Ollie Dempsey to make AFL debut for Cats in Tassie

Geelong youngster Ollie Dempsey will make his debut on Sunday against the Kangaroos in Tasmania, the blonde forward finding out this afternoon before breaking the news to his parents in a phone call published on the Cats’ Twitter feed (see below). The Rookie-listed 19 year old was picked up by the Cats with pick fifteen in the 2021 AFL Rookie draft after playing footy with Carey Grammar and Old Carey, not the conventional TAC Cup route due to focusing on basketball in his early to mid teens. Standing at 185 cm Dempsey has kicked several bags of goals for the Cats’ VFL side already this season and comes into a side that will be missing Patrick Dangerfield, Jack Henry and Luke Dahlhaus. See full match preview.

OD, phone home ☎️ Watch on as Ollie Dempsey rings his dad to break his debut news.

Interview 📺: https://t.co/oZwV0xVfHU
Dempsey Debuts 📘: https://t.co/D40EbvEVnn pic.twitter.com/FPVrGiYM2v

— Geelong Cats (@GeelongCats) April 22, 2022

AFL 2022 ROUND SIX
NORTH MELBOURNE KANGAROOS V GEELONG CATS
SUNDAY 24 APRIL 2022, 13:10 AEST
MCG

GEELONG CATS – SELECTED SIDE
IN: Shaun Higgins, Oliver Dempsey
OUT: Dangerfield (corked calf), Jack Henry (foot), Luke Dahlhaus (managed)

B: De Koning, Blicavs, Bews
HB: Kolodjashnij, Stewart, Tuohy
C: Duncan, Selwood, Smith
HF: Higgins, Cameron, Dempsey
F: Stengle, Hawkins, Close
FOLL: Stanley, Parfitt, C.Guthrie
INT: Atkins, O’Connor, Holmes, Miers
EMER: Z.Guthrie, Ratugolea, Dahlhaus, Evans

NOTH MELBOURNE KANGAROOS – SELECTED SIDE
IN: Thomas, Curtis, Zurhaar,
OUT: Hall (injured), Stephenson (illness), Powell (omitted), Ford (omitted)

B: Bosenavulagi, McKay, Corr
HB: McDonald, Walker, Ziebell
C: La. Young, Davies-Uniacke, Scott
HF: Taylor, Larkey, Thomas
F: Curtis, Zurhaar, Goldstein
FOLL: Xerri, Simpkin, Horne-Francis
INT: Mahony, Greenwood, Turner, Perez
EMER: Ford. Bonar, Coleman-Jones, Bergman