From the Geelong Advertiser
Reported by Bradley Green
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GEELONG ended its VFL season with a gallant loss against premiership favourites North Ballarat on Saturday.
AKER, your next 'dribbler' is waiting for you.
Geelong will host ladder leaders Williamstown in the VFL at Skilled Stadium on Sunday, with Bulldog Jason Akermanis set for another close-checking opponent.
Draftees stand tall in VFL loss
GEELONG'S 2009 crop of draftees have shown some promising signs, despite the Cats' VFL loss to Sandringham yesterday.
Last year's fourth-round pick, Josh Cowan, was Geelong's best in a 39-point loss to the Zebras at Trevor Barker Beach oval.
POTENTIAL senior opportunities clearly inspired Geelong's reserves players as they pulled off a stunning upset win against reigning VFL premier North Ballarat.
Trent West starred for the Cats in their 12.10 (82) to 10.13 (73) victory at Ballarat's Eureka Stadium, outpointing gun Roosters ruckman Orren Stephenson and providing a dangerous option when he moved forward.
From Geelong Advertiser
Reported by Nick Wade
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GEELONG will learn today the extent of a knee injury sustained by rookie defender Jack Weston in the Cats' 33-point loss to a beefed-up Collingwood in the VFL on Saturday.
Weston did not take any further part in the game after injuring his knee in the second quarter of the 15.14 (104) to 10.11 (71) loss at Victoria Park.
From the ABC Grandstand website
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A decade after his first stint at an AFL club, Geelong forward James
Podsiadly will this weekend play at the highest level for the first time at
the ripe old age of 28.
Podsiadly will become one of the AFL's oldest debutants of recent times when he takes his place at full-forward against Fremantle at Subiaco Oval on Sunday.
Podsiadly was last year recruited from the VFL by the Cats under the AFL's new mature-age rookie rule, having spent time at Essendon in 2000 and Collingwood in 2002.
He was unable to crack senior games with either club, but Cameron Mooney's suspension means Podsiadly will finally get his chance after getting the nod from coach Mark Thompson.
"Bomber (Thompson) grabbed me in the race and told me that I was playing - it was something that I never thought would happen," Podsiadly told Geelong's website.
From The Sunday Age
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GEELONG'S mature-age forward James Podsiadly appears likely to be elevated from the rookie list and get a chance to play in the early rounds of the season proper after young forward Mitch Brown was recently put on the long-term injury list following a leg injury.
GEELONG mature-age rookie James Podsiadly is a step closer to his long-awaited AFL debut after the Cats yesterday placed young forward Mitch Brown on their long-term injury list.
Podsiadly has firmed as the most likely of Geelong's seven rookies to be elevated if the Cats choose to fill Brown's place on the senior list while he recovers from leg surgery.
