Luke Davies-Uniacke has been buoyed by the expansion of North Melbourne’s younger midfield brigade in his absence and is worked up to re-enter the fray in opposition to AFL finals hopefuls Adelaide.
The 24-year-old ball-winner has missed the final six weeks with a hamstring harm however has been cleared to play at Adelaide Oval on Saturday.
The inexperienced gentle comes after Davies-Uniacke accomplished a 12km working session final Friday – through the Kangaroos’ week off – and returned to full coaching this week.
“I’m feeling really confident in my hamstring. I’ve hit all my markers,” Davies-Uniacke advised reporters on Wednesday.
“It was frustrating. I had a good start to the year, then had some tags and fell a bit out of form, but I was working my way back into it.
“So to come back up brief with that hamstring was disappointing however to see the place the boys are rising now, it has been nice to observe.”
George Wardlaw, Will Phillips, Harry Sheezel have all been given greater midfield opportunities in recent weeks with Davies-Uniacke, Hugh Greenwood and captain Jy Simpkin all having stints on the sidelines.
“I’m loving watching them however I am unable to wait to play with them once more,” Davies-Uniacke mentioned.
“There’s by no means been a doubt on the long run however I’m actually impressed with the younger guys and everybody coming by way of.”
North Melbourne are on a 12-match losing streak and face a huge task to upset the Crows, who are desperate to keep a firm grip on their top-eight spot.
The Kangaroos have not won in 10 previous visits to Adelaide Oval, including losses to the hosts in each of the last two seasons.
“We simply assault it how we usually assault every sport and have full confidence moving into,” Davies-Uniacke mentioned.
“They’re taking part in some nice footy on the minute … they’re an amazing squad and it’ll be robust.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
