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Justin Chadwick and Joel Gould

Petracca passes early AFL fitness test

Melbourne star Christian Petracca feels he is a step closer to playing in Friday night's AFL semi-final against Brisbane after making it through Tuesday's training unscathed.

While the midfielder did not do any contact work, he is confident of proving his fitness for the sudden-death final at the MCG.

Petracca suffered a hairline fracture of his fibula as well as a corked calf in a collision with Lance Franklin during last week's qualifying final loss to Sydney.

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