JARRAD Waite is confident he can bounce back from an injury-plagued 2016 and play every game this season.

Waite, 34, is the eldest player on North Melbourne's list by more than three years, but he rounded off an impressive pre-season with a five-goal haul against Greater Western Sydney last Friday that suggested he could still lead the Roos' attack in 2017.

The former Blue is mindful, however, that he started last season in outstanding form – he kicked 27 goals in the first nine rounds – before hip problems sidelined him for all bar two games after round 12.

Waite told reporters on Monday his body was feeling good in the wake of hip surgery last August, but said he and North's fitness staff would come up with a management plan aimed at enabling him to play the entire 2017 season.

"It's always good to get on the end of a couple, especially in that last game before round one, but I also know that it's a long season and I want to play pretty consistently for the whole year this year," Waite said.

"(My body) is feeling all right, I've just got to manage it. I had a good chat with Brad (Scott) and the fitness staff to work out the best possible outcome for me to play a full season and that's the plan now.

"We've just had a really little chat but we'll probably have a sit-down now because obviously it's not good only playing 10 or 12 games, so I want to play a full season unlike the year before."

Asked whether he expected to be rested from some games this season, Waite said that had not been discussed.

"It's probably more just training and training smartly, they're probably the things we'll talk about," Waite said.

"I probably don't have to train as much as I did when I was younger, so it's just probably managing my loads."

Waite is almost certainly entering his final AFL season this year, but the 221-game veteran says that won't change his approach to games.

"I treat every season like it's the last one, so obviously with my age that does come into mind," he said.

"But I basically go out every game just thinking this potentially could be [my] last.

"So whether that happens or not I don't know, but I'm just really looking forward to having a good full season and that's about it." 

Earlier on Wednesday, Waite and his teammates took part in a goalpost competition to win a new car and new Roo Marley Williams hit it with his first kick of the day, only to find out it was a hoax.  

It turned out to be a promotion for a North Melbourne raffle for fans, where the main prize is a new Mazda, with the winner then getting the chance to win $1 million at the Roos' round 20 clash against Collingwood if they can hit the goalpost from 40m at Etihad Stadium.