Ten players yet to appear for the Sydney Swans senior side have been included in the 29-man squad for Thursday night’s first NAB Challenge match against GWS in Canberra.

After impressing in last week’s intra-club clash, 2013 draftees Aliir Aliir and Toby Nankervis are in line to pull on the red and white jumper for the first time, as are last year’s delisted free agent recruits ruckman Tom Derickx and defender Jeremy Laidler.

Senior listed players Jordan Lockyer, Harry Marsh and Dean Towers, as well as rookies Jake Lloyd, Sam Naismith and Dan Robinson, round out the uncapped Swans players to make the initial squad.

Co-captains Kieren Jack and Jarrad McVeigh will lead the side in its first competitive hit-out of the pre-season, with fellow club leaders Josh Kennedy, Ben McGlynn, Ryan O’Keefe, Ted Richards, Rhyce Shaw and Nick Smith also named in the squad.

Thursday night’s match will see Tom Mitchell, Sam Reid and Shaw make their respective returns from injuries suffered during the 2013 season.

Notable absentees from the first pre-season game include talls Adam Goodes, Lance Franklin, Kurt Tippett, Mike Pyke and Lewis Roberts-Thomson, speedster Lewis Jetta, and 2013 first-round draftee Zak Jones.

The full squad to take on GWS at Canberra’s StarTrack Oval on Thursday night is below:

GWS Giants v Sydney Swans
Thursday, February 20, 7.10pm
StarTrack Oval, Canberra

2 Rhyce Shaw
3 Jarrad McVeigh
4 Dan Hannebery
5 Ryan O'Keefe
6 Tom Mitchell
7 Harry Cunningham
9 Nick Malceski
11 Jeremy Laidler
12 Josh Kennedy
13 Toby Nankervis
14 Craig Bird
15 Kieren Jack
16 Gary Rohan
18 Jordan Lockyer
19 Tom Derickx
20 Sam Reid
21 Ben McGlynn
22 Dean Towers
24 Dane Rampe
25 Ted Richards
26 Luke Parker
27 Dan Robinson
31 Harry Marsh
33 Brandon Jack
35 Sam Naismith
36 Aliir Aliir
39 Heath Grundy
40 Nick Smith
44 Jake Lloyd