Kangaroos unleash son of AFL champion Brent Harvey

Brent, who played a record 432 games for North before retiring in 2016 and who remains at the club as a development coach, got to break the news to his son at training on Thursday morning.

North Melbourne released vision of the announcement, an emotional Brent praising Cooper's hard work to earn an opportunity that had been "a long time coming".

He'll join a Kangaroos side that was well-beaten last time out, thumped by 11 goals at the hands of Adelaide in what was their 13th straight defeat.

Cooper is one of four father-son players on North's list, along with Jackson Archer (son of Glenn), Bailey Scott (son of Robert) and Luke McDonald (son of Donald).