Only recent recruits Hayden Skipworth, David Zaharakis, Michael Quinn and Christian Bock are in line to make their debuts, after a 2008 season in which the club was forced to play many of its young guns prematurely after being hit by injuries.
"There won't be too many debuting because most of them played one or two games last year because of the extreme injury circumstances," football operations manager Paul Hamilton said on Thursday.
"There's not going to be too many new guys. There's a couple of first-year boys in the squad, and we've got the older guys like [former Crow] Skipworth who will be playing for first time.
"Zaharakis is in our squad and he's a first-year boy.
"Most of the other young guys have played a handful of games, so we've got a really young squad.
"For us, we're hoping the community really get out and support the event and we get a full house. That will give the young players some really good experiences."
For Skipworth, 25, it will be an exciting moment when he finally returns to the AFL arena after time in the VFL following his 2006 delisting by Adelaide.
"He's played a bit of AFL football but it's been a couple of years. He's been two years in the wilderness, you would say," Hamilton said.
"For him, it's really exciting. He's definitely playing, so it's a new start and the opportunity he was hoping for.
"He wants to grab that opportunity. He's jumping out of his skin to play some good football."
Hamilton said a combination of the game's location, along with the extended interchange bench, meant the Bombers would be able to play some older players and some coming back from injuries.
"Dustin [Fletcher] would have played in Darwin, but Matthew [Lloyd] certainly wasn't and young [Scott] Gumbleton wasn't, so they've been included," he said.
"We've got eight players on the bench, so it's a unique game, and from that point of view we are going to be able to control the loads.
"We've already identified that certain players will play half a game, a quarter and a half, three quarters, and that's really to do with their preparation.
"With the luxury of eight on the bench, we'll be able to play guys that perhaps wouldn't be playing if it was the first round."
He also said the Bombers would embrace the NAB Cup rule that allowed clubs two substitute players who could be brought into the game at any time.
"It's t's a new experiment, and we've identified a player or two that we're saying we're only playing for half a game," he said.
"Clearly those guys will come on at half-time and we'll bring our subs on at that stage."
