(Source: Melbourne Football Club) THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 2015 HARLEY Balic isn't meant to be tackling. He is wearing an orange vest over his NAB AFL Academy training shirt, indicating he is not taking part in contact drills. His left wrist is taped, and he is in the middle of a handball exercise, offering incidental pressure to teammates. Then his instincts kick in. Balic throws himself at a teammate and drags him to the ground. He does it again, and then a third time. Academy assistant coach Brad Johnson likes Balic's competitiveness, but pulls him aside and directs him to the recovery group on an adjacent field. It might be the 18-year-old's last taste of full training for months. Balic, a...
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