Former AFL player and coach Danny Frawley says Ben Cunnington of North Melbourne should be rated as an elite midfielder of the competition.

Frawley likened the Kangaroos inside midfielder to two-time Brownlow Medallist Greg โ€˜Dieselโ€™ Williams and applauded his clean ball skills and match awareness.

โ€œI keep watching him, I think he has the cleanest hands in the game,โ€ Frawley toldย SEN Breakfast this morning.

โ€œNot only the one-touch, itโ€™s a bit Greg Williams-like the vision he has when he turns his body under extreme heat and get it out to a runner. It is elite.โ€

HOBART, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 24: Ben Cunnington of the Kangaroos in action during the AFL 2018 JLT Community Series match between the North Melbourne Kangaroos and the Melbourne Demons at Kingborough Oval on February 24, 2018 in Hobart, Australia. (Photo by Michael Willson/AFL Media/Getty Images)

Alongside Frawley, Nick Dal Santo also had high praise for another North Melbourne player.

โ€œSpeaking of underrated players, Robbie Tarrant โ€“ he is a colossus down there, he is fantastic,โ€ Dal Santo said.

Frawley agreed, saying Tarrant has been on the fringe of the last two All-Australian teams.

โ€œHeโ€™s my love-child at the moment.โ€ Frawley said.

Many people wrote them off before the season started but North Melbourne are 2-2 after the first four rounds of the year.

They face a tough month of footy ahead with matches against Hawthorn, Port Adelaide, Sydney and Richmond, but Dal Santo is willing to give the Kangaroos a chance.

โ€œItโ€™s a big month, but I think weโ€™ve learned already from the first month that you donโ€™t need to be too far off your best to be made to look pretty foolish.โ€