AFTER taking care of business against Essednon, Geelong now face the prospect of being without Taylor Hunt after the Cats tagger went down with a right shoulder injury in the first quarter of last night’s blockbuster at Etihad Stadium. Hunt collided with Essendon’s Jake Melsham along the boundary line in the opening minutes of play when the two players were

GEELONG speedster Jackson Sheringham is set to miss the next two months with a shoulder injury he sustained in a sickening incident against Frankston in the VFL last week. Scans on Sheringham’s shoulder this week came back worse than expected. “He’s going to be missing for a significant amount of time, again there’s no timeline,

GEELONG rookie George Burbury is confident he has overcome a navicular stress fracture in his foot after kicking six goals in yesterday’s hit-out for the Cats in the VFL against Werribee at Simonds Stadium. It was Burbury’s first match since last year’s VFL premiership win. “At the best of times, I’m not an overly patient

GEELONG defender Jared Rivers has been ruled out for at least the next month with a knee injury that is worse than thought according to the Cats today. It means that the club may look to forward James Podsiadly to be transformed into a defender. It wouldn’t be the first time Podsiadly has played in

GEELONG midfielder Jackson Sheringham suffered a shoulder injury in the opening quarter of Sunday’s VFL clash against Frankston at Frankston Oval. The Cats are unsure of the severity of the injury but Sheringham – who has just returned from a pre-season injury – will undergo scans tomorrow to determine the extent of the damage. Also

GEELONG held off a surging Western Bulldogs team last night to notch their fifth consecutive win of the season but the victory was not without its price. Free agent acquisition Jared Rivers left the game in the first quarter with a right knee injury and prized recruit Josh Caddy exiting in the second quarter with

GEELONG seem to have produced yet another productive youngster in big bodied midfielder George Horlin-Smith who has been awarded Round 4′s AFL NAB Rising Star nomination. Horlin-Smith was everywhere in Geelong’s clash with the Swans amassing 23 disposals and a goal. Perhaps even more impressive were his seven clearances and four inside 50′s. Horlin-Smith was

VETERAN Geelong defender Josh Hunt is in the mix to make his senior return from a shoulder injury against the Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium on Saturday night. Hunt, who has played the past two matches in the VFL, was ready to return talent and experience-wise according to VFL coach Matthew Knights, but the match

UPDATE: GEELONG has confirmed forward Daniel Menzel will need his fourth knee reconstruction, putting his career in jeopardy at just 21. Menzel will sit out the rest of the season, although LARS surgery was again an option that will be weighed up. And for what it’s worth, Menzel was handed a one week suspension by

GEELONG forward Daniel Menzel has suffered another knee injury today in the VFL against the Box Hill Hawks at Simonds Stadium. Menzel limped off the field in the arms of trainers after lunging to tackle Box Hill’s Kyle Cheney and clutched at the left knee soon after. Early reports suggest that Menzel was taken off

GEELONG has more depth returning in the VFL ranks today against the Box Hill Hawks at Simonds Stadium with Jackson Sheringham and Jed Bews making their returns from injury. That is on top of Josh Hunt, Daniel Menzel and Cameron Guthrie – who returned from injury last week – and the Cats are also on

SOME leading commentators said after Geelong’s finals loss to Fremantle in September last year that its premiership window was well and truly closed. But the Cats have a talented young brigade that has them charging back up the ladder quicker than expected,

GEELONG veteran Josh Hunt made an impressive return in his first game in seven months for the Cats in their 32-point win over Sandringham at Simonds Stadium on Sunday. Hunt, who collected 13 touches, said he was hopeful of getting more match conditioning into his body before an AFL return and didn’t want to put

WHEN will the ball bounce Travis Varcoe’s way? After missing all but one game last year to stress fractures in his foot, the hard-working Geelong playmaker now faces more time out of the game after he dislocated his shoulder during the first quarter of the Cat’s 16 point win over Carlton last night. Ironically Varcoe

JUST 18 months since their last premiership victory the football public had largely assumed that Geelong would be the underdog against Hawthorn last Monday. Underdog or not they took care of business and the Hawks yet again.

It’s amazing how quickly we forget

AFTER continuing ‘Kennett’s curse’ by defeating Hawthorn on Monday, Geelong has suddenly got its own curse and that is the big man department with tall forward and ruckman Josh Walker expected to miss at least the next month with a shoulder injury. Walker suffered the shoulder injury late in the Cats win over Williamstown in

UNLUCKY Geelong forward Daniel Menzel appears likely to make his return from injury against Sandringham on Sunday week and the venue is likely to be switched to Skilled Stadium following problems with the Trevor Barker Beach Oval surface. It would mean that the Cats would swap their later meeting with the Zebras to Sandy’s home

IT will be interesting to see how season 2013 plays out for the Cats. Most had them pencilled in for a mouth-watering preliminary final clash with Hawthorn in September last year but they were beaten by a more determined Fremantle side.

  Guest contributor RowdyOne continues his series looking at each club’s best 22 players for the upcoming 2013 season.   Key Personnel Questions for the Cats: Can Tom Hawkins build on his 2012 campaign and push himself into elite status with another 60 plus goal season? Geelong added three “name” recruits to their list during the off-season

GEELONG has defeated a gutsy North Melbourne by 12 points in their round three NAB Cup encounter at Simonds Stadium, removing the Roos’ chance of a pre-season grand final appearance

PREMIERSHIP stars Harry Taylor and Jimmy Bartel led Geelong to a commanding 63-point victory over a disappointing Adelaide outfit in their NAB Cup clash at Simonds Stadium yesterday afternoon

THE Geelong Football Club has announced that Trent West will miss the rest of this year’s NAB Cup after he underwent minor knee surgery earlier today. At issue for West was “discomfort with his knee” and the club opted for an arthroscope procedure to address the issue. Also on Football Nation: What we learnt NAB Cup

HAWTHORN could be in for a bonus with Geelong star Steve Johnson set to miss its round one encounter after receiving a one-match ban for striking by the Match Review Panel. Johnson made contact with his swinging right arm to Fremantle tagger Hayden Ballantyne during the NAB Cup clash at Patersons Stadium on Sunday. He

WITH seconds remaining in the game against West Coast and a supergoal required to snatch a victory, Geelong captain Joel Selwood delivered the goods with a snap shot at goal under heavy pressure. Also on Football Nation: NAB Cup Scores (West Coast v Geelong v Fremantle) And full credit to the whole team for fighting

THE Geelong Football Club will have to wait a few more weeks to see new recruit Hamish McIntosh in action after the club revealed that their new ruckman has had surgery to remove fluid from the back of his knee. “He (McIntosh) had minor surgery this week which should only keep him out for two

GEELONG chief Brian Cook believes AFL clubs should know if its own players are taking drugs when reaching a second strike so that it can help them with support. Speaking after the inaugural drugs summit this week, Cook said the club should be able to find out in any case – not just if it

GEELONG midfielder Jackson Sheringham is hoping that being a year older in the AFL system and being able to get a glance into the senior team in his debut season will help him become a much more consistent player this year. Sheringham has been one that has been reportedly dominating at training over the pre-season

FOR those that remember James Podsiadly’s playing days as skipper of Werribee in the VFL, a touted move to defence in 2013 wouldn’t come at all as a surprise. In fact, it was the move that was thrown up in a team meeting with then Werribee coach Simon Atkins in 2008 that perhaps propelled him

FROM a VFL premiership medal to now embarking on a leadership role at Melbourne, Shannon Byrnes says he is now training himself how to speak more in order to become an influential member of the on-field brigade. Byrnes, a premiership player at the Cats, made the move as a free agent to the Demons after

  JOSH Caddy’s timely inclusion into the Geelong midfield is expected to help keep the Cats in the top echelon of teams competing for a flag in 2013. In a season touted to be one of the most even in the history, the Cats have replenished their list over the pre-season adding young gun caddy

LIST season is in full swing and we continue our end of the year top five series with a a look back on the year that was and give you our opinion on the Top 5 Rivalries of the 2012 AFL season. 1. Eddie McGuire v Mick Malthouse – Expect their to be an army-like

The end of the year is upon us and as we get ready to reset our calendars for 2013 we take a look back on the year that was and give you our opinion on the top 5 games of the 2012 AFL season.   5.  Elimination final – Geelong v Fremantle Fremantle 14.12 (96)

YOUNG Geelong forward Daniel Menzel has injured his reconstructed left knee at training and is set to miss the club’s Falls Creek training camp. “Dan had a minor mishap at training … and we just wanted to make sure that the best treatment was available for him back in Geelong, so he’s stayed back there,” said Geelong’s

WE take a club by club look at this year’s draft and, where we have them, we link to our prospect profiles for more details and video of individual players

LIKE every other news outlet we can’t help but take advantage of the cats and dogs puns as the Western Bulldogs have announced this morning that retired Geelong premiership players Matthew Scarlett and Cameron Mooney will join the club as part-time specialist coaches for next season. The pair, representing over 500 games of experience over

FOOTBALL NATION brings you the full list of retirements and delistings – club by club – and as they come to hand for

HIGHLY-regarded Geelong chief executive Brian Cook has turned down an offer from North Melbourne to become their CEO. The Roos have been in the market for a new chief executive after Eugene Arocca quit the post back in June but in news released today Cook has knocked back the offer that would have apparently paid him $1 million

THE  Hawthorn Football Club have continued an active off-season announcing this afternoon that they have signed former Geelong footballer Jonathan Simpkin via delisted Free Agency. Speaking of the pick-up of Simpkin, Hawthorn’s Recruiting and List Manager Graham Wright was positive about the move. “Jonathan has just turned 25 and had an outstanding finals series for

              ROUND   DATE OPPONENT VENUE   TIME 1 Monday, April 1 Hawthorn MCG Away 3.15pm 2 Sunday, April 7 North Melbourne Etihad Stadium Home 1.10pm 3 Saturday, April 13 Carlton Etihad Stadium Home 7.40pm 4 Friday, April 19 Sydney Swans SCG Away 7.50pm 5 Saturday, April 27 Western

AFTER an initial flurry of player movements in the AFL’s inaugural free agency period, it had been quiet for a few days until this afternoon when the Geelong Football Club announced that  they had signed defender Jared Rivers as free agent from Melbourne. Rivers, 28, was linked to Geelong early in the free agency period

Since late September we have been reporting that Geelong was making a play for North Melbourne ruckman Hamish McIntosh to bolster its ruck stocks. Talk of the tie-up with the Cats had even been confirmed by McIntosh’s manager Tom Petroro who had said that while several clubs had shown interest in the 203cm ruckman, “Geelong are

THE Geelong Football Club has beaten out rival clubs to sign a deal for Gold Coast midfielder Josh Caddy. In an announcement just posted to their website the Cats have announced that they will “send its compensation pick (received for losing Gary Ablett) to Gold Coast, and the clubs will ultimately exchange a number of

ST KILDA has made a strong attempt to snare Gold Coast midfielder Josh Caddy today by offering three draft picks for Caddy and young Suns ruckman Tom Hickey. The Saints offered their compensation pick for the loss of Brendon Goddard (pick 13 overall) along with picks 24 and 34 in this year’s draft, however it is

SEE the full list of all the club best and fairest winners for 2012 here as Sam Mitchell collects his fourth medal at the Hawks

Jordan Bourke Key position prospect, Morningside (QLD) 193cm, 83kg 11/11/1994  GEELONG has opted against taking Bourke as a father-son selection in this year’s draft. Bourke is the son of Cats great Damian. Bourke played a couple of matches for Geelong’s VFL team this season along with Gold Coast. Is a key forward who can play

UNRESTRICTED free agent and two-time Geelong premiership player Shannon Byrnes has become the fifth player to change clubs in the AFL’s free agency era. After 108 games for the Cats the talented forward will don the Melbourne red and blue for 2013. The Demons had made their interest in the 28-year-old forward even before the season was

AFTER telling the Gold Coast Suns he wants to return to Victoria, promising young midfielder Josh Caddy is attracting interest from numerous teams. The former first-round pick will find out where he’ll continue his career as soon as next week, with the AFL Trade Period commencing on October 8. Favourites to secure the 20-year old

NORTH Melbourne is keen to off-load experienced ruckman Hamish McIntosh and Geelong appears set to part with its first round selection for him. The Kangaroos can’t see a future at the club for McIntosh given the ruck mantle has well and truly been handed to Todd Goldstein and there are up and comers such as

GEELONG midfielder Simon Hogan will retire from football after playing in today’s VFL grand final against Port Melbourne. Hogan faced a fight against depression and is still yet to overcome his battles. He is currently working for mental heath organisation, Head Space. He has spent the bulk of the season in the VFL despite being

GEELONG has confirmed that premiership veteran David Wojcinski announced his retirement today in the lead-up to his final game in Cats colours in the VFL grand final against Port Melbourne at Etihad Stadium on Sunday. It is also likely to Shannon Byrnes’ last in Geelong colours as he enters the off-season as a free agent.

SUNDAY’S VFL grand final between Geelong and Port Melbourne is likely to be the last in Cats colours for both premiership veterans David Wojcinski and Shannon Byrnes. Wojcinski is tipped to hang up the boots after 203 AFL games, while Byrnes said he will talk about his playing future after this week’s grand final. It

GEELONG VFL coach Matthew Knights says he wants to stay at the Cats in his development role next season despite speculation leading up to this week’s VFL grand final that he may move elsewhere. Knights said that he is enjoying his role in his first season at the helm, while developing the next breed of

GEELONG wants the AFL to schedule Collingwood or Essendon at the redeveloped Simonds Stadium next season as it undergoes a significant development that will enhance its capacity to 34,000. “I’d like Collingwood to come down, or Essendon,” Cats chief Brian Cook told 3AW. “It would be nice to get them down, but I don’t think

GEELONG premiership players Matthew Scarlett, Joel Corey and David Wojcinski are set to retire as a dominant era in the competition appears all but over. Scarlett has told close friend and former team-mate Cameron Mooney that he will hang up the boots after last night’s 16-point loss to Fremantle which has left Cat fans shell-shocked.

FREMANTLE’S stunning upset of Geelong by 16-points in last night’s epic elimination final has somewhat turned the finals on its head. The Dockers will now meet Adelaide in a semi-final next week with the winner to face Hawthorn at the MCG, the following week in a preliminary final. Coach Ross Lyon was quick to hose

GEELONG has stated that the playing futures of veteran midfielders David Wojcinski and Shannon Byrnes will be made at the end of the season as the duo fight their way into form in the VFL. While it is unlikely they will be handed a senior reprieve during AFL finals, Cats VFL coach Matthew Knights said

GEELONG ruckman Nathan Vardy remains a chance to make a comeback from a serious hip injury against Sydney at Simonds Stadium on Saturday. The club said he pulled up really well from the VFL clash against Williamstown from the weekend. “Vards has done really well,” Geelong physio Mike Snelling told CatsTV on Tuesday. “Everything’s going

GEELONG premiership player Travis Varcoe says there is renewed optimism surrounding Geelong’s aim to win a flag outside the top four as he attempts a comeback into the senior team that appeared at long odds before Saturday. After missing the entire season with stress fractures in his foot, Varcoe said he has been proud to

GEELONG forward Tom Hawkins has transformed from the club supporters punching bag to a home town hero within a season. Although he provided a mammoth effort in last year’s grand final taking several crucial grabs up forward, his kicking at goal let him down dramatically and was perhaps lucky not to cost the club a

GEELONG midfielder Paul Chapman appears to have suffered another calf injury in the Cats 42-point win over St Kilda last night. Chapman had 16 disposals and showed plenty of grunt last night but troubled the club medicos after he limped off the field at the end of the match with what appeared to be a

GEELONG coach Chris Scott was clearly a frustrated man after his teams’ costly five-point loss to West Coast at Patersons Stadium last night. After leading at every change, the Cats blew the game in the final term before attempting to steal the match in the dying minutes. However, Scott was fuming at the umpiring decisions

GEELONG forward Tom Hawkins is in doubt for next week’s clash against St Kilda following a heavy knock in the opening term of the clash against West Coast at Patersons Stadium last night. Hawkins suffered severe concussion and was taken off in a neck brace on a stretcher and consequently subbed out of the match.

BACK-UP Geelong VFL-listed ruckman Andrew Banjanin has been a more than handy figure at the Cats this season in the run home to the finals and may yet play in the September action. Banjanin has been recruited to the team from Werribee to play only if needed when the Cats ruck stocks are down and

GEELONG ruckman Nathan Vardy made an impressive comeback to footy in the VFL against North Ballarat at Eureka Stadium on Saturday. It was his first game of the season after enduring a struggle with a hip injury that threatened his career. Cats VFL skipper Troy Selwood said Vardy was one of the “better players” in

GEELONG coach Chris Scott says he feels his team is improving and is ready to play its best footy at the end of the season. The Cats escaped with a two-point victory over the shell-shocked Hawks last night with Tom Hawkins kicking his sixth goal after the siren to save the match. Hawkins kicked the

REIGNING premier Geelong proved last night that it has one last punch left in the tank after demolishing Essendon by 67-points at Etihad Stadium. Certainly the critics were out during the week including Collingwood premiership coach Mick Malthouse, who assumed the Cats couldn’t make the finals this season with a tough run home. It was

PROMISING Geelong midfielder Jesse Stringer has been hit with a club-imposed sanction for the rest of the season after breaching the clubs’ off-field protocol. Stringer, 21, will be eligible to play VFL from Round 18 but has been banned by the club for the rest of the AFL season. The Cats released a statement today

AFTER the completion of the 2012 AFL season the league will be revolutionised by the introduction of free agency. For eligible players this will give them the ability to leave their current club, bypassing the draft and trade periods, and essentially pick their next employer themselves. For the AFL, this will be an unprecedented change. In the lead

GEELONG veteran midfielder David Wojcinski is a strong chance to return for his 200th AFL match against Carlton on Friday nightat Etihad Stadium. Wojcinski, who was banned for three matches following the heavy hit on Melbourne-bound youngster Jack Viney by the VFL tribunal, is now free to play and could perhaps be a valuable return

GEELONG is still coming to terms with the prospect of rising youngster Daniel Menzel suffering another suspected ACL injury on return from nine months out of the game against North Ballarat at Simonds Stadium yesterday. And midfielder Allen Christensen was also taken to hospital for precautionary scans on his neck and collarbone after a collision

GEELONG forward Daniel Menzel has suffered another knee injury in the third term of today’s VFL clash against North Ballarat at Simonds Stadium. Menzel was stretchered off and appeared shattered at what could be another ACL injury. It was his return match from the ACL injury he suffered in a qualifying final against Hawthorn last

UPDATE: GEELONG veteran David Wojcinski accepted a one match ban for a striking charge on Melbourne-bound youngster Jack Viney in Saturday’s curtain raiser between Geelong and the Casey Scorpions at Simonds Stadium. Wojcinski, who was not initially reported, was cited on trial by video by AFL Victoria and was subsequently offered the ban today but has also

THE Easter Monday matchup between Hawthorn and Geelong is shaping up to be a blockbuster with Hawks big man Jarryd Roughead set to play

STAR Geelong defender Matthew Scarlett has been rubbed out for three weeks for a punch that laid out Fremantle’s Hayden Ballantyne

MATTHEW Scarlett, the 15 year player, veteran of two premiership winning squads and 6-time all Australian, faces a likely suspension after swinging at (and collecting) Fremantle’s Hayden Ballantyne

JOEL Selwood has continued the recent trend of signing a five year contract after it was announced by the Geelong Football Club that they had extended the contract of their new captain through to the end of 2017.  This marks the fourth five year contract announced over the last week, the others being Sam Reid (Sydney

WE continue our season preview in a pocket series in the lead up to the 2012 AFL season with the team that we predict will finish in second position. And that is Geelong

SYDNEY’S dual Brownlow medalist Adam Goodes has been given a one match suspension, Geelong’s Josh Hunt, charged for a sling tackle, out for two

GEELONG Billie Smedts is the obvious one. He has had a terrific pre-season and ready to step up. Already one of the favourites for the Rising Star. Joel Selwood will thrive with the captaincy. Mitch Duncan is an improving midfielder. He should cement his spot. And we love Orren Stephenson. He will be a regular

IT will be all one way traffic for some AFL clubs in Round 20 according to punters as Geelong and Collingwood share the lowest odds of the season against Gold Coast and Port Adelaide respectively. The Cats are at $1.01 to defeat the Suns at Skilled Stadium tomorrow and the visitors have blown out to

GEELONG veteran Cameron Mooney will be tested on return in the AFL over the next fortnight and is expected to be named as soon as this week’s clash against Melbourne. Mooney has spent the past two months in the VFL in order to regain form and fitness following a chronic knee injury that has hampered

GEELONG has praised midfielder Simon Hogan for working back into AFL contention so rapidly after spending two months out of the game dealing with depression. Hogan made his return against the Brisbane Lions last week but was dropped ahead of this week’s clash against Richmond only to make way for some returning senior experience. Geelong

GEELONG forward Tom Hawkins is likely to be recalled for Friday night’s clash against the West Coast Eagles following a season-ending injury to young forward Mitch Brown. Hawkins was among the best in the VFL for the Cats on the weekend and is likely to receive a call-up ahead of Cats veteran Cameron Mooney. Cats

GEELONG forward Cameron Mooney continued to gain match fitness and form in the VFL against the Northern Bullants on Saturday at Skilled Stadium. Mooney gathered 13 disposals and six marks but was held goal-less. However, the 31-year-old had the chance to kick the winning goal late in the final term but missed from 20 metres

GEELONG midfielder Simon Hogan made a successful return to football in the VFL on Saturday since his admission that he was suffering from depression. The 22-year-old, who has been receiving treatment in a designated welfare program for a mental health issue, is back on track and could be a surprise inclusion to the league leaders

GEELONG veteran Cameron Mooney showed plenty of signs to suggest that he wasn’t ready to pull the pin just yet on his career after an impressive display in the VFL against Werribee yesterday. The 31-year-old rebuilt some lost confidence in his body with two goals and eight marks over around three quarters of game time

TONIGHT’S match between Geelong and Carlton will have huge ramifications on the Blues top four prospects.  Our roving reporter DANIEL PAPROTH previews the match and reveals who to watch in Supercoach points tonight. GEELONG v CARLTON, Tonight at Etihad Stadium WE had the clash of the ladder leaders last week, and again on a Friday

GEELONG won a thriller against Collingwood on Friday night by three-points to assume the mantle once more. But the Magpies are hoping it is the loss they need to have. The Cats were exceptional and Tom Harley described it well on Channel Seven’s broadcast when he said that the Cats “out Collingwood Collingwood” . They

GEELONG forward Cameron Mooney could be dropped for Friday night’s blockbuster against Collingwood at the MCG. The Cats have a strengthened line-up that is set to include Steve Johnson, who is likely to return for the clash. The only serious Cats injury is to Shannon Byrnes. Mooney, who has been out of form and struggling

INJURY-plagued Geelong defender Marcus Drum’s career is in doubt after suffering yet another quad injury just minutes into his comeback VFL match against North Ballarat at Skilled Stadium yesterday. Drum, who was recruited by Fremantle at pick no.10 six years ago, has not played a senior game at the Cats since joining them in 2009 because

GEELONG appear likely to take a cautious approach on concussed midfielder Joel Selwood after he was knocked out in a sickening collision against St Kilda on Friday night. But the big names – including Gold Coast skipper Gary Ablett, NRL convert Karmichael Hunt, Western Bulldogs defender Brian Lake and Hawthorn captain Luke Hodge – are expected to be

GEELONG skipper Cameron Ling and Paul Chapman are set to bolster a battered Cats team for Saturday’s clash against Fremantle at Paterson’s Stadium after getting through unscathed in a VFL practice match in Ballarat yesterday. The dual premiership stars played around 80 per cent of game time against North Ballarat at Eureka Stadium and were

GEELONG overcame a slow start to win by 11-points against Carlton at Visy Park on Saturday. In other NAB Challenge matches, North Melbourne won by 13-points over the Western Bulldogs, Fremantle won by nine-points over West Coast, Port Adelaide thrashed Greater Western Sydney by 95-points, Sydney won by 31-points over St Kilda and Hawthorn won

GEELONG key play maker Paul Chapman and skipper Cameron Ling are in doubt for the sizzling season opener against St Kilda next Saturday week.   Ling aggravated a hamstring complaint three weeks ago, while Chapman has been struggling with groin soreness and the Cats were fearful of playing him in a practice match because of his poor history with soft

A RAFT of stars will return for this week’s NAB Challenge matches including Geelong’s Jimmy Bartel and Paul Chapman, Brisbane Lions forward Jonathan Brown and West Coast’s Daniel Kerr. While the talk will surround Friday night’s blockbuster between Essendon and Collingwood, the array of practice matches will keep AFL pundits informed about what’s making news. Already

GEELONG’S Steve Johnson and Joel Selwood led the way in the Cats dominance against North Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs in the NAB Cup triple header on Sunday. The Cats, who had been the last three grand finals before last year, made a statement that they clearly want to remain in the top echelon of

DELISTED Brisbane Lions midfielder Troy Selwood hopes to re-ignite his AFL career alongside his brother Joel at Geelong if he maintains an injury free year with the Cats VFL team. While delisted Hawthorn ruckman Wayde Skipper has signed with Port Melbourne with an attempt to resurrect his career for a third time after being axed just three months

FORMER Brisbane Lions premiership player Chris Scott is the new Geelong coach after winning the role ahead of highly-favoured assistants Ken Hinkley and Brenton Sanderson. Scott, whose brother Brad coaches at North Melbourne, is regarded as the best fit for the Cats in a process that was narrowed down to three over the weekend before

GEELONG”S Jeremy Laider requested for a trade to Carlton to seek further opportunities to play in the senior team. The list that keeps extending day by day that has left Geelong in the past three years ensures it is an end of an era at the Cats after two flags. Laidler has been exposed to

GOLD Coast assistant coach Ken Hinkley is tipped to become the new Geelong coach if Mark Thompson quits as coach as expected this week. Hinkley, who is a former Cats player, is likely to be persuaded to be interviewed despite declining an offer from Port Adelaide back in August. Hinkley is seen as the white knight