CARLTON will likely be boosted by the inclusion of star midfielder Chris Judd for Friday night’s clash with Hawthorn at the MCG.

Judd returned from a hamstring injury for Carlton’s VFL affiliate Northern Blues on Saturday and got through unscathed.

He finished with 18 disposals, three clearances and two inside-50s in three-and-a-half quarters of footy.

It means he is likely to now make his return against the Hawks on Friday night.

“[The] body’s good so I pulled up well and it was just good to have a run, blow the cobwebs out and get back into it,” Judd told The Age.

“That’s [to return against Hawthorn] the aim so I’ll be available now and we’ll go from there.”

The former Blues skipper last just five minutes in his one and only game this season, in his team’s win over the Bulldogs in Round 5.

Judd was the sub in that match and while he quickly gathered three disposals and added zip to the Blues’ midfield when he came on, his return was short-lived.

He was one of Carlton's best in their one and only meeting with the Hawks last year with 29 disposals, nine clearances, six inside 50s, five tackles and a goal.

The superstar midfielder will make Carlton’s midfield hard to stop, with Captain Marc Murphy in good form and Bryce Gibbs playing his best game for the year last Friday night against the Cats.

Murphy is averaging 25.8 disposals this year, while Gibbs was arguably best on ground in the loss to the Cats in his tagging role on gun Geelong midfielder Joel Selwood, while also picking up 29 disposals of his own and booting four goals.