Eade said the Kangaroos were renowned for their hardness and were certainties to employ it this week given their finals chances were still faintly alive.
"For a long period of time [North] has been a very competitive side who pride themselves on their work rate and work ethic," Eade said on Tuesday.
"There is no doubt they'll have a physical approach on the weekend. Most teams do and there’s no chance they’ll shy away from that.
“They're still in the fight for a top eight spot so they'll give it everything they've got."
Eade also said he didn't expect a repeat of the heated battle that evolved between power forward Barry Hall and North Melbourne defender Scott Thompson last time they played each other.
In the round nine clash, the fiery pair were reported twice each for their conduct after Thompson’s niggling prompted Hall to put him in a headlock.
“I haven’t watched Scott Thompson play but I think what the AFL said at that particular time, they acknowledged there should have been a few free kicks,” Eade said.
“We’ll just let the umpires adjudicate. If they see something, they’ll obviously pay a free kick.”
Callan Ward is expected to miss Sunday's game with hip flexor soreness.
Eade agreed the Dogs were blessed with an embarrassment of selection options after giving their young players senior opportunities over the past few seasons.
“We’ve got [Brennan] Stack to come back into consideration and Mitch Hahn will be available for Williamstown this week,” he said. “[There’s also] Will Minson, [Nathan] Eagleton, [Andrejs] Everitt, [Dylan] Addison.
“What gives you that is some lads who can claim a spot; [Easton] Wood, [Jarrad] Grant and now [Jordan] Roughead are playing well and obviously deserve their spot in the side.
“We’ve got another couple of young lads who are knocking on the door as well. Young Liam Jones we’d like to play soon.
“It’s a healthy way to be. Over the last two years we’ve introduced quite a few young lads, which gives us that depth of quality.”
Eade said he wasn’t concerned about Etihad Stadium’s scheduling of the Wallabies v All Blacks Bledisloe Cup match the night before Sunday’s clash with the Roos.
He said he was confident the curators could replicate the surface the Dogs played on last Sunday against Fremantle.
“We’ll have to see how it turns up. It wasn’t too bad for our game on Sunday,” he said. “Obviously there were some issues Friday night but whatever they did to the ground, it was okay on Sunday. Not many of our guys slipped over.
“The biggest thing is, if it is new turf there that is shifting, those big guys will actually move the turf.
“Hopefully the ground has taken a bit and that doesn’t happen. That would be my only concern, that they’ll move a lot of the turf when they get into their rucks.”
