North Melbourne are counting on recruits Marley Williams and Nathan Hrovat to make the most of their AFL lifelines as the club embarks on a new era.The Kangaroos will go into the unknown in 2017 following the departures of popular veterans Brent Harvey, Drew Petrie, Nick Dal Santo and Michael Firrito.Coach Brad Scott cited the need to give opportunities to younger players when he defended the shock cull, and thats precisely why Williams and Hrovat moved to Arden Street during the trade period.Williams move, for pick 105, was a surprise given the former rookie played 68 games in five seasons for Collingwood, including an outstanding 2015 campaign in which he was a regular in Nathan Buckleys back six.But the 23-year-old said he knew it was time for a fresh start after a foot injury affected his fitness and form in 2016.We had a pretty open conversation by the end of the year about me being in and out of the team and not being able to hold my spot, Williams said referring to his former coach.(Me) not being able to cement a spot in the team and a few of the younger boys were pushing me out, so I thought maybe a move would do me good and improve my football.I think in 2015 I held my own playing down in that back line but I was unlucky to be pushed out. Injury didnt help, but it was a little bit disappointing.Williams said he didnt find out North were interested until the night before the final day of the trade period and admitted to nervous moments before the deal was done just 30 minutes before the deadline.Hrovat was the 21st player selected at the 2012 draft but while he was a prolific ball winner at VFL level, he managed just 30 senior appearances for the Western Bulldogs in four seasons.The 22-year-old played the last four AFL games of the season but didnt feature in the finals and didnt come into calculations for the Dogs grand final team.Despite the frustration of missing out on their drought-breaking premiership, he says he left the club on good terms.Ive made some really good relationships at the Bulldogs, and for them to win a flag after the period theyve gone through is really exciting for them, Hrovat said.Theres no bad blood between me or any of the guys, or the Bulldogs, so to play against them would be really exciting. 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Wallabies assistant coach Nathan Grey insists reducing the amount of local Super Rugby teams wont help the game in Australia.Australia struggled to make an impact in the 2016 Super Rugby tournament, with only the local conference winning Brumbies making the playoffs and New Zealand teams snaffling all three Australasian wildcard spots.A mediocre 2016 Wallabies campaign which gleaned just six wins from 15 Tests has generated more debate about the state of the game in Australia.The Force and Reds won just two and three games respectively while the West Australian franchise has been taken over by the ARU and face an uncertain future.The Waratahs and Rebels finished ten and 19 points respectively behind the lowest Australasian wild card side.Despite rumblings in some sections of the rugby community that Australia doesnt have sufficient player depth to support five Super franchises, Grey is adamant the present number should be maintained.Super Rugby with the five franchises that Australia has exposes a lot more players to that next level, Grey said at Sydney Airport on Tuesday after returning from the Wallabies spring tour.The more you can expose those players to those step-ups in intensity and performance its only going to hold Australian rugby in good stead.You look at the makeup of a WWallaby squad - theres a good spread of players across all those franchises.ddddddddddddIf you only had the three (teams) theres going to be a number of guys who are not going to be exposed to that level - and its not going to help the game.Grey dismissed the suggestion that head coach Michael Cheika, who wont return from Europe until later in the week, got caught up in mind games with his England counterpart and former clubmate Eddie Jones.The reality of the matter is when you cross the line there s 23 players in your squad who go out and do the job, the coaches are a little bit insignificant from that perspective, Grey said.He lamented Australias inability to string together complete performances.We showed throughout the year that for long periods of time we can play some exceptional football, Grey said.But its got to be a complete 80-minute performance, and we werent able to string too many of those together this year which was really disappointing.Grey said it was very difficult to attribute the form fluctuations within a game to a single issue.The intensity of the cauldron, sometimes guys in terms of execution you pay for really small errors, he said. 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