(Source: Melbourne Football Club) PART TWO THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2015 RYAN Burton had two ice packs on his left knee and one strapped to each calf. It was two weeks ago, and he was sitting on the floor of North Adelaide's rooms. Burton had completed his first training session in nearly 11 months, and his body was aching. He was only expecting to do the warm-up. But he stayed with the main group, and although he didn't participate in any contact drills, he did everything else. Afterwards, Burton was sore but beaming. 'I forgot I had a bad knee,' he says. 'I was too focused on actually marking the ball and kicking it. After that I'd jog a bit and go, 'Oh yeah, there's something wrong with my leg,...
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