Background
His father, Donald McDonald played 155 games for North Melbourne and was working in the club"s football department until he left to avoid any conflict of interest.
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Luke McDonald
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He was recruited under the Father-son rule with the eighth selection in the 2013 national draft. Early McDonald played VFL for North Melbourne affiliate Werribee during the 2013 season and attended North"s preaseason training camp in Utah. He made his debut in the opening round of 2014 against Essendon and played in all but 1 game of that season including the finals campaign.
In February of 2015, McDonald revealed that he had suffered a stress fracture to his back during a match against the Brisbane Lions in Round 15 of the previous season.
The injury threatened to develop into a fracture-proper and McDonald was unable to train between games. Despite his injury concerns, he was noted in the media for several acts of courage on the field especially a tendency to "go back with the flight of the ball".
Achievements
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He was voted 3rd in Rising Star award behind Western Bulldogs" Marcus Bontempelli and Brisbane Lions" Lewis Taylor. During North Melbourne"s 2015 season McDonald played 14 games, kicking his first goal in North"s Semi Final win over the Sydney Swans at Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Stadium.
