Daniel Currie was thrust right into the heat of battle with Werribee on Sunday as he made his long-awaited return from a torn plantar fascia (a ligament in the foot that stretches from the heel to the base of the toes).

The ruckman missed several weeks with the injury and made his comeback in a fiery encounter against Williamstown.

“I got through no worries,” Currie told NMFC.com.au.

“I played about 50 percent and will definitely be better for the run and (will) build from here.”

Currie had 23 hit-outs and seven possessions in the Tigers’ win and admitted to being frustrated by his foot’s lengthy recovery period.

The 26-year-old sustained the injury on the 14th of June and expected to be back in action within a few weeks, but said things didn’t go to plan.

“It’s felt like forever. It’s been pretty frustrating but I think it was about two months ago at Vic (Victoria) Park I tore that plantar fascia and obviously had a few issues with it since,” Currie said.

“I was hoping to get back pretty quickly after that first bye but wasn’t getting anywhere for about the first month and felt a fair way off it after that, so it was pretty frustrating but it’s good to finally turn the corner and do some training in the last couple of weeks and get back out there.”

He said the pain of the injury is still fresh in his mind.

“It didn’t tickle. It hurt and it’s obviously been a pretty frustrating process since I hurt it.”

Currie knows it’s critical that he’s up and running with North Melbourne and Werribee pushing for finals in the AFL and VFL respectively.

“I’m obviously coming off a pretty low base from missing a fair stint, so (I was) only allowed to play 50 percent from the medical and conditioning staff, so I was hoping to get a bit more in than that but it was probably justified because I was blowing up a bit at times,” he said.

“It’s good to finally get back out there with the boys.”