Dussin has missed four of the Saints' 10 games, largely through his work commitments with Fire Rescue Victoria, while he also played a representative match with the Australian Combined Emergency Services (ACES) against the Australian Defence Force in an AFL curtain-raiser on Adelaide Oval.

"My body was actually a little bit angry with me after last season," he explained.

Dussin has been travelling home for football from Melbourne for around a decade.

"I spoke to the boys before the season and they said, 'look, let's not put a number on how many games we want you to play, see how your body is feeling', so instead of working around footy, I'll work around work, but I intend to play every game from here."

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Myrtleford is away to North Albury on Saturday, with Brisbane Lions' Academy and Queensland under 17s product Izak Gejas to play his second game.

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