The GIANTS have made three changes to their team for Saturday's AFLW match against Carlton as part of a historic double-header at Ikon Park.

NSW locals Mai Nguyen and Stephanie Walker have been added to the side, along with ACT rookie and cross-code star Ellie Brush.

Brush has been selected for this week’s game after missing round one because she was playing for Canberra United in the W-League semi-finals.

The 28-year-old has represented the Matildas internationally and the Houston Dash in the National Women’s Soccer League in the United States as well as co-captaining Canberra United.

Brush has been named on the six-person bench alongside Walker while Nguyen has been named in the forward pocket.

AFLW PLAYER PROFILES

Both Nguyen (foot) and Walker (shoulder) are returning from injury.

Nguyen grew up in Cabramatta and is a physiotherapist based in Liverpool. She was drafted at pick 49 from the UNSW-ES Stingrays.

Walker was the GIANTS’ final selection in the NAB AFLW Draft at pick 113 from the Sydney University Bombers.

She is a dynamic and exciting midfielder/small forward whose pre-season was interrupted by a shoulder reconstruction after last season.

Codie Briggs, Hannah Wallett and Hannah Dunn - who came in as a late replacement for vice-captain Emma Swanson - are the trio who come out of the side.

Swanson, one of the GIANTS’ marquee players, remains on the sidelines this weekend with a minor hamstring injury.

The GIANTS take on Carlton on Saturday at Ikon Park as part of a historic double-header with the match between Collingwood and Melbourne to follow.

Round Two

Carlton v GIANTS
Saturday February 11, 3.35pm
Ikon Park, Melbourne

FB: Alex Williams (20), Kristy De Pellegrini (9), Amanda Farrugia (18)
HB: Rebecca Beeson (6), Renee Tomkins (1), Maddy Collier (14)
C: Erin McKinnon (23), Jess Bibby (22), Jessica Dal Pos (7), Britt Tully (16)
HF: Nicola Barr (8), Phoebe McWilliams (3), Aimee Schmidt (11)
FF: Mai Nguyen (2), Jacinda Barclay (34), Ashleigh Guest (19)

Interchange: Ellie Brush (10), Stephanie Walker, (5) Alex Saundry (4), Kate Stanton (33), Clare Lawton (41), Ella Ross (15)

In: Ellie Brush, Mai Nguyen, Stephanie Walker
Out: Codie Briggs, Hannah Wallett, Hannah Dunn (train-on player)

Emergencies: Codie Briggs, Hannah Wallett