Geelong’s four-time premiership wingman Isaac Smith will retire at the end of the AFL season.
Smith claimed three flags at Hawthorn and won the Norm Smith medal as best-afield in Geelong’s premiership last year.
The 34-year-old has told his Geelong teammates of his decision to retire at the end of the Cats’ current campaign.
“I am so fortunate to have been given the opportunity to play AFL football … to have that play out for me across the last 13 seasons at two great clubs is something really special,” Smith said in a statement on Thursday.
“From the time I walked into Hawthorn, and now being at Geelong, I have always felt right at home at both organisations.”
The dashing winger played 210 games for the Hawks before switching to Geelong at the end of the 2020 season.
Smith has played 67 of a possible 70 games with the Cats and last season became the oldest winner of the North Smith Medal.
Geelong’s football manager Simon Lloyd praised Smith’s team-first approach with the Cats.
“Isaac has been an important member of the club both on and off the field, highlighted by his strong mindset, competitive nature and balanced perspective on life and the game,” Lloyd said in a statement.
“He is a unique individual and his ability to bring energy around the club is something that is going to be missed.”
Geelong are in ninth spot, two premiership points shy of eighth place, with three rounds remaining before the finals.
(AAP)
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Pies strike MCG compromise deal over away seats outrage
Premium Collingwood members will no longer have access to reserved seating at the MCG for both home and away games, after the Magpies renegotiated a controversial deal with the Melbourne Cricket Club.
The previous arrangement had seen Pies members given exclusive rights to reserved seats in the venue’s Ponsford Stand for both home and away matches, even for games involving fellow MCG tenant clubs Melbourne, Richmond and Hawthorn.
The deal was the subject of controversy earlier in the season, with Tigers president Brendon Gale describing it as ‘no longer acceptable’ in February.
In renegotiating the deal, the Magpies ensured the same number of seats will be available to reserved seat members across the Ponsford Stand; however, for away games around 2000 of them will need to sit in either level one or level four of the stand, with the club losing its access to premium level two and three seats.
“We want to be transparent with all Members – the reality of going through this process was that there would be change and we want to assure you we left no stone unturned to limit the changes for our Club and our valued Members,” Magpies president Jeff Browne wrote in a letter to members on Wednesday.
“While every effort has been made to ensure our agreement with the MCC remains the best in the AFL competition, we understand there will be some Members who feel disappointed with the deal we have reached.”
The club is also reportedly working to ensure fans impacted by the change will be reallocated reserved seating next to other supporters they previously sat alongside in levels one or four.
The news wasn’t taken to kindly by Magpies fans on social media, with several taking the club to task both for the change and for claiming it as a victory.
Dixon sidelined until finals with foot fracture
Port Adelaide spearhead Charlie Dixon will miss the remainder of the home-and-away season because of a fractured foot.
Dixon is expected to be sidelined for four weeks after being diagnosed with a crack in his left foot, the Power say.
The 32-year-old joins key defender Trent McKenzie and ruckman Scott Lycett in facing fitness battles before the start of the finals in five weeks.
McKenzie (knee) hopes to be available for the first week of the finals while Lycett’s return after having an operation to clean out damaged tissue in his left knee remains uncertain.
Fourth-placed Port, after a club-record 13-game winning streak, have lost four consecutive matches ahead of Sunday’s home game against GWS.
(AAP)
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