AFLW AFLW 2023 - Geelong & the greater league

[winty]

And so it begins for another season...

 

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[winty]

Going by these responses, will we be seeing a massive positional change this season?

 

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[winty]

Agree with Nathan Burke and the girls here. Not sure why they can't continue to expand the length of the season over the next few years until it mirrors what's happening in the AFL.

 

[winty]

Happy birthday Rachel!

 

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[Geminicatz01]

Geel Addy​

Massive’ Geelong fan Kate Surman settles in to the Cats​

Recruit Kate Surman was lost for words when she met one of her idols in her first day at Geelong. And the new Cat is ready to get emotional for the hoops.

A mad Geelong fan who is now properly a Cat, Kate Surman is feeling “even extra heartiness” as her old club becomes her new club.
Traded in to Geelong from Port Adelaide after last season as the Cats continued to pursue classy forward-half players, Surman is reliving the passion that made her a “massive” fan of the hoops growing up.

On one of her first days inside GMHBA Stadium, she ran into Tom Hawkins

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Tom Hawkins

Age

36

Ht

197cm

Wt

105kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.2

3star

K

7.9

3star

HB

4.4

3star

M

5.5

5star

T

1.9

4star

G

2.1

5star

D

12.7

3star

K

8.6

3star

HB

4.1

3star

M

5.1

5star

T

2.1

3star

G

1.6

5star

D

7.8

2star

K

5.6

3star

HB

2.2

2star

M

4.2

4star

T

1.0

3star

G

2.2

5star

and the bubbly Surman was in a rare position of being lost for words.

“Literally in my head I was like ‘please don’t introduce me because I am not ready’,” she said.

Surman played 10 games with the Power after 26 with Gold Coast but she is expecting a whole new emotion when she plays her first game for the Cats.

“It sounds lame, but I will probably cry. I will have a little tear,” she said.

“There is a massive connection to this club, because being a pretty hearty supporter, that heartiness has definitely come back.

“Being a big supporter you are quite attached to the club and now … I have even extra heartiness if that makes sense.”

Surman was relieved on Thursday night as she and her teammates went along to see Geelong defeat Melbourne.


The recruit had been to a few male games since joining the club, but they had all been losses so she thought she was becoming bad luck.

Surman was caught commuting between Queensland and Adelaide last year and when the Ballarat native decided it was time to return to Victoria, there was only one club on her mind.

“I thought, ‘I wonder if I can go play for Geelong?’,” she said.

“I was lucky that I went to Geelong and I think it is all fate because they are actually missing somebody like me in that forward half, so it is not just that I want to come here but they needed me as well.”

Surman will take over the No.7 jumper next season, with Irish recruits Anna-Rose Kennedy and Aishling Moloney to wear 18 and 45 respectively, while Erin Hoare will return to her old No.46.

Surman should be set to play in round 1 despite breaking her hand while attempting a smother at training recently.

A physio by trade, Surman quickly had surgery and is due to start running again on Monday.

 

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[winty]

Good to see Maddie get another crack at AFLW.

 

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[winty]

Good to see some of the girls looking to expand their horizons by undertaking coaching and development duties across the region.

Darby’s Developing Role

There are a number of current and former Cats in coaching roles, as the league celebrates Women's Coaching Month

www.geelongcats.com.au

 

[winty]

Looking forward to the rest of this series.

Step Two Episode 1

Episode 1 of Step Two follows the beginning of Geelong's Season 7 campaign, and the heartbreak and new endeavour that fuelled an early spark. Proudly Presented by Deakin University.

www.geelongcats.com.au

 

[cats_09]

Bring on Round 5

 

[winty]

Let the complaints commence...

 

[cats_09]

Let the complaints commence...

You mean we could actually see a final at KP

 

[winty]

You mean we could actually see a final at KP

And the Grand Final as well!

Imagine the salt if we managed to earn a home grand final, and we were playing one of the big four.

 

[winty]

Interesting they've fixtured a match on the morning of Grand Final day.

 

[goyoucatters]

If we are going to be any good this season, that is an astoundingly friendly fixture to work with, considering we missed the top four in 2022 by half a game.

Half of our games are against teams that didn't make the finals last season.

Our only interstate games are against the teams that finished second-last and last.

We have half of our games actually 'at home'.

One of our away games is at what could (at worst) be considered a neutral venue.

When you consider all of that, we certainly won't be able to count our draw as a reason for underperforming this time around.

 

[dazbroncos]

Interesting they've fixtured a match on the morning of Grand Final day.

Thats shit by the AFL.

I get that they want to get the season in a timeframe.... but GF day..

Really?

Thats effed up.

Local leagues avoid GF day FFS

GO Catters

 

[cats_09]

Do I spy a new coach, potentially working with our forwards - could be a handy addition, pic 4

 

[PzBlinky]

Do I spy a new coach, potentially working with our forwards - could be a handy addition, pic 4

Looks like that was something you weren't meant to see? Who was it?

 

[cats_09]

Looks like that was something you weren't meant to see? Who was it?

Grrr, hate when they do that, but it's still on Twitter/X

Rohan working with the team

 

[Turbocat]

Do I spy a new coach, potentially working with our forwards - could be a handy addition, pic 4

Who is ist?. I cant see anything