James Allan agrees to return to North Adelaide next season Midfield star James Allan will return to play for North Adelaide next season. TRIPLE Magarey Medallist James Allan is set to play for North Adelaide next season after reaching an agreement with the club. Allan has been in talks with the Roosters since last month and will make his return official by signing a contract when he is back in Adelaide in coming weeks. The 28-year-old midfielder left North at the end of 2012 to return home to Lara, Victoria, where he played alongside his brother, Sam, this season. But he is coming back to SA to work as a Year 4 teacher at Prince Alfred College. Roosters chief executive Greg Edwards said the club looked forward to having Allan in red and white again. "He has agreed to come back and we want him here, it's just a matter of signing a contract," Edwards said. Meanwhile, North has signed Port Adelaide Magpies talls Tom Sandercock, Corey Grove and Alex Barns. Grove, 24, played 15 league games for the Magpies from 2011-13, while Barns, 20, chalked up two games this season. Sandercock, 20, has yet to make his league debut. Grove, Sandercock and Barns loom as possible replacements for delisted Power forward Daniel Stewart who is returning to Melbourne to be closer to family, and Crows-listed spearhead Lewis Johnston.