Ruthless Roos leap towards relevance with Blakey blockbuster

You've used all of your gift articles. 3 more will become available on the 1st of every month. North Melbourne finally reeled in their big fish. Or, “Lizard” in this case. Nick Blakey is not a gun midfielder or a Coleman Medal-winning spearhead, but he is a legitimate star with an All-Australian honour and two grand final appearances on his resume. He grew up in Sydney and chose to start with the Swans instead of being a father-son selection at the Kangaroos, where his father John was a dual premiership player, and flirted with a move to Geelong before eventually…