The Cats' Whiskers

Wes Cusworth, Mark Brunger and Anthony Petkovic enjoy the opportunity to speak with 48-game Cat Craig Cleave. Leitchville-raised Cleave, played senior football with Geelong between 1982 and 1988 before returning to the northern Victorian region for significant success at country level.

The Cats' Whiskers crew looks to one of its own hearing from former Geelong media manager Warwick Hadfield.

The Cats' Whiskers crew catch up with passionate Geelong supporter, Cats' history buff and former club director Bob Gartland.

Join The Cats' Whiskers crew as they catch up with 1963 premiership captain Fred Wooller. Recruited from Bacchus Marsh, Wooller made an immediate impact on joining Geelong, eventually going on to wear the Big V. Mark Brunger and Wes Cusworth are joined for the program by esteemed journalist and author Warwick Hadfield.

Listen in as The Cats' Whiskers crew returns for the 2021 AFL Premiership season. Wes Cusworth and Anthony Petkovic assess Geelong's opening three-round performances before catching up with passionate Cats fan Elida Brereton. A respected educator, Ms Brereton rose to national prominence in her small-screen role as Principal Miss Margaret Murray in the Chris Lilley mockumentary 'Summer Heights High...

Join The Cats' Whiskers Team as they review the grand final loss to Richmond, reflect on the season that was and name their 'Team Talk Team of Guests from across the 2020 season.

Recruited from Horsham, Doug Wade played 208 games for Geelong booting an extraordinary 834 goals over an illustrious 12-year career at Kardinia Park. A Geelong Team of the Century member, Doug played in the 1963 premiership and booted a season-high 127 goals in 1969. Sadly, he departed the club for North Melbourne at the end of the 1972 season, playing a further 59 games for 223 goals and becomin...

Two years younger than his brother Ian, Bruce Nankervis gave sterling service to the Cats for well over a decade, clocking up 253 games. Along with Ian, Bruce was recruited from Geelong League club Barwon, breaking into the Cats’ senior side midway through 1970. Bruce’s career took off in 1973 when coach Graham ‘Polly’ Farmer released him into an on-ball role. Determined, tenacious and persistent,...

Gareth Andrews joined the Cats from Geelong College, winning the goal-kicking in his first senior season in 1965. With the return from injury of Doug Wade, Gareth was moved to centre half-forward, while also spending time on the ball and in the backline across the course of his 136-game career. Crossing to Richmond in 1974, Gareth played 31 games for the Tigers and was a member of their 1974 premi...

Recruited from North Geelong, Bill Goggin developed into one of the Cats’ greatest ever players chalking up 248 games in the blue and white. A dual best and fairest winner, he was also a premiership player and captain of the club for 84 games. Bill Goggin’s commitment to Geelong far exceeded his illustrious playing career as he also coached the club from 1980-82, following a little over two years...

Recruited from local Geelong club, Barwon, this week’s guest Ian Nankervis played for 17 seasons from 1967 to 1983 chalking up an incredible 325 games along the way. Ian captained the Geelong Football Club from 1978 to 1981, and again in 1983. The career of Ian Nankervis can be viewed as being comprised of two quite separate phases. Originally a forward pocket-rover, he booted 203 goals before bei...

Recruited from local football nursery St Joseph's, Barry Stoneham’s 241 matches traversed 15 seasons from 1986-2000. He co-captained the club in 1996 with Gary Ablett Senior, and held the reins himself in 1997–1998, playing at centre-half forward, in the ruck and sometimes at centre-half back. Barry was at the peak of his powers from 1989 to 1992 as a mobile centre-half forward and relief ruckman,...

Drafted to Geelong from Gippsland Power in the 1993 AFL Draft, Craig Biddiscombe made his debut with the Cats in 1995. Craig earned a Rising Star nomination in 1996, playing against the soon-to-be-defunct Fitzroy in round 7, but, unable to cement a spot in Geelong’s blue-chip midfield, he was traded to Richmond after just 34 games with the Cats. Craig proceed to play a further 44 AFL games with th...

Rising through the ranks of the TAC Cup competition, Aaron Lord joined Geelong in 1994, playing 32 games for the Cats before venturing to Hawthorn. It was at the Hawks that he enjoyed his most prolific form up-forward booting 136 goals in 93 games. After five years with Hawthorn, Aaron returned to Kardinia Park where he was welcomed with open arms for a further two seasons producing 25 games and 3...

A five-time leading goal-kicker for the Cats, Ronnie Burns was as mercurial as he was magical. Recruited to Kardinia Park as the 49th pick in the 1995 AFL draft he immediately filled the void left by Gary Ablett Senior as Geelong’s excitement machine. Possessed of lightning speed, sharp reflexes and a capacity to nail goals from seemingly impossible angles, Ronnie booted 239 majors from his 134 ga...

Jason Snell's story is as triumphant as it is tragic. Despite sustaining a shocking, career-ending injury on Queen's Birthday 2001, the now 43-year old has retained an unquenchable optimism to build an inspiring story of post-football success. Listen in as he joins Megan Holz, Anthony Petkovic, Mark  Brunger and Wes Cusworth to talk about his journey.

Remarkably, Larry Donohue doesn't count himself among the great forwards of the '70's, but anyone that saw the 21-year old powerhouse boot 105 goals in 1976 would beg to differ. Join Gus Smarrini, Anthony Petkovic, Mark Brunger and Wes Cusworth as they talk to the former Cat who went within five majors of a second ton just two years later. Even more remarkable is the fact that the popular bigman w...

The move from St Kilda to Geelong was a transformative time in the football career of Springbank-raised former Cat Sean Simpson. Father of current-day swingman, Sam, the original Simpson developed into an early-incarnation run-with player at the prescription of former coach Gary Ayres.  Listen in as he tells of his terrific football journey to Gus Smarrini, Mark Brunger and Wes Cusworth.&nbsp...

Two games for the West Coast Eagles provided a brief entree to Derek Hall's AFL career, with the versatile swingman eventually finding his feet at Kardinia Park with a further 74 matches in the hoops. Listen in as Megan Holz, Mark Brunger, Gus Smarrini, Anthony Petkovic and Wes Cusworth talk through Hall's experiences that emerged from the foundation of an elite junior-level basketball career in r...

Former Geelong captain Damian Bourke joins The Cats' Whiskers crew to provide an amusing and candid account of his 10-year stay at Kardinia Park. The 102-game Cat led the hoops into the 1989 grand final and was also at the forefront of the AFLPA battle with the AFL to protect players' rights, before venturing north to join the Brisbane Bears. 

First recruited to Collingwood, Geoff 'Joffa' Miles eventually saw the error of his ways and ventured west only to miss his ultimate destination of Geelong by 3,398 kilometres, landing at the West Coast Eagles. A member of the Eagles' inaugural side in 1987, Joffa played 71 games for West Coast before returning east in 1992 at the invitation of coach Malcolm Blight. Miles played just one season, 2...

Recruited from Echuca as a high-flying forward, Paul Brown enjoyed his moments in the sun in front of goals for the Cats, before playing the bulk of his 84 games down back. A member of the 1994 and 1995 grand final sides, he competed alongside some of the biggest names in the club's history including Gary Ablett Snr, Billy Brownless, Garry Hocking and Paul Couch. The much-loved and often comical B...

The leading full-back of his era, Gary Malarkey joins The Cats' Whiskers team of Wes Cusworth, Gus Smarrini, Anthony Petkovic and Mark Brunger to reflect on his 172 games in the Geelong colours. A life member of the Cats, Malarkey was selected All-Australian in 1979 and in the VFL Team of the Year in 1983.

This week's episode features a man who kicked 331 goals over a 12-year career at Kardinia Park, Terry Bright. Recruited from VFA-side Geelong West, Terry Bright was a highly effective goal-kicking forward who began his career in 1976. He topped the Cats’ goal-kicking list three times, enjoying a season-high 59 goals in 1980. Along with an extensive coaching career in the Geelong Football League, T...

The high-flying defender of the '70's and early '80's joins The Cats' Whiskers crew to share a detailed walk through his spectacular 182-game career. The Finley-product also shares a personal take on the development of son, Tom, a two-time premiership player with the Cats.