Brayden Cook has spent a few years in the Adelaide system trying to find a spot in the senior 22 to call his own. The recent absence of Taylor Walker through injury opened up a spot for a key forward, and Cook has had some success playing as third tall in attack in recent weeks. While he lacks the big body to help out in ruck like Riley Thilthorpe, whose seat he is nominally warming, his prospects of retaining his spot when Thilthorpe returns will only be strengthened if he keeps kicking bags. With James Borlase also trying out as a target forward, now is the time to stake a claim.
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