(Source: North Melbourne Football Club) After Ryan Burton kicked five goals for South Australia early in last year's NAB AFL Under-18 Championships, he was tipped as a possible top-five draft selection in 2015. His performance as a 17-year-old who wasn't eligible for the draft for another year-and-a-half said plenty about his talent. He was dominant in the air, kicked smoothly and precisely at goal, and carried a presence. Unfortunately for Burton, the North Adelaide prospect has barely played since that game. He got struck down by a bad bout of glandular fever that ruled him...
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