Hawthorn's Josh Weddle has been named in the club's VFL side for their upcoming qualifying final against the Southport Sharks.
Weddle was cleared of injury earlier in the week by the Hawks' medicos after dealing with a stress fracture in his back since Round 16.
The 21-year-old went for one final set of scans before being given the green light on Monday, which came up (brown and) gold for the premiership fancy.
In a bid to return to the senior side, Weddle has been named in the reserves outfit this weekend.
The Box Hill Hawks will host the Sharks at their home ground on Saturday.
Midfielder Cam Mackenzie was also named in the side, as was Max Ramsden, Sam Frost, Sam Butler, Henry Hustwaite, Seamus Mitchell and Ned Reeves.
Brisbane will also get another look at a host of senior players as the club prepares for an elimination final against Richmond.
The Lions' reserves side has named Conor McKenna and James Tunstill, while Oscar McInerney lines up as the ruckman.
Henry Smith, Deven Robertson and Will McLachlan will all push their case for senior selection.
Interestingly, the Tigers did not name youngsters Taj Hotton and Josh Smillie, although the latter is still working his way back from injury.
Richmond was considering applying for an exemption to allow Hotton to feature in the VFL finals, but he was not included in Saturday's side.
Mykelti Lefau rejoined the line-up, while Steely Green will miss out due to ineligibility.
The Footscray Bulldogs also welcomed back Oskar Baker, Cooper Hynes and Josh Dolan to the senior side.
Veteran midfielder Adam Treloar was named in the midfield as he looks to build on his return from injury.
Treloar is without a deal for 2026, but could use the VFL finals to showcase his capacity to return to senior football.
Buku Khamis was deemed ineligible for the match-up. He played 14 AFL games, which exceeded the threshold (12 matches).
