Trengove was recruited by the Melbourne Football Club with their second selection and the second overall in the 2009 national draft . He made his debut in the fifty-six point loss against at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in the opening round of the 2009 season , in which he recorded twenty-three disposals , two marks and two tackles , and was named in the best players for Melbourne . In his fifth match , he received the round five nomination for the AFL Rising Star after he recorded twenty-four disposals , six marks , four tackles and two goals in the fifty point win against the at the Melbourne Cricket Ground . He played the first nine matches of the year before he was rested for the round ten match against at Skilled Stadium , with the previous week 's match being played in hot conditions in Darwin . He missed three weeks of football in July with a hip injury . He returned from injury through the Victorian Football League ( VFL ) with Melbourne 's affiliate team , the Casey Scorpions . He returned to the senior side in round nineteen for the twenty-nine point win against at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and played the remainder of the year to finish with eighteen matches and average nineteen disposals a match . He was considered one of the early favourites to win the rising star in the betting markets , and ultimately finished fourth overall in the award
AFL Rising Star
2010 AFL Rising Star
Jack Trengove