THE WHO’S WHO OF CATS TURNED ROOS
... AND VICE VERSA
BRAD SHOLL
UNABLE to move out of the shadows of his brother Craig at Arden St, Sholl was included in the Robert Scott trade at the end of 1994 and had an immediate impact at Geelong, playing every game of the 1995 season, including the Grand Final loss to Carlton. The following season he finished second behind Garry Hocking in the club best-and-fairest award and came seventh in the Brownlow Medal. He finished with 169 games at the Cats, bringing his career tally to 171.
LEIGH TUDOR
THE man whose left foot snap in the 1994 preliminary final — incidentally between Geelong and North Melbourne — was responsible for finding Gary Ablett in the goalsquare in what was one of the most dramatic ends to an AFL final of all time. Tudor managed just eight games for the Kangaroos before being traded to the Cats, where he added a further 60, including the ’94 and ’95 Grand Finals. Has been an assistant coach at both clubs and was at the helm for Geelong’s 2007 VFL premiership.
HAMISH McINTOSH
ONE of several ruckmen to find their way to Geelong in the post-Brad Ottens era, McIntosh battled with injuries at the Cats after 107 games with North Melbourne. The number 9 draft pick from the 2002 draft was a prominent figure in Geelong’s push for a flag in 2014, playing 19 matches, but a string of injuries the following year forced him into retirement.
KENT KINGSLEY
INITIALLY drafted to Port Adelaide, Kingsley found his way to Arden St, where he managed 12 games, before a trade landed him at the Cats at the end of 2000. He became a permanent fixture in Geelong’s attack, where he established himself as a strong marking forward. He won the leading goalkicking award four years in a row, between 2002 and 2005, and booted 227 majors in 110 matches for the Cats before being moved on just before them winning their droughtbreaking premiership in 2007, and ultimately finished his career at Richmond.
JOHN MOSSOP
OFTEN referred to as the bloke who kicked seven goals in the 1981 qualifying final win against Collingwood, Mossop arrived at Geelong in the late ’70s and went on to win the 1982 Carji Greeves Medal. He was a prolific tap ruckman at the Cats in an era that included champions such as Simon Madden and Peter Moore, but a knee injury in 1985 hampered his athletic attributes. He spent two seasons at North Melbourne in 1987 and 1988 before calling time on a career that saw him play 134 games with Geelong and 37 at the Roos.
DARREN STEELE
CAME to Geelong via North Melbourne as part of the same trade that brought Liam Pickering and Leigh Tudor to the Cats at the end of 1992. Unlike that pair, though, Steele had already forged a career for the Roos, notching 119 matches as a tough defender. Had two seasons with Geelong, playing 18 games.
CAMERON THURLEY
ONLY managed 12 career games — seven at Geelong in 2005 and five at the Kangaroos in 2006 — before going home to Tasmania. The small forward made headlines in 2013 when he fell down a flight of stairs at a Hobart hotel, which left him in an induced coma for 23 days.