Hawks skipper Roughead set for AFL return

New Hawthorn captain Jarryd Roughead is set to play his first AFL game since being declared cancer-free.

Roughead, whose melanoma battle forced him to miss the entire 2016 season, has been named in the Hawks’ 29-man squad to face Geelong in a pre-season clash in Tasmania on Friday night.

Gun recruit Jaeger O’Meara has also been included and could play his first game since late-2014 after a string of injuries.

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