STEVEN May will play his first official game for new club Melbourne as the Demons welcome back a host of stars for their final JLT Community Series fixture against Brisbane at Casey Fields on Saturday.

May, the former Gold Coast co-captain who was granted his wish for a trade in October, has overcome a hamstring issue and will take his place at fullback against the lifting Lions.

The Demons, who went down to Richmond by 12 points with an understrength team, could also be boosted by the return of co-captains Jack Viney (foot) and Nathan Jones (hamstring) and Jake Melksham (hamstring), each of whom will play at either AFL or VFL level, along with the rested Max Gawn, Michael Hibberd, Neville Jetta, Aaron Vandenberg and Jordan Lewis.

Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin was "very excited" by the prospect of May, 27, patrolling the Demons defence.

"We brought him to our footy club to play a pretty important role for us and he's had a really good summer," Goodwin told reporters.

"He had a really slight hamstring probably four weeks ago but he's done a hell of a lot of work over the whole pre-season and he's ready to go next week."

One Demon who has been ruled out of the Lions clash is small forward Jeff Garlett, who suffered a shoulder injury that will sideline him for at least two weeks.