Morton not getting carried away
Melbourne earned itself a third nomination for the coveted Rising Star award with Cale Morton, pick number #4 overall in last year's national draft, after he amassed 30 disposals, most of them effective, in Saturday's victory against struggling West Coast at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Considered undersized in his first season of AFL, Morton has nevertheless been one of the few shining lights in 2008 for the Demons. West Coast coach John Worsfold could not find an answer to the skinny flanker, after having played most of his seasoned professionals out of position for most of the day.
Morton, nevertheless, did what he liked in a display reminiscent of former Red Leg midfielder Stephen Tingay. Fortunately Morton's display took place during a game.
The youngest of three brothers and the one who looks most interested each and every week, Morton came to the makeshift oval the Demons have been temporarily calling their training base for the past two decades, with big raps last season although Richmond and West Coast both chose to overlook him at the draft table. Alongside Austin Wonaeamirri, voted the second most popular indigenous player in the league (after Essenson's Alwyn Davey) and Colin Garland, an athletic defender not likely to figure in anyone's inspiration reel, Morton represents the next generation of Melbourne's future - a future long promised since Rod Grinter was shown the door.
Meanwhile, older brother of Cale, Mitch Morton delivered one of his better games for the season after he toweled up a lackluster Hawthorn outfit, apparently deterred by the shifting surface of the MCG. According to ladder position Hawthorn are finals bound.
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