While most attention has focused on Collingwood's Dan Houston playing against his former club, Port Adelaide have high hopes for their own battle-hardened newcomer.
Former Gold Coast forward Jack Lukosius will make his debut for the Power in their clash against Collingwood and ex-Port defender Houston at the MCG on Saturday night.
Lukosius arrives after six seasons and 116 games for the Suns and will be a focal point in a revamped Port attack.
"He's a really likeable character, he's fitted in from the day he walked in," Port assistant coach Tyson Goldsack said of Lukosius.
"On field, he gives us plenty as well
"He can move, so him and George (Mitch Georgiades) being able to either play deep or play higher, you throw Willie Rioli into the mix who can play deep and be pretty damaging.
"So there's combinations there that you can change as the game plays out which is probably not what we've had in spades over the last few years.
"That's probably the most exciting thing about our forward line at the moment."
Lukosius will feature in a Power forward line also boasting highly touted draftee Joe Berry on AFL debut, former Magpie Joe Richards in his first premiership game for his new club, and stalwart Sam Powell-Pepper on the comeback after a knee reconstruction.
Dual All Australian Houston will make his Magpies debut but his former club said the dashing defender won't get any special treatment.
"No more than anyone else - he won't get attention because he's Dan Houston, he'll get attention because he's a pretty good player and we know that," Goldsack said.
"We know what he likes to do, how he gets the best out of himself.
"We'll no doubt try and take away his strengths ... (but) it's not about the player or the name of the player."
While the fixture is Port's season opener, the Magpies have been criticised for a supposed lack of fitness as they tired late in their 52-point loss to GWS last Sunday.
Giants skipper Toby Greene sensed his side's physical advantage as a host of Pies players including megastar Nick Daicos went down with cramp.
"I don't know how much to really read into it," Goldsack said.
"Yes, we know that they were cramping - there was players on both teams that are cramping.
"I can't imagine they'll react the same for this game.
"I reckon there's some things that go in place to make sure it doesn't happen again so we just go into the game ready for them at full fitness."
