2023 Geelong Football Club season explained

The 2023 Geelong Football Club season was the club's 159th season playing Australian rules football, with the club competing in their 124th season in the Australian Football League (AFL). Geelong also fielded a women's team in the 2023 AFL Women's season, and men's and women's reserves team in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and the VFL Women's (VFLW) respectively.

AFL team

Club:	Geelong Football Club
Season:	2023 AFL
President:	Craig Drummond
Coach:	Chris Scott (13th season)
Captain:	Patrick Dangerfield (1st season)
Homeground:	GMHBA Stadium
Regularseason Comp:	AFL season
Regularseason Result:	10 wins, 12 losses, 1 draw (12th)
Club B&Amp;F:	Best and Fairest
Best And Fairest:	Tom Stewart
Leading Goalscorer:	Jeremy Cameron (53)
Highest Attendance:	86,595 vs. (Round 1)
Lowest Attendance:	19,617 vs. (Round 15)
Average Attendance:	31,271
Club Membership:	82,115^[1] ^[2] ^[3]
Prevseason:	2022
Nextseason:	2024

Season summary

It was the club's thirteenth AFL season under senior coach Chris Scott, with Patrick Dangerfield appointed as club captain, replacing the retired Joel Selwood.^{[4] [5]}

After a poor start to the season, Geelong would become the first reigning premiers to lose their opening three matches since 1976.^[6]

With the debut of Oisín Mullin in just his fourth game of Australian football,^[7] Geelong fielded three Irish players against in round 11, becoming the first club in VFL/AFL history to field three in the same team.^[8]

After losing to in the penultimate round of the season, Geelong were eliminated from finals contention, missing the finals for just the second time in Chris Scott's 13-year tenure.^[9] Geelong joining (2021), (2017) and (2009) as premiers in the last 20 years to miss finals the following season.^[9] A number of injuries to key players was one of the driving reasons behind the club's slide down the ladder.^[10]

Three consecutive losses to end the season saw the club equal its lowest ever finish, ending up in 12th place on the ladder.

Forward Jeremy Cameron would be the club's leading votegetter at the 2023 Brownlow Medal count, polling 13 votes including two best-on-ground matches.^[11]

Pre-season

Geelong defeated in a pre-season scratch match at GMHBA Stadium played over eight periods with both senior and reserves players. The final score was Geelong 31.34 (220) versus Hawthorn 18.25 (133).^{[12] [13]} Geelong also played an official AFL practice match against on 2 March, and were defeated 13.13 (91) versus Geelong's 6.9 (45). Geelong's home-and-away season began on 17 March against at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).

Coaching staff

Chris Scott continued as the club's men's senior coach for a thirteenth season, having signed a two-year contract extension until the end of the 2024 season.^[14] Scott would coach his 300th AFL game in round 15 against, with Geelong winning by 15 points.^{[15] [16]}

Scott would break Reg Hickey's long-standing record of 304 matches as coach of the club, coaching his 305th match in round 20 against .^{[17] [18]}

2023 Geelong coaching staff

Role	Name
Senior coach	Chris Scott
Assistant coach	Nigel Lappin
Assistant coach	Shaun Grigg
Assistant coach	James Kelly
Assistant coach	Shane O'Bree
Head of player development	Matthew Egan
Development coach	Daisy Pearce
Development coach	Josh Jenkins
Ruck coach	Brad Ottens

Playing list

Changes

Deletions from playing list

Player	Reason
	Traded to	^[19]
	Delisted	^[20]
	Retired	^[21]
	Retired	^[22]
	Retired	^[23]
	Delisted	^[24]
	Delisted
	Delisted
	Delisted

Additions to playing list

Player	Acquired
	Traded from	^[25]
	Traded from	^[26]
	Traded from
	8, 2022 national draft
	52, 2022 national draft
	18, 2023 rookie draft
	32, 2023 rookie draft
	Category B rookie	^[27]
	Category B rookie
	7, 2023 mid-season rookie draft	^[28] ^[29] ^[30]

• Francis Evans was subsequently signed by during the 2022 free agency period.
• Quinton Narkle was subsequently selected by in the 2023 mid-season rookie draft after starting the season with in their VFL squad.

Statistics

Updated as at round 24

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^	Denotes player who was on the club's standard rookie list, and therefore eligible for senior selection.
	Denotes Category B rookie where player needed to be elevated to club's senior list during this season to be eligible for senior selection.

Playing list and statistics^{[31] [32]}

Player		Games	Goals	Behinds	Kicks	Handballs	Disposals	Tackles	Marks	Hitouts	Milestone(s)
	30	23	4	1	195	251	446	175	33	0	100th match (round 19)
	24	15	0	1	79	78	157	30	36	0
	46	19	12	7	154	147	301	88	65	202
	12	17	4	6	156	105	261	88	65	0	Club debut (round 2) 100th match (round 24)
	4	19	8	1	176	134	310	92	56	0	Club debut (round 1)
	5	20	53	34	255	66	321	27	114	1
	15	6	0	0	34	42	76	8	21	153
	13	1	0	0	4	2	6	5	0	0	AFL debut (round 9)
	40	1	0	0	2	4	6	1	1	0	AFL debut (round 24)
	45	21	21	6	124	153	277	56	53	0
	6	1	0	0	2	4	6	3	1	24	AFL debut (round 24)
	35	18	11	8	213	156	369	67	59	0
	16	19	0	0	129	105	234	11	86	32
^	28	5	1	3	16	22	38	10	8	0
	22	16	5	5	224	135	359	40	110	0
	19	0
	29	6	0	0	77	57	134	31	25	0
	39	23	3	2	251	120	371	59	128	0
	26	20	49	26	146	68	214	18	91	63
	38	11	4	0	81	37	118	15	47	6
	36	22	41	20	139	86	225	35	82	0	Club debut (round 1)
	9	21	7	5	228	172	400	88	69	0	50th match (round 23)
	10	8	2	3	61	34	95	19	24	0
	8	19	0	3	136	82	218	29	89	0
	25	0
	27	1	0	1	17	10	27	3	6	0
	32	23	7	13	259	179	438	67	108	0	100th match (round 18)
	34	6	0	1	22	27	49	9	12	0	AFL debut (round 11)
^	19	0
	33	3	1	2	9	12	21	9	12	19
	42	22	3	2	186	123	309	68	96	0	100th match (round 14)
	3	9	1	1	58	56	114	50	6	0
	17	16	0	0	93	49	142	22	70	2
^	21	0
	23	15	18	9	89	45	134	35	45	5
	37	6	7	3	26	29	55	7	12	0
	7	22	10	12	326	147	473	36	139	0
	1	13	0	3	78	77	155	32	30	368
	18	19	27	9	146	71	217	42	48	0
	44	22	1	0	408	99	507	43	182	0	Acting captain (rounds 9–12, 15)
	2	20	6	9	248	115	363	32	71	0	150th club match (round 23)
	11	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	AFL debut (round 2)
	20	0

Results

H

Home game
scope=row	A	Away game
scope=row	N	Neutral venue game
scope=row style="background:#ff9; border:1px solid #aaa; width:3em;"	QF	Qualifying final
scope=row style="background:#ccf; border:1px solid #aaa; width:3em;"	PF	Preliminary final
scope=row style="background:gold; border:1px solid #aaa; width:3em;"	GF	Grand Final-->

Table of 2023 AFL season results^[33]

Round	Date	Result	Score			Opponent	Score			Ground		Attendance
1			16	7	103		19	11	125	Melbourne Cricket Ground	H	86,595
2			12	10	82		13	12	90	Melbourne Cricket Ground	A	55,861
3			7	12	54		10	13	73	Heritage Bank Stadium	A	13,122
4			19	13	127		6	9	45	Melbourne Cricket Ground	H	65,355
5			21	10	136		13	11	89	Adelaide Oval	N	30,120
6			20	10	130		5	7	37	GMHBA Stadium	H	23,134
7			20	12	132		16	8	104	Melbourne Cricket Ground	A	67,457
8			14	14	98		11	6	76	GMHBA Stadium	H	21,415
9			11	12	78		16	6	102	Melbourne Cricket Ground	A	58,141
10			11	11	77		16	10	106	Optus Stadium	A	45,811
11			10	14	74		12	9	81	GMHBA Stadium	H	21,349
12			15	7	97		10	15	75	Marvel Stadium	A	41,944
13	Bye
14			11	6	72		16	14	110	Adelaide Oval	A	36,316
15			11	12	78		8	15	63	GMHBA Stadium	H	19,617
16			7	12	54		6	18	54	Sydney Cricket Ground	A	32,098
17			19	11	125		9	9	63	GMHBA Stadium	H	21,066
18			18	14	122		7	3	45	GMHBA Stadium	H	23,185
19			7	11	53		9	10	64	The Gabba	A	32,586
20			9	10	64		10	11	71	GMHBA Stadium	H	21,619
21			14	13	97		12	13	85	GMHBA Stadium	H	21,279
22			15	11	101		16	13	109	Melbourne Cricket Ground	A	78,749
23			8	7	55		12	16	88	Marvel Stadium	A	40,103
24			11	13	79		16	8	104	GMHBA Stadium	H	20,533

Awards

League awards

• Tom Wills Award: Tom Hawkins (Round 7 vs)^[34]
• AFLPA 22 Under 22 team: Sam De Koning (Defence)^{[35] [36]}
• All-Australian: Tom Stewart^{[37] [38]}

Club Awards

• Carji Greeves Medal

Tom Stewart (135 votes)^{[39] [40]}

• Best Young Player Award: Ollie Henry
• Tom Harley Best Clubman: Tom Atkins
• Carter Family Community Champion Award: Tom Stewart

VFL team

Club:	Geelong Football Club
Season:	2023 VFL
President:	Craig Drummond
Coach:	Mark Corrigan (1st season)
Captain:	Angus Byrne (1st season)
Home Ground:	GMHBA Stadium
Regularseason Comp:	VFL
Regularseason Result:	8 wins, 9 losses, 1 draw (13th)
Club B&Amp;F:	Best and Fairest
Best And Fairest:	Jye Chalcraft

Season summary

2022 VFL premiers coach Mark Corrigan was appointed as coach of Geelong's VFL team in October 2022, replacing Shane O'Bree who had been promoted to the club's AFL program.^[41] Corrigan had previously played with the club from 2011 to 2014 and was a member of the club's 2012 VFL premiership team. Angus Byrne was appointed as captain, with Tom Feely and Daniel Capiron as vice-captains.^[42]

Jye Chalcraft would win his second successive Geelong VFL best and fairest award, polling 163 votes after appearing in all 18 matches. Vice-captain Daniel Capiron would finish in second place, with Ted Clohesy rounding out the top three placegetters.

Results

H

Home game
scope=row	A	Away game

Table of season results^[43]

Round	Date	Result	Score			Opponent	Score			Ground
1	24 March		12	13	85		10	9	69	Princes Park	A
2	2 April		11	9	75		28	14	182	Heritage Bank Stadium	A
3	10 April		7	10	52		16	11	107	Melbourne Cricket Ground	H
4	15 April		9	6	60		5	17	47	Avalon Airport Oval	A
5	Bye
6	30 April		6	20	56		7	6	48	Piranha Park	A
7	7 May		10	4	64		16	12	108	GMHBA Stadium	H
8	13 May		10	15	75		11	6	75	Swinburne Centre	A
9	Bye
10	28 May		10	13	73		8	12	60	GMHBA Stadium	H
11	3 June		7	8	50		15	18	108	Avalon Airport Oval	A
12	Bye
13	16 June		10	12	72		11	4	70	GMHBA Stadium	H
14	23 June		5	10	40		11	14	80	GMHBA Stadium	H
15	30 June		12	5	77		10	6	69	SCG	A
16	9 July		9	4	58		15	11	101	GMHBA Stadium	H
17	16 July		7	12	54		9	10	64	GMHBA Stadium	H
18	22 July		12	5	77		17	10	112	Brighton Homes Arena	A
19	30 July		19	18	132		6	6	42	GMHBA Stadium	H
20	Bye
21	12 August		8	7	55		20	9	129	Victoria Park	A
22	19 August		14	8	92		11	12	78	GMHBA Stadium	H

Awards

• VFL Team of the Year: Oliver Dempsey (forward)

Club Awards

• Best and Fairest: Jye Chalcraft (163 votes)^[44]
• Little Vic Award (Best first year player): Mace Cousins

AFL Women's team

Club:	Geelong Football Club
Season:	2023 AFL Women's
President:	Craig Drummond
Coach:	Daniel Lowther (3rd season)
Captain:	Meg McDonald (4th season)
Home Ground:	GMHBA Stadium
Regularseason Comp:	AFLW season
Regularseason Result:	6 wins, 4 losses (6th)
Finals Series:	Finals series
Finals Result:	Lost Preliminary Final
Club B&Amp;F:	Best and Fairest
Best And Fairest:	Georgie Prespakis
Leading Goalscorer:	Chloe Scheer (20)
Highest Attendance:	6,678 vs. (Elimination final)
Lowest Attendance:	2,166 vs. (Round 7)
Average Attendance:	4,021
Club Membership:	7,190

Season summary

Meg McDonald was reappointed captain ahead of the season, as part of a five-woman leadership group. Nina Morrison was re-elected as vice-captain, with Chantel Emonson, Becky Webster and Mikayla Bowen the other members of the leadership group.^[45]

The team would have its best season in the competition, qualifying for the final series for the second consecutive season. In the finals, Geelong would win their first AFLW finals matches, defeating Essendon and reigning premiers Melbourne to progress to a preliminary final against . In a controversially umpired match, Brisbane would eliminate Geelong one match short of the 2023 AFL Women's Grand Final, winning by four points.

Despite their high ladder position, Geelong would only have two players shortlisted for the 2023 AFL Women's All-Australian team, with both Georgie Prespakis and Amy McDonald both surprising omissions from the final squad announcement. Both players would feature in the top 10 in the count for the 2023 AFL Women's best and fairest medal behind eventual winner Monique Conti of . McDonald finishing in a tie for second place, with Prespakis finishing tied for seventh.

Irish import Aisling Moloney would be recognised at the 2023 AFL Players Association awards, winning the best first year player award after excelling in her first year playing the sport.^[46]

Pre season

In the club's first official action before the start of the new season, Geelong defeated by 13 points in a four-quarter match simulation at Victoria Park on 12 August.^[47] The Cats then played in their only official practice match, losing a tight contest 7.8 (50) to 8.8 (56) at the Adelaide Oval. Kate Darby kicked two goals in the match, with Irish recruit Aishling Moloney impressing.^[48]

Coaching staff

Daniel Lowther continued as head coach of the AFLW program for a third season. Former Geelong VFL Women's coach Andrew Bruce (forwards), Josh Finch (midfield), and 2023 Geelong VFL Women's coach Elise Coventry (defence) were appointed as assistant coaches. Current men's team player Gary Rohan, and former Geelong VFL player Will Sexton, joined the coaching staff as development coaches.^[49]

Playing list

Changes

Deletions from playing list

Player	Reason
	Retired	^[50]
	Delisted	^[51]
	Delisted
	Traded to	^[52]
	Traded to	^[53]

Additions to playing list

Player	Acquired
	Traded from
	International rookie selection from Tipperary GAA	^[54]
	International rookie selection from Tipperary GAA
	1, 2023 supplementary draft	^[55] ^[56]

• Georgia Clarke was subsequently signed by during the 2023 free agency period.

Statistics

Updated to end of season

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	Denotes player who was on the club's rookie list.
^	Denotes player who was on the club's inactive list.

Playing list and statistics^{[57] [58]}

Player		Games	Goals	Behinds	Kicks	Handballs	Disposals	Marks	Tackles	Hitouts	Milestone(s)
	1	13	2	1	92	71	163	35	56	0
	2	1	0	0	10	1	11	3	1	0
	3	13	5	1	133	162	295	28	94	0
	4	13	3	6	95	90	185	24	64	0
	5	13	16	11	101	43	144	56	23	20
	6	12	3	3	81	52	133	28	55	0	50th AFLW match (round 8)
	7	13	4	5	76	56	132	25	49	0	Club debut (round 1)
	8	12	2	2	53	23	76	28	36	137
	9	13	6	5	150	148	298	30	67	0
	10	12	0	0	47	41	88	22	34	0
	11	13	0	0	80	45	125	42	21	0	50th AFLW match (round 4) 50th club match (round 8)
	12	10	1	0	34	55	89	9	69	0
	13	2	0	0	3	6	9	2	3	21
	14	12	20	7	49	25	74	24	21	0	50th AFLW goal (round 10)
	15	7	3	3	30	19	49	17	21	1
	16	13	0	0	147	44	191	31	43	0	50th AFLW match (round 7)
	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	AFLW debut (preliminary final)
	19	1	0	0	7	3	10	1	1	0
	20	12	1	1	51	77	128	19	43	0
	21	10	2	3	104	75	179	27	21	0	50th AFLW match (preliminary final)
	22	11	1	1	60	25	85	17	17	0
^	23	0
	25	0
	26	13	0	0	99	41	140	51	19	0
	31	0
	32	4	0	0	7	8	15	3	6	0
	39	4	0	0	16	5	21	6	8	0	AFLW debut (round 1)
	41	13	4	7	183	132	315	17	93	0
	44	7	0	1	11	19	30	2	8	5
	45	13	10	15	98	39	137	43	19	1	AFLW debut (round 1)
	46	12	0	0	15	56	71	7	19	250

Results

H

Home game
scope=row	A	Away game
scope=row style="background:#ff9; border:1px solid #aaa; width:3em;"	EF	Elimination final
scope=row style="background:#FBCEB1; border:1px solid #aaa; width:3em;"	SF	Semi-final
scope=row style="background:#CCCCFF; border:1px solid #aaa; width:3em;"	PF	Preliminary final

Table of season results^[59]

Round	Date	Result	Score			Opponent	Score			Ground		Attendance
1	2 September		10	5	65		2	5	17	GMHBA Stadium	H	4,404
2	9 September		10	8	68		5	11	41	North Sydney Oval	A	2,878
3	15 September		3	4	22		4	7	31	GMHBA Stadium	H	2,907
4	23 September		11	4	72		5	12	42	Alberton Oval	A	2,132
5	28 September		4	1	25		11	8	74	GMHBA Stadium	H	4,312
6	8 October		2	7	19		4	5	29	Reid Oval, Warrnambool	A	2,832
7	14 October		6	11	47		3	5	23	GMHBA Stadium	H	2,166
8	22 October		3	6	24		4	6	30	Victoria Park	A	2,527
9	28 October		6	13	49		1	5	11	Ikon Park	A	2,021
10	4 November		9	6	20		3	2	20	GMHBA Stadium	H	3,658
EF	12 November		7	9	51		5	3	33	GMHBA Stadium	H	6,678
SF	19 November		7	8	50		6	9	45	Ikon Park	N	5,057
PF	25 November		5	4	34		6	2	38	Brighton Homes Arena	A	4,903

Awards

League awards

• Rising Star: Zali Friswell (nominated, round 10)
• AFLPA 22under22 squad: Georgie Prespakis, Nina Morrison (midfield)^[60]
• AFLPA Best First Year Player: Aisling Moloney

Club Awards

• Best and fairest: Georgie Prespakis (188 votes)^{[61] [62]}
• Geelong AFLW Fan MVP: Georgie Prespakis
• The 'Hoops' Award: Renee Garing
• Community Champion: Kate Darby

VFLW team

Club:	Geelong Football Club
Season:	2023 VFL Women's
President:	Craig Drummond
Coach:	Elise Coventry (1st season)
Captain:	Chloe Leonard (1st season)
Home Ground:	Deakin University Elite Sports Precinct, Waurn Ponds
Regularseason Comp:	VFLW
Club B&Amp;F:	Best and Fairest
Best And Fairest:	Charlotte Simpson
Leading Goalscorer:	Olivia Cicolini (11)

Season summary

Former Geelong player Elise Coventry was appointed as the club's VFL Women's coach in December 2022, replacing Andrew Bruce.^[63] Coventry was joined by assistant coaches Anna Teague, Alf Della Monica and Aiden Yelland.^[64]

Chloe Leonard was appointed captain, after serving as vice-captain in 2022. Poppy Schaap, Abby Favell, Sachi DeGiacomi, and former captain Bree Beckley were the rest of the team's leadership group.^[65]

After losing to in round 1, Geelong went on a five game winning streak, including turning the tables on North Melbourne in round 6, with a last second goal to Olivia Cicolini to secure a 28–22 win.^[66]

Analea McKee and Charlotte Simpson were both selected in an invitational Under-23 All-Stars squad for a match against the AFLW Academy at Marvel Stadium during round 12 of the season.^[67]

The team would sit a game clear atop the competition ladder after round 9, but would endure a five-match winless streak to eventually miss the finals, finishing eighth.

Results

H

Home game
scope=row	A	Away game
scope=row style="background:#ff9; border:1px solid #aaa; width:3em;"	EF	Elimination Final -->

Table of season results^[68]

Round	Date	Result	Score			Opponent	Score			Ground
1	25 March		3	2	20		4	5	29	Deakin University Elite Sports Precinct	H
2	1 April		3	4	22		2	9	21	Ikon Park	A
3	8 April		12	6	78		0	2	2	Deakin University Elite Sports Precinct	H
4	16 April		2	5	17		1	1	7	Trevor Barker Beach Oval	A
5	22 April		6	7	43		2	3	15	Deakin University Elite Sports Precinct	H
6	29 April		3	10	28		3	4	22	Arden Street Oval	A
7	6 May		4	3	27		4	6	30	Deakin University Elite Sports Precinct	H
8	14 May		4	9	33		0	4	4	La Trobe University, Bundoora	A
9	20 May		4	4	28		4	2	26	NEC Hangar	A
10	27 May		3	7	25		5	2	32	Deakin University Elite Sports Precinct	H
11	3 June		2	2	14		4	11	35	Deakin University Elite Sports Precinct	H
12	17 June		4	3	27		3	9	27	Deakin University Elite Sports Precinct	H
13	25 June		0	3	3		5	13	43	Olympic Park Oval	A
14	1 July		5	7	37		8	3	51	DSV Stadium	A

Awards

• Lambert–Pearce Medal

Charlotte Simpson (14 votes)^[69]

• Debbie Lee Medal (VFLW Rising Star): Charlotte Simpson^[69]
• VFL Women's Team of the Year: Charlotte Simpson (midfield)^[69]

Club Awards

• Best and Fairest: Charlotte Simpson (72 votes)^[70]

External links

• Official website of the Geelong Football Club

Notes and References

1. Web site: AFL breaks all-time club membership record . afl.com.au . 6 September 2023 . 6 September 2023.
2. Web site: Geelong Celebrates 80,000 Members In 2023 . Geelong Football Club . 27 August 2023 . 14 July 2023.
3. Web site: Wakefield . Bryn . AFL membership numbers 2023: All-time record broken for competition . Sporting News . 6 September 2023 . 6 September 2023.
4. Web site: Sutton . Ben . Geelong appoint superstar Patrick Dangerfield as captain for 2023 season . 7news.com.au . Seven West Media . 20 March 2023 . 25 February 2023.
5. Web site: Kalaja . Sarah . Patrick Dangerfield appointed Captain of the Cats, Tom Stewart named Vice . Geelong Football Club . 20 March 2023 . 25 February 2023.
6. Web site: Fremantle survive against injury-obliterated West Coast, Melbourne impress against Sydney, Gold Coast stun Geelong . abc.net.au . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 2 April 2023 . Geelong became the first team since North Melbourne in 1976 to lose the opening three games in their premiership defence, upset 10.13 (73) to 7.12 (54) at Carrara Stadium.
7. News: Barnes . Josh . Pluck of the Irish . . Nationwide News Pty Ltd . 29 May 2023 . Geelong, Victoria . 31–32.
8. News: Australian Associated Press. Kimber. Howard. Giants stun Cats on the Greene, Greene grass of Geelong. afl.com.au. 27 May 2023. 27 May 2023.
9. Web site: Jack Sinclair-inspired St Kilda ends Geelong's premiership defence . espn.com.au . 21 August 2023 . 19 August 2023.
10. Web site: Atkinson . Cody . Lawson . Sean . Geelong's gap year — how the Cats' AFL premiership defence unravelled in 2023 . abc.net.au . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 24 August 2023 . 24 August 2023.
11. Web site: Cameron Leads Cats in Brownlow Medal Count . Geelong Football Club . 26 September 2023 . 25 September 2023.
12. Web site: Daniel . Troy . Match Sim: Key Takeaways . Geelong Football Club . 20 March 2023 . 23 February 2023.
13. Web site: Zita . David . Cats recruit fires, potential Hawkins fill-in hurt as Hawks struggle with 'basics' — 3-2-1 . foxsports.com.au . News Corporation Australia . 20 March 2023 . 23 February 2023.
14. News: Cats confirm new deal for Scott, 202cm teenager to debut . 26 August 2022.
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17. Web site: Chris Scott to Celebrate Historic Milestone on Saturday . Geelong Football Club . 31 July 2023 . 24 July 2023.
18. Web site: Caffrey . Oliver . Guthrie praises record-breaking Cats coach Chris Scott . Yahoo Sports . 31 July 2023 . 28 July 2023.
19. Web site: Three-way deal lands Henry, Mitchell and Stephens at new clubs. Tom Mitchell will be a Collingwood player in 2023, Ollie Henry will join brother Jack at Geelong and Cooper Stephens has joined the Hawks from the Cats. Telstra. AFL.com.au. 12 October 2022.
20. Web site: Francis Evans heads to Port Adelaide. Delisted free agent forward Francis Evans has joined Port Adelaide..
21. News: Higgins Calls It a Day. Shaun Higgins has announced his retirement after 260 games across three clubs. . 20 September 2022.
22. News: From Strathdale to Immortality: Selwood Calls Time. Joel Selwood has announced his retirement from football. . 28 September 2022.
23. News: Dahlhaus Hangs Up The Boots. Luke Dahlhaus has called time on his career after 225 games across two clubs. . 29 September 2022.
24. Web site: Five Cats Depart GMHBA Stadium.
25. Web site: Tanner the Cat: First-round pick gets trade wish to join Geelong. Tanner Bruhn has finally made his way to Geelong, where he grew up and played as a junior. Telstra. AFL.com.au. 7 October 2022.
26. Web site: Sun for a steal: Cats pick up mid, No.7 pick in high-priced deal. Jack Bowes has officially made his way to Geelong. Telstra. AFL.com.au. 11 October 2022.
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28. Web site: Hardie lands at the Cats . Geelong Football Club . 1 June 2023 . 31 May 2023.
29. Web site: Lamacraft . Tim . Cats use draft to plug midfield . Bay 93.9 . 1 June 2023 . 1 June 2023.
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33. Web site: 2023 Season Scores and Results. AFL Tables. 20 March 2023.
34. Web site: Gabelich . Josh . MATCH REPORT Hawkins boots career-high eight goals as Cats maul Bombers . afl.com.au . 30 April 2023 . 30 April 2023.
35. Web site: Di Piertro . Kav . 2022 22UNDER22 – BY THE NUMBERS . aflplayers.com.au . . 24 August 2023 . 23 August 2023.
36. Web site: De Koning Named in AFLPA 22under22 Team . Geelong Football Club . 24 August 2023 . 23 August 2023.
37. News: All-Australian team: Toby captain, 12 new faces named. Australian Football League. Schmook. Nathan. 30 August 2023. 30 August 2023.
38. Web site: Zak Butters, Marcus Bontempelli honoured with major AFL awards as Greene makes history . abc.net.au . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 30 August 2023 . 30 August 2023.
39. Web site: Stewart Claims His Second Carji Greeves Medal . Geelong Football Club . 5 October 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231005214844/https://www.geelongcats.com.au/news/1446819/stewart-claims-his-second-carji-greeves-medal . 5 October 2023 . 5 October 2023 . live.
40. Web site: King . Tom . Stewart claims second Carji . Krock Football . Geelong Broadcasters Pty Limited . 5 October 2023 . 5 October 2023.
41. Web site: Kalaja . Sarah . Corrigan appointed VFL Senior Coach . Geelong Football Club . 20 March 2023 . 13 October 2022.
42. geelongvfl. Cpl3GMhPII4/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D . Captain Byrne reporting for duty Angus Byrne will lead the VFL Cats in 2023, with Tom Feely and Daniel Capiron to be vice-captains. . 10 March 2023.
43. Web site: 2023 Season Scores and Results. 20 March 2023.
44. Web site: Chalcraft Goes Back to Back with Second VFL Best and Fairest Win . Geelong Football Club . 3 September 2023 . 3 September 2023.
45. Web site: Lucarelli . Patrick . McDonald to lead the Cats in 2023 . Geelong Football Club . 11 August 2023 . 11 August 2023.
46. Web site: AFLW players join coaches in honouring North's Garner . espn.com.au . 28 November 2023 . 28 November 2023.
47. Web site: Schmidtke . Connor . AFLW Match Sim Report - Cats Return to Action . Geelong Football Club . 12 August 2023 . 12 August 2023.
48. Web site: Schmidtke . Connor . AFLW Practice Match Report Cats Impressive in Final Tune Up Against Adelaide . Geelong Football Club . 21 August 2023 . 19 August 2023.
49. Web site: Cats Announce 2023 AFLW Coaching Group . Geelong Football Club . 1 September 2023 . 31 August 2023.
50. Web site: Maddy McMahon to Retire from AFLW. Susie. Giese. Telstra. Geelong. 17 March 2023.
51. Web site: Cats Make Two Changes to AFLW List. Susie. Giese. Telstra. Geelong. 17 March 2023. Geelong has informed Georgia Clarke and Kalani Scoullar they will not be offered contracts for Season 8.
52. Web site: Giese . Susie . Cats welcome Surman to GMHBA Stadium . Geelong Football Club . 4 September 2023 . 16 March 2023.
53. Web site: Cats Receive Pick 1 in Gardiner Trade. Susie. Giese. Telstra. Geelong. 20 March 2023.
54. Web site: Cats Sign Irish Duo. Telstra. Geelong. 28 March 2023.
55. Web site: Vinall . Marnie . Cats select Hoare as No.1 pick in AFLW supplementary draft . theage.com.au . Nine Media . 4 April 2023 . 4 April 2023.
56. Web site: Black . Sarah . The coffee catch-up that brought a high-achieving Cat back to Geelong . womens.afl . 4 April 2023 . 4 April 2023.
57. Web site: Australian Football - Geelong WFC Stats (2023) . australianfootball.com . 4 September 2022.
58. Web site: Geelong AFLW . AFLWStats . 16 November 2023.
59. Web site: 2023 Season Scores and Results. AustralianFootball.com. 20 November 2023.
60. Web site: Schmidtke . Connor . Prespakis and Morrison Recognised for Brilliant Form in 2023 . Geelong Football Club . 22 November 2023 . 22 November 2023.
61. Web site: King . Tom . Georgie goes one better . Krock Football . Geelong Broadcasters Pty Limited . 10 December 2023 . 9 December 2023.
62. Web site: LATEST NEWS Prespakis Crowned Geelong AFLW Best and Fairest . Geelong Football Club . 10 December 2023 . 9 December 2023.
63. Web site: Giese . Susie . Coventry Excited by VFLW Challenge . Geelong Football Club . 20 March 2023 . 5 December 2022.
64. Web site: Giese . Susie . Teague Joins VFLW Coaching Ranks . Geelong Football Club . 20 March 2023 . 23 February 2023.
65. Web site: Giese . Susie . New Leader for VFLW Cats . Geelong Football Club . 22 March 2023 . 22 March 2023.
66. Web site: Macquire . Luke . VFLW R6 match report: Heartbreak on siren in thriller . nmfc.com.au . 1 May 2023 . 30 April 2023.
67. Web site: Black . Sarah . Young guns to get chance to shine in AFLW Academy v All-Stars clash . womens.afl . 12 June 2023 . 9 June 2023.
68. Web site: 2023 Season Scores and Results. 20 March 2023.
69. Web site: 2023 VFL and VFLW Awards: Lyons wins Liston; three-way tie for Lambert-Pearce . afl.com.au . 18 September 2023 . 18 September 2023.
70. Web site: Giese . Susie . Simpson Crowned Cats' VFLW Best and Fairest . Geelong Football Club . 23 July 2023 . 22 July 2023.