North set for Roar return

VETERAN defender Jade North is set make his senior return from a long-term groin injury when Brisbane Roar host Filipino club Ceres-Negros in tomorrow night’s Asian Champions League playoff.

North, 36, has not played firstteam football since the Roar’s 0-0 ALeague draw with Central Coast Mariners on November 5.

But he had 45 minutes of action as an over-age player in Brisbane’s 1-0 National Youth League loss to Perth Glory at Lanham Park last Friday.