He was always going to be a long-term prospect given his late introduction to the game, but the man who helped discover Majak Daw always knew he would become a success story.

Western Jets’ talent manager Shane Sexton was witness to Daw’s rapid improvement in the TAC Cup and believes he’s only going to get better.

"There's that much improvement and development in him still,” Sexton told the Herald Sun’s Jay Clark.

"He had a lot of work to do on his fitness and endurance, but he went at the ball (on Saturday) and some of his chase-downs and tackles were fantastic.

"We knew he would play some good footy somewhere.”

Sexton believes Daw’s ability to learn the game while playing it has been his strongest asset; though it wasn’t an easy task at times.

"When he first started going from Wyndham Vale to TAC Cup it was an enormous step up for him," he added.

"We played him on the wing, down back, played forward and at times you would see him get lost in the game when he had an opponent to account for, but he worked through that."

In a sign of how far the Sudanese-born Daw has come, he averaged just eight possessions a game during his final year in the under 18’s, a far cry from the 18 disposal, six goal haul he achieved against the Bulldogs at the highest level.

"To do what he did at the weekend and kick half a dozen goals and that tap down to Brent Harvey that I saw, with the vertical leap and the leg-speed that he has got.

"You have got to think that if he is able to cope with everything, as I'm sure he will, he will continue to develop.”