FORMER South Mildura footballer Lochie O’Brien is battling to make a Carlton AFL side favouring experience over the glut of top-end young talent it has accumulated in the draft over recent years.

The 20-year-old 2017 No. 10 draft pick, who is contracted until the end of 2021, had shown glimpses in 35 games in his first two years as a wingman but hasn’t played this year with St Kilda recruit J...