By Marc McGowan
PROMISING St Kilda recruit Clinton Jones made his Australian Football League debut for the club on Saturday night after an outstanding start to the season for the Casey Scorpions.
Jones, 23, looked the part in the match against the Western Bulldogs, picking up 14 touches and kicking a goal.
The Saints selected the blond youngster with their first pick – ninth overall – in the 2006 rookie draft and he was elevated to the senior list last week.
Jones took fellow draftee Jarryd Allen’s spot on the list when the latter was put on the long-term injury list with a dislocated elbow.
The left-footed midfielder was the Scorpions’ best player against North Ballarat in the Victorian Football League in round one and was a regular in the best players for St Kilda throughout the pre-season.
It followed Jones’ back-to-back best and fairest victories for South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and third place in the 2006 Sandover Medal, the WAFL’s equivalent of the Brownlow Medal.
