North gives Harvey job in the box

Kangaroos champion Brent Harvey will have to swap his footy colours for a suit on match day when North Melbourne take on Collingwood. Picture: George Salpigtidis Source: Herald Sun

SUSPENDED North Melbourne veteran Brent Harvey is being assigned a match-day job to help him as well as his teammates.

North coach Brad Scott said the role would make the "irreplaceable" 346-game forward a better player when he returned in Round 7.

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"We've got him looking at some specific things which, even at 34, will really help him as well," Scott said yesterday. "The things he'll do for us on match day will help our team. But the primary reason we're doing it is to actually show him a look at the game from the other side of the fence and just get a better understanding of what's really important to winning games."

Harvey will sit with Scott and his assistant coaches or the statisticians during the six rounds as he serves his suspension for two striking offences in the elimination final loss to West Coast in Perth.

"While we would love to have him out there on Sunday, it forces us to adapt," Scott said.

Recruits Ben Jacobs and Taylor Hine are ready to step up to replace suspended defender Scott McMahon and Harvey for the game against Collingwood at Etihad Stadium.

"He (Jacobs) is still learning the way we want to play, but he's really coachable and we think he'll be a really good player for us," Scott said.

"Taylor came in and we were impressed what he did in defence against Hawthorn. We've been looking for that guy who can play on a genuinely good small forward, which Collingwood has."

And Scott said improving Majak Daw was a ruck alternative to Todd Goldstein and Daniel Currie.

While the battle for the No.1 spot against the Pies is expected to be between Goldstein and Currie, Scott said Daw would play seniors this season.

"We knew we were taking a significant risk trading Hamish McIntosh at the end of the year and a lot of the responsibility went to Todd Goldstein," he said.

"But Daniel Currie has been a revelation. It's not just those two either. It's Majak Daw who has shown he can play in the ruck too."

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