Declan Mountford Biography

Declan Mountford injures his AC joint at training and will miss up to a month following surgery.

Scott Thompson, Jarrad Waite, Ben Jacobs and Declan Mountford re-sign with North Melbourne on one-year deals.

Scott Thompson, Jarrad Waite and Ben Jacobs are among seven North Melbourne players whose futures are unlikely to be decided until after this year's trade period.

Thompson (restricted free agent), Waite and Jacobs are set to come out of contract at the end of October, along with Sam Gibson, Aaron Mullett and second-year players Declan Mountford and Corey Wagner.

It's understood North has told some of these players it won't be able to inform them whether they will be offered contract extensions until after the trade period finishes on Thursday, October 19.

Declan Mountford makes his AFL debut for North Melbourne at Docklands Stadium with 11 disposals (a kick and 10 handballs), 3 marks and 3 tackles in a 43-point loss to West Coast.

North Melbourne select Declan Mountford with pick No.60 in the 2015 NAB AFL Draft.

"He's a hard-working midfielder again who performed very well at the combine both aerobically and for speed/power," North Melbourne recruiting manager Bryce Lewis said.

"Represented WA in the nationals this year and finished off the year strongly, playing some league (WAFL) footy for Claremont and was also a really good performer in their colts premierships side."