

Keeffe, 21, is an athletic 204 centimetre former elite junior soccer player who arrived at the club from Gympie in Queensland as a non-registered rookie at the end of 2008.

He earned elevation to the senior list at the end of 2010 after impressing playing for the Magpies’ VFL side. In 2011 Keeffe has been named an emergency a number of times after performing well in a key defensive role throughout the Magpies’ successful NAB Cup campaign.

Last week against the Hawks Luke Rounds became the 1089th player to represent Collingwood since the inception of the VFL in 1897. He was the second player to make his AFL debut for the Magpies this year, after Alex Fasolo (round 12).

Simon Buckley and Andrew Krakouer both played their first games for the Magpies in round one after beginning their AFL careers at Melbourne and Richmond respectively.

After celebrating Nick Maxwell's 150th senior match last weekend, Steele Sidebottom is set to play his 50th game for the club on Sunday.  The 20-year-old was selected by the Magpies with overall pick 11 in the 2008 national draft and is averaging a career high 19.1 disposals in his third season.

North Melbourne has made four changes bringing in Matt Campbell, Kieran Harper and Shaun Atley for Daniel Pratt, Nathan Grima, Ben McKinley and Ben Cunnington.

View the round 16 broadcast guide.

The Magpies are second on the ladder with 12 wins from 13 matches, while the Kangaroos, who lost to St Kilda by nine points last week, are tenth with six wins and eight losses.

AFL ROUND 16
Collingwood v North Melbourne
Sunday 10 July 2011
MCG, 1:10pm

COLLINGWOOD
B: Leon Davis, Ben Reid, Harry O’Brien
HB: Alan Toovey, Nick Maxwell, Heath Shaw
C: Dane Swan, Dale Thomas, Sharrod Wellingham
HF: Jarryd Blair, Chris Tarrant, Andrew Krakouer
F: Steele Sidebottom, Travis Cloke, Leigh Brown
Foll: Darren Jolly, Scott Pendlebury, Luke Ball
Int: Luke Rounds, Lachlan Keeffe, Simon Buckley, Alex Fasolo

Emg: Tom Young, Paul Seedsman, John McCarthy

In: Lachlan Keeffe
Out: Chris Dawes (hand)

Milestone: Steele Sidebottom (50 games)

New:
Lachlan Keeffe
Date of birth: 14 Apr 1990
Guernsey no: 23
Height: 204cm
Weight: 99kg
Recruited from: Gympie (Qld)

NORTH MELBOURNE
B: Scott Thompson, Cameron Pedersen, Michael Firrito
HB: Brady Rawlings, Luke Delaney, Shaun Atley
C: Daneil Wells, Brent Harvey, Levi Greenwood
HF: Jack Ziebell, Aaron Edwards, Ryan Bastinac 
F: Lindsay Thomas, Drew Petrie, Lachlan Hansen
Foll: Todd Goldstein, Leigh Adams, Andrew Swallow 
Inter: Liam Anthony, Kieran Harper, Matt Campbell, Scott McMahon
Emg: Ben Cunnington, Cameron Richardson, Daniel Pratt

In: Campbell, Delaney, Harper, Atley
Out: Pratt, Grima, McKinley, Cunnington (Omitted)