1 1 ▁clear ance ▁match ▁against ▁Port ▁Ad ela ide . ▁Due ▁to ▁his ▁previous ▁trib unal ▁conv iction ▁however , ▁Martin ▁was ▁ruled ▁in el ig ible ▁for ▁the ▁award ▁and ▁thus ▁did ▁not ▁officially ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁season ▁award ' s ▁points ▁t ally . ▁He ▁drew ▁the ▁attention ▁of ▁Sydney ▁coach ▁Paul ▁Ro os ▁by ▁round ▁ 1 4 , ▁prompt ing ▁Ro os ▁to ▁send ▁veter an ▁Bre tt ▁Kirk ▁onto ▁Martin ▁in ▁a ▁tag ging ▁role . ▁Despite ▁this ▁extra ▁attention , ▁he ▁still ▁managed ▁to ▁record ▁ 1 8 ▁dispos als ▁and ▁a ▁goal ▁in ▁the ▁match ▁at ▁the ▁M CG . ▁After ▁ 1 7 ▁r ounds ▁Martin ▁ranked ▁second ▁at ▁the ▁club ▁for ▁clear ances ▁and ▁inside ▁ 5 0 s ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁third ▁for ▁dispos als ▁and ▁cont ested ▁poss essions . ▁At ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁he ▁ranked ▁first ▁among ▁that ▁season ' s ▁R ising ▁Star ▁nom ine es ▁in ▁clear ances , ▁cont ested ▁poss essions ▁and ▁inside ▁ 5 0 s . ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁fourth ▁for ▁average ▁dispos als ▁and ▁fifth ▁for ▁average ▁tack les . ▁In ▁round ▁ 1 9 ▁he ▁was ▁rest ed ▁by ▁the ▁club ▁before ▁returning ▁to ▁play ▁out ▁the ▁final ▁five ▁matches ▁of ▁the ▁season . ▁He ▁missed ▁just ▁that ▁one ▁game ▁in ▁his ▁debut ▁season ▁and ▁finished ▁the ▁year ▁ranked ▁second ▁at ▁Richmond ▁for ▁clear ances ▁and ▁inside ▁ 5 0 s , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁third ▁for ▁both ▁cont ested