Terang Mortlake forward Will Kain settling into senior football

The Terang Mortlake key forward, who has kicked 14 goals to be one of the in-form talls of the Hampden league competition, is excited to return to his home ground on Saturday.

Kain, 21, has kicked multiple goals - four, five and five - in three of his four matches in 2021. He wants to contribute again against surprise packet Portland at Mortlake.

"I think it will really suit us out there with a heap of space," he said.

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"They are going really well but at Mortlake will give us the best chance of taking it right up to them.

"It will be good to see how we stack up against them."

Kain is working in tandem with Lachie Wareham in the Bloods' forward 50.

"How it's set up I am getting a lot of space in the forward line to lead-up," he said.

"We both know how each other plays and we're working well together."

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Terang Mortlake coach Ben Kenna has given Kain simple instructions to ensure the team gets the best out of him.

"I am looking to work on my lead, getting up to the ball and leading to the right spots to make it easier for the kicks coming in," Kain said.

"He is pretty keen on people using the footy well so it's working well for me. If I can lead to the right spots, I generally get used."

Kain, who is working on fitness and building his frame, wants to fix up his set shot accuracy.

There is only one game - against Koroit in round two - where Kain hasn't hit the scoreboard this season.

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"It was a tough game for all of us, especially as a forward there wasn't many opportunities," he said.

"They're a really good side and it's always going to be hard for a side like us against them but we've taken a lot of lessons out of it."

Those lessons have held the Bloods in good stead in their two wins.

"We had a couple of tough games too, we could have easily let Port Fairy run over the top of us and then we were down at half-time against Hamilton," Kain said.

"They were pretty good wins, showing we could fight back like that."

Kain, who is living in Ellerslie, works and studies in Warrnambool.

He's an accounting student at Deakin University and works part-time in the industry at McLaren Hunt Financial Group.

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