Dugan, who debuted for New South Wales in State of Origin I, has been out of action for six weeks since injuring his ankle in the Raiders' round 13 defeat to North Queensland.
Canberra coach David Furner expects Dugan will take little time to find the sort of form which snared him a New South Wales State of Origin jumper.
"He's ready to go, he's completed the training sessions he needed to, he's back in the full-time training squad this week and he'll run accordingly in the number one," Furner said.
"Josh is a big-game player and brought plenty of confidence back with him after his Origin game so I'm expecting him to rise to the challenge against the Storm."
A couple of other familiar faces return to the starting line-up for the Green Machine with forgotten winger Daniel Vidot and Bronson Harrison back in the run-on 13.
Second rower Joe Picker drops to the bench, while Danny Galea comes into the starting line-up.
The Raiders also announced on Tuesday tackling machine Shaun Fensom has extended his contract.
The Raiders lock was already signed up to play the 2013 season but has agreed to a 12-month extension, keeping him at the club until at least the end of 2014.
Another blast from the past will also make it back onto NRL playing fields for the first time this year with Test centre Brent Tate to make his North Queensland debut on Saturday night against Wests Tigers.
Tate has not played since undergoing knee surgery after going down while representing the Kangaroos in last year's Four Nations final, his return giving the Cowboys one of the most potent centre pairings in the competition when he lines up alongside Willie Tonga.
Tigers coach Tim Sheens has named departing utility Tim Moltzen at full-back with Wade McKinnon dropped after a series of poor performances.
South Sydney and the Sydney Roosters have named unchanged sides for their local derby at the Olympic stadium, with Blues full-back Anthony Minichiello to miss a second game due to a mystery virus.
Penrith centre Michael Jennings has been named to return after five weeks out with an ankle injury for Saturday night's home game against Parramatta.
Jennings failed in his race to be fit for Origin III, but should add some spark to a Panthers backline which looked off the pace in last week's loss to the Roosters.
Ryan Stig will again fill the gap created by Newcastle skipper Kurt Gidley's hamstring injury against Manly on Sunday, while the return of a host of stars for St George Illawarra's clash against Cronulla has been tempered by news skipper Ben Hornby will be out for three weeks with a broken hand.
- AAP
Tags: sport, rugby-league, nrl, canberra-2600 First posted July 12, 2011 15:10:00
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