Tough, courageous and a born leader. The Dees have a steal in Viney, who will play Round 1 next year.
Melbourne's father-son selection Jack Viney with his dad Todd at the MCG. Picture: Michael Klein Source: Herald Sun
PLEASINGLY for Jack Viney, the crashing of bodies has begun.
After two years of regular check-ins at the club, and dealing with the uncertainty of the father-son bidding process, the waiting is over.
His father, Todd, Melbourne's recruiting boss, will formally welcome him to the club with pick No.27 at the national draft on Thursday night.
But for Viney, the buzz began weeks ago, when the tough nut started getting "flogged" on the training track with the rest of the Demons, just as he had hoped.
He has his eyes firmly fixed on a Round 1 berth.
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But the man who delivers so much hope to the Melbourne faithful and coaching staff is adamant he is more of a servant than saviour.
"I still have a lot of development, physically, ahead of me and mentally as well," Viney said. "But my aim is to do everything in my power to try and play Round 1.
"While that is probably not going to happen, I will try and set my goals so that I will do everything I can over pre-season to be ready.
"But there is a lot of guys at the club who have been there for two or three years who are in the same position as me.
"So I have a lot of catching up to do."
Viney fast-tracked his development this year, when he skipped his final season of TAC Cup to play in the VFL. It cost him a broken jaw in his first game. But much like his father, Viney is a raging bull on the field.
In the past few weeks, he has juggled his year 12 exams with punishing training sessions.
The 178cm clearance machine said a new positivity has buoyed the club after 15 list changes over spring, including the addition of Chris Dawes, David Rodan, Shannon Byrnes and Cameron Pedersen.
"I did a lot of the pre-season running with the guys last year, but the intensity of training for AFL football has still completely blown me away," he said.
"There's definitely an exciting feel around the place with all the new faces.
"We're getting flogged on the training track, but we are looking forward to getting flogged.
"All the boys want the coaches to push them harder and we welcome that challenge, because we know we are heading in the right direction."
THE JACK VINEY FILE
AGE: 18
HEIGHT: 178cm
WEIGHT: 81kg
FROM: Casey Scorpions
POSITION: Inside midfielder
PREDICTED DRAFT RANGE: 27 (Melbourne father-son)
PLAYS LIKE: Matthew Boyd
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