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The VFL Cats have finalised their list of 21 VFL listed players and announced a development squad of 6 players for the 2014 season.

Former St Kilda key position player Jay Lever, St Joseph’s midfielder Kieren Paliouras and South Barwon forward Jordie Duncan have joined James Linton, Kane Leersen, Luke Bath, Cameron Tudor, Fraser Fort and Chris Lynch on the list of new recruits for the upcoming VFL season.

The three new recruits have been joined in the final squad by speedster Dane McFarlane who will return for his 2nd season at state level after playing 7 matches for the Cats in 2013. McFarlane was selected as the Cats 23rd player in the 2013 Qualifying Final and narrowly missed out on selection in the Grand Final.

McFarlane is one of 12 players who have been retained from the 2013 Geelong VFL squad.

Former Geelong Falcon Jay Lever signed on with the Cats after an impressive pre-season with the VFL Cats. Lever 20, was delisted by the Saints at the end of the 2013 season after two years at the club. In that time he played 22 VFL senior matches and 12 VFL Development League matches with the St Kilda aligned Sandringam Zebras.

The 200cm key former Geelong Falcon will line up with South Barwon when not required by the Cats.

St Joseph’s midfielder Kieren Paliouras is another former Geelong Falcon player to join the Cats with VFL experience. Paliouras, played 2 VFL senior and 25 VFL Development League matches in two seasons (2011-2012) with the Werribee Tigers. Paliouras 21, returned to his home club St Joseph’s in 2013 and was part of all –conquering GFL interleague side.

2013 GFL premiership forward Jordan Duncan will join a number of his South Barwon teammates at the Cattery. At the age of only 20, Duncan has all already played in 3 senior level premierships – two with the Horsham Demons (Wimmera Football League) & one with South Barwon. Duncan who booted 43 goals in the GFL last season is eligible to play 5 matches with the Cats as a 23rd player.  
As has been the case for the past couple of seasons, the Cats have named a development squad of six players.

Brant Haintz (St Joseph’s), Tom Atkins (St Joseph’s), James Darke (Torquay), Paul Burchell (Torquay), Callen Wade (St Mary’s) and Steve Bensted (Drysdale) will all continue to train with the Cats throughout the 2014 season.

Wade was a member of last year’s development squad and went on to play 3 matches with the VFL Cats during the 2013 season before succumbing to a hip injury. Other development squad members Lachlan Howe and Dyson Bell-Warren were also elevated and played senior VFL football in 2013.

Howe who was the Cats 23rd player for the VFL Grand Final is one of four members of the 2013 squad who have signed with other VFL clubs in 2014. Melbourne based Howe recently signed with Collingwood VFL and was jojned on the list of VFL ‘transfers’ by Piers Flanagan (Sandringham Zebras), Tom Gribble (Werribe Tigers) and Sandy Robinson (Port Melbourne).

Other outgoing members from the 2013 squad are Troy Selwood (retirement), Jaxson Barham (overseas), Robert Condy (coaching – St Mary’s GFL), Dyson Bell-Warren (overseas), Jai Sheahan, Mitch Fisher and Ben Capra.

The Cats first official practice match is on Friday the 7th of March against the North Ballarat Roosters at 3,40pm. The match will be a curtain raiser to the Geelong Cats Vs North Melbourne AFL practice match.
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Source - geelongcats.com.au

Noticed in one of the Geelong tweets that the Cats have dropped their VFL membership options, so that Geelong supporters will be required to purchase an AFL membership which I assume how it works for other AFL clubs?

Would be a gun recruit for Bendigo Gold if Pods is still keen to play at VFL level. It would also be good to see him return to the 'bees.

Numbers and Interchange Clubs):
50- Dom Gleeson (Koroit)
51- Troy Selwood (Newtown & Chilwell),
52- Jack Hollmer (Lara),
53- Jaxson Barham (Lorne),
54- Piers Flanagan (Newtown & Chilwell),
55- Jai Sheahan (Newtown & Chilwell),
56- Mitch Fisher (South Barwon)
57- Mark Corrigan (South Barwon),
58- Robert Condy (St Mary’s),
59- Tom Maas (South Barwon),
60- Matthew Sully (Newtown & Chilwell),
61- Ben Raidme (South Barwon),
62- Daniel Measures (Queenscliff),
63- Zak Sherman (St Mary’s),
64- Andrew Banjanin (St Mary’s),
65- Daniel Gibbs (Queenscliff),
66- Ryley Hall (Grovedale),
67- Tom Gribble (Geelong West-St Peter’s),
68- Ben Capra (St Joseph’s),
69-Dane McFarlane (Modewarre),
70- Mitch Herbison (South Barwon)

Im trying to figure out how many games Phil Read played for geelong vfl side in 2007? since theirs no vfl stats site, i see he didnt play in the 2007 grand final team?

any help would be great
Cheers

Geelong VFL Side are taking on the AIS-AFL Academy team at MCG tomorrow at 4:20pm. It is a curtain raiser to Richmond vs Collingwood game. Gates Open at 4pm.

From this morning's Advertiser..
GEELONG 2011 VFL LIST
Matthew Firman (ex-Essendon/Belconnen); Troy Selwood (ex-Brisbane Lions); Jackson Hollmer (Lorne); Jaxson Barham (ex-Collingwood); Andrew McLean (St Mary's); Mitch Cuthill (Bell Park); Casey Tutungi (Lorne); Mark Corrigan (South Barwon); Jackson Sheringham (Bell Park); Tom Maas (South Barwon); Anthony Biemans (South Barwon) Ben Raidme (Grovedale); Jack Shannahan (Lara); Garreth Phillips (Ruperstwood); Anthony Elliott (Lara); Mitchell Fisher (Geelong Falcons/Modewarre); Isaac Baker (Geelong Falcons/Torquay)

Congratulations! Well deserved after years of good footy at VFL level.

DANIEL O'Keefe hopes Geelong's track record of drafting from its VFL list will be his best chance at a second crack at AFL footy.

The 21-year-old has signed to play with the Cats' VFL side this season in a bid to resurrect an AFL career cut down by injuries after three years at Sydney.

He will be joined by de-listed rookie Bryn Weadon, who has also signed up with the Cats, while the South Barwon flavour to the coaching staff will also be increased this year. Three-time premiership captain Warwick Knuckey will join his former Swans coach Dale Amos, now Cats VFL coach, at Geelong this year, after accepting an assisting coaching job with the team.

O'Keefe was overlooked in December's rookie draft after training with Geelong before Christmas, but believed playing VFL footy at Skilled Stadium this year would give him the best opportunity to get back to the highest level.

"After the rookie draft I had a few decisions to make, but it's good to have it sorted now and be able to get back into it," O'Keefe said.

"I had five or six VFL club (offers) to choose from, but I wanted to live in Geelong so that cut it down to a couple, and I thought Geelong would give me the best opportunities (to get back into the AFL).

"I was definitely disappointed (not to be rookie-listed) after training there for a couple of months, but if you look at Ben Johnson and Podsy (James Podsiadly), they both got picked up from the VFL list, so it's the best opportunity and hopefully it all works."

O'Keefe, who is back at home in Warrnambool, said he hoped to join full training when the VFL squad resumed next week, despite his knee injury flaring up again.

"Towards the end of my training at Geelong before Christmas the knee started to swell up and had a bit of fluid there, but apart from that it's not too bad," he said.

"I'm not in full training yet, but I'm not far off it.

"My first aim is to play every game for Geelong in the VFL, knock that over, have an injury-free year and just play some consistent footy."

Link here:

http://www.gfc.com.au/Portals/0/cats_docs/VFL_AFL_fixture.pdf

Quote:Richie Pace & Ben Waller
5:14 PM Tue 01 December, 2009
James Podsiadly

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Geelong will have three curtain raisers at Skilled Stadium, in rounds 4, 6 and 10 of the AFL season. The Cats will also play twice at Skilled ahead of AFL night matches at Etihad Stadium - rounds 12 and 20.

Overall the Cats will have 10 Saturday games and eight Sundays. Other highlights include:

First ever night match at Casey Fields in the opening game, and maiden VFL games at Victoria Park, Gold Coast and Craigieburn. Stand alone games in AFL rounds 16 & 18 when the Cats senior team plays interstate Nathan Ablett and the Gold Coast return to Skilled Stadium on 31 July in a stand alone encounter.
Click here to see a combined Geelong VFL and AFL fixture