GEELONG has added three players to its squad that will make the trip south to Tasmania to take on North Melbourne.

Shaun Higgins, Esava Ratugolea and Ollie Dempsey feature in an extended squad of 26 players, which will be whittled down to 22 on Friday afternoon.

All 23 Cats that took the field against Hawthorn remain in the squad despite Jed Bews (shoulder), Jack Henry (foot) and Patrick Dangerfield (cork) all suffering knocks. 

Defender Jack Henry is the strongest chance of missing the clash after injuring his foot.

“Jack had an acute injury on the same foot as he had his previous injury during the pre-season,” head of medical and conditioning services Harry Taylor said on Wednesday.

"We’ll take a cautious approach with his reloading and get some further imaging done to investigate further."

Round 6 Team

INS: Esava Ratugolea, Ollie Dempsey, Shaun Higgins

Backs Sam De Koning Jack Henry Jed Bews
Half Backs Tom Stewart Mark Blicavs Zach Tuohy
Centreline Mitch Duncan Joel Selwood Isaac Smith
Half Forwards Shaun Higgins Tom Hawkins Tyson Stengle
Forwards Gryan Miers Jeremy Cameron Brad Close
Followers Rhys Stanley Patrick Dangerfield Cameron Guthrie
Interchange Tom Atkins Brandan Parfitt Mark O'Connor
  Luke Dahlhaus Max Holmes Jake Kolodjashnij
  Esava Ratugolea Ollie Dempsey