Cats legend to play match for NT club

AFL legend Gary Ablett Jr will play a game for Northern Territory Football League side Palmerston Football Club in November.

The NT News has reported the dual Brownlow Medallist and eight-time All-Australian will play against St Mary’s at Cazalys Arena on 18 November.

The former Geelong and Gold Coast superstar will also be part of an official Palmerston club function.

Palmerston said in a club statement on its Facebook page, “To have Gary and family here as part of the football community is a massive coup for the club, and so exciting for our NTFL competition.”

Ablett called time on his decorated AFL career after Geelong’s grand final loss to Richmond in 2020.

The champion midfielder played 357 games for the Cats and Suns, winning two premierships with the former and a total of six best and fairest awards.

Magpies product and Ablett’s former Geelong teammate, Matthew Stokes, is said to have organised the game.

Former Carlton and Adelaide small forward Eddie Betts played for Palmerston in July.

– BY ALEX ZAIA/ SEN