
Since the night in November 2014 when he joined Christian Petracca and Angus Brayshaw as Melbourne's fresh-faced draftees, Alex Neal-Bullen has been happy to play the offsider.
Petracca and Brayshaw were the picks No.2 and No.3 destined to lead the Demons out of the doldrums, while the less-heralded South Australian had to wait until No.40 to hear his name called.