20 year-old Speight has been on the cusp of selection for much of the 2010 season, but will make his debut after the late withdrawals of Daniel Pratt and Nathan Grima.
Essendon has also made a change to its selected team, bringing in Brent Prismall for Sam Lonergan.
North Melbourne
B: Michael Firrito, Scott Thompson, Brady Rawlings
HB: Jamie Macmillan, Josh Smith, Gavin Urquhart
C: Leigh Adams, Brent Harvey, Leigh Harding
HF: Matt Campbell, Lachlan Hansen, Ben Cunnington
F: Daniel Wells, Todd Goldstein, Aaron Edwards
Foll: Hamish McIntosh, Andrew Swallow, Levi Greenwood
I/C: Ed Lower, Ben Warren, Ryan Bastinac, Ben Speight
Changes to the selected side
In: Harding, Speight
Out: Nathan Grima, Daniel Pratt
New: Ben Speight (Norwood/rookie list)
Essendon
B: Heath Hocking, Dustin Fletcher, Kyle Hardingham
HB: Mark McVeigh, Michael Hurley, Courtenay Dempsey
C: Kyle Reimers, Jobe Watson, Bachar Houli
HF: David Zaharakis, Scott Gumbleton, Angus Monfries
F: Alwyn Davey, Jay Neagle, Brent Stanton
Foll: Patrick Ryder, Jason Winderlich, Ben Howlett
I/C: Leroy Jetta, Cale Hooker, Travis Colyer, Brent Prismall
Changes to the selected side
In: Prismall
Out: Sam Lonergan
