Two games into his comeback from a shoulder injury, Aaron Mullett believes his form and touch around the ball is improving.

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After playing two quarters last week, the 23-year-old mangaed a full game with normal rotations for North Ballarat on Saturday, and came through it unscathed.

“I thought I was good early but fizzled out a little bit towards the end,” Mullett told NMFC.com.au.

“I just got lost a bit in the second half, obviously my match fitness needs to improve, but the last quarter was OK.

“All in all, it wasn’t too bad.”

On the topic of match fitness, Development Manger Ben Dyer explained that although Mullett was able to keep his conditioning up during his on-field absence, nothing can substitute for the pace of a game.

“Game sense and match fitness is a completely different beast. It doesn’t matter how much you run in training, it’s the games, the collisions and the little things that all add up,"he said

“There’s only one way to get better at that and that’s to play games.Today’s full game will do him the world of good.

When he got it he had a number of inside 50’s and was able to do some damage with the ball in hand at times.”

Mullett collected 18 disposals with seven handball receives and said that playing at Etihad Stadium. a far cry from the elements that normally greet the Roosters in Ballarat, helped with his preparation.

“In your head it’s a lot better, waking up in the morning and knowing you’re heading to Etihad with the roof closed," Mullett said.

“Under the roof you can use the ball as well as you can and obviously it’s easier to hit targets which helps.

“My disposal was OK today, a little bit off – but that will come with some extra work.”

There was a brief scare in the third quarter when Mullett received a heavy knock to the ribs and was crouched over in pain on the Etihad Stadium surface.

However the concern was short-lived, as the left footer was able to jog to the bench.

“You need something like that, 100 per cent, it actually gives you a bit of confidence to know that you’re back and you can take a big knock like that," Mullett added.

“Now I know everything’s good and I can get on with it.”