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Camera IconMurphy Reid was among Fremantle\u2019s best against Adelaide. Credit: Paul Kane\/Getty Images<\/p>\nKane Cornes has heaped lofty praise on Murphy Reid, declaring he sees similar traits in the Fremantle young gun to those of legendary pair Gary Ablett Jnr and Scott Pendlebury.<\/p>\n
Reid sent the hype from his stunning pre-season into overdrive with a best-afield performance in the Dockers\u2019 16-point Community Series win over Adelaide in Mandurah on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Last year\u2019s AFL Rising Star winner finished with a game-high 30 disposals \u2014 which included six score involvements \u2014 and had 531 metres gained, the most by a Dockers player on the day.<\/p>\n
After booting 25 goals in his debut season, the 19-year-old is set to spend more time in 2026, attending seven centre ball-ups in his side\u2019s only official pre-season game.<\/p>\n
Cornes emphasised he was \u201cnot saying he\u2019s going to be as good as Ablett or Pendlebury\u201d, but he was hugely impressed with what Reid had done since being plucked with pick No.17 in the 2024 draft.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has those types of traits, where he has time, he\u2019s clean,\u201d Cornes told SEN.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith his vision, how clean he is, his ability to find a player in open space with a handball over the back of his head and they don\u2019t break stride, he gets up, he loses his opponent and gets back, he\u2019s just so crafty and smart and clean and just a pure footballer.<\/p>\n
Camera IconMurphy Reid was among Fremantle\u2019s best against Adelaide. Credit: Paul Kane\/Getty Images<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat he did last year was extraordinary, particularly in big games as well, he\u2019s not flustered and he loves the big moments.<\/p>\n
\u201cFreo have got an absolute ripper.<\/p>\n
\u201cI couldn\u2019t take my eyes off him. I don\u2019t know what it is about him.\u201d<\/p>\n
After the game, Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir paid credit to Reid for \u201cevolving his game\u201d in his time with the club so far.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are using him slightly different but he\u2019s having an impact wherever we use him. He knows how to find space, knows how to find the footy and uses it well,\u201d Longmuir said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s been an important player and one that will continue to grow in all aspects of his game over the next three to four years, let alone what he\u2019s already done.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kane Cornes has heaped lofty praise on Murphy Reid, declaring he sees similar traits in the Fremantle young…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":513338,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,10124,588,85],"class_list":["post-513337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-fremantle-dockers","tag-sport","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/513338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}