Young Collingwood defender Jack Frost is set to make his AFL debut against North Melbourne on Sunday. Picture: Wayne Ludbey Source: Herald Sun
EIGHT months ago Jack Frost was at the football crossroads, having not played a senior VFL game for nearly a year.
Eight days ago, the 21-year-old was still on Collingwood's rookie list.
On Sunday he may make his AFL debut.
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Magpies coach Nathan Buckley said yesterday the key defender was in line for an unlikely first-team foray as his side searches for ways to combat North Melbourne's tall forward trio of Drew Petrie, Lachie Hansen and Robbie Tarrant.
Frost had two rounds of surgery on his hips in late 2011 that left him virtually bedridden for three months.
He played the best part of last season in Williamstown's seconds before a call-up to the seniors for the final home-and-away game in August.
The Sandringham TAC Cup product proved his class by starring against Geelong's Nathan Vardy, then claimed the scalps of VFL stars Matthew Little (Bendigo) and Dean Galea (Port Melbourne) during the finals.
"We got him two years ago and could see plenty of talent in him, but he had crook hips," Williamstown coach Peter German said yesterday.
"We obviously knew how good he was, but to show the rest of the football world those qualities was just great for him.
"He ended up winning our best finals player award.
"He's a good size and has speed for a player of his height (194cm).
"He's ultra-competitive, has all the attributes.
"He just had to get his body right."
Buckley said the emergence of some of Collingwood's rookies had been one of the major positives of the pre-season.
"Jack Frost has been elevated on to the senior list and has proven his ability to shut down tall (forwards) with the absence of Nathan Brown and Ben Reid at times," Buckley said.
"He adds to our depth there and it becomes important, shutting down North's talls -- they generally play that three tall forwards set-up. "They're very agile and fit players as well, so that's something we're definitely looking at."
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