Cats yet to commit to final list spot

SIX fresh new faces will call Geelong home in season 2023 following a memorable AFL draft, with a seventh name to be determined, if at all, according to the Cats’ recruiting manager.

Geelong picked up Queenscliff product Jhye Clark and Phoenix Foster last week, as well as Oisin Mullen, who arrived in Geelong from Ireland.

The Cats then picked up Geelong Falcons including father-son prospect Osca Riccardi, defender Oscar Murdoch, and Ted Clohesy as a Category B Rookie.

The selections now leave the Cats and its recruiting manager Stephen Wells with one spot to fill if they decide to go down that path.

“We’ll go away and assess what we do with that one list spot,” Wells said.

“It doesn’t have to be used; we don’t have to pick someone.

“We can pick someone at the end of the mid-season period, where we can decide then if there is a player who’s on the scene we’d like to pick up, or even at the end of the pre-season we could sign a player and put him on our list if we decided to go that way.

“But at the moment the plan is to leave that spot free.”

Wells emphasised the Cats were excited with their draft selection, with and felt the new players complement edthe squad as a whole.

“I think they complement the good young players we already have at the club,” Wells said.

“We obviously hope they all develop into really good AFL players but over the last few years we’ve brought in plenty of good young players in a variety of positions around the ground and these guys we’ve brought in, they’ve all shown characteristics and the completeness and desire and coachability that we like in young players.

“But they’re good footballers too and can play in a number of different positions.”