The next generation of Geelong Falcons is coming.
The Falcons have released their initial pre-season squads, with 35 girls and 50 boys, with three girls and 16 boys named to an initial train-on list.
While the club presentation night and AFL and AFLW draft periods are still on the horizon, Falcons talent lead Jesse Drever says there is no rest for the club.
“It comes around quickly,” he said.
“It wasn’t that long ago we finished the season. We’ve already made moves in terms of coaching and starting to look forward to 2025.”
Drever says the choice was made to bring the initial list down to a smaller list, keeping the doors open for players to start with their home clubs and earn their way into a spot.
“It’s very intentional,” he said.
“In past years, we may have looked at 80 to 100, but we’ve brought those numbers down.
“That allows us to keep the door open. We’ve seen some talent who have something to offer that can start the season off with their club and get themselves going.
“We had eight or nine last year who came down in that way, and we saw them involved in the program in different ways.”
The loaded talent list includes multiple possible father-son and father-daughter selections for both the Cats and other AFL clubs, as well as siblings of current AFL and AFLW players.
Pre-season will officially get underway mid-way through next month.
“There is so much going on,” Drever said.
“It’s really only a couple of weeks. And we also have a lot of our top agers and players who have nominated for the draft spending time with the coaches in coming weeks, so there is a lot on the footy front.”
Paul Corrigan will return for a fifth season as coach of the boys’ program, while Tash Heffernan has taken charge of the girls in the absence of Mel Hickey, who will be on maternity leave for the 2025 season.
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GIRLS
PRIMARY LIST
| Luella Aldridge | Torquay |
| Addison Baars | Newtown & Chilwell |
| Ava Bilyk | St Mary’s |
| Cavalle Boxer | St Mary’s |
| Mackenzie Brown | Barwon Heads |
| Grace Carroll | Geelong Amateur |
| Esme Conlan | St Mary’s |
| Sarah Conroy | St Joseph’s |
| Emie Dowling-Button | Portarlington/Peninsula Sharks |
| Evie Durbidge | Newtown & Chilwell |
| Juliet Evans | Portarlington/Peninsula Sharks |
| Belle Fletcher | Newtown & Chilwell |
| Meyah Fursland | St Joseph’s |
| Catherine Gandolfo | South Barwon |
| Stella Huxtable | Torquay |
| Ally Lappin | Newtown & Chilwell |
| Meg Lappin | Newtown & Chilwell |
| Jayme Lasky | Lara |
| Greea McKeegan | Torquay |
| Brodie Mitchell | Geelong West Giants |
| Jayde Morrissy | Newtown & Chilwell |
| Charlee Morrow | Lara |
| Alana Mulvahil | St Mary’s |
| Juliet Muscroft | Torquay |
| Sophie Nolan | South Barwon |
| Kate O’Brien | St Mary’s |
| Lua Payne | St Mary’s |
| Danielle Rhodes | Geelong West Giants |
| Ashley Ritchi | St Joseph’s |
| Elleischa Sizer | |
| Stella Smith | St Mary’s |
| Teliah Tkaczuk | St Joseph’s |
| Tara Trethowan | Newtown & Chilwell |
| Georgia Tyrrell | St Joseph’s |
| Charlotte van Loon | St Mary’s |
TRAIN-ON LIST
| Olivia Bradshaw | Torquay |
| Neave Dickson | Newtown & Chilwell |
| Ahlia McDonald | Geelong Amateur |
BOYS
PRIMARY LIST
| Lenny Allen | St Joseph’s |
| Riley Aquilina | St Joseph’s |
| Alex Assemani | St Joseph’s |
| Ned Badrock | Ocean Grove |
| Archer Chamberlain | St Joseph’s |
| Max Chambers | Lara |
| Ollie Cincotta | Barwon Heads |
| Jaxon Cooney | St Joseph’s |
| Ben Coote | Ocean Grove |
| Archie Daffy | St Mary’s |
| Jett Elek | Lara |
| Angus Ford | Barwon Heads |
| Charlie Gray | St Joseph’s |
| Archer Hanegraaf | Geelong Amateur |
| Charlie Hanegraaf | Geelong Amateur |
| Darcy Harrington | Ocean Grove |
| Jai Hobson | Geelong Amateur |
| Oliver Johnston | Newtown & Chilwell |
| Spencer Jones | Geelong Amateur |
| Hugh Knuckey | South Barwon |
| Will Lane | Leopold |
| Charlie Lawless | Anglesea |
| Cooper Leach* | Grovedale |
| Josh Lindsay | Newtown & Chilwell |
| Mitchell Lindsey | St Mary’s |
| Fred Lucas | Bell Park |
| Hamish McGowan | Torquay |
| Riley McLeod | St Joseph’s |
| Charlie Meadows | South Barwon |
| Sam Meaney | South Barwon |
| Jesse Mellor | Geelong West Giants |
| Hugo Mikunda | Bell Park |
| Jagger Mooney | Newtown & Chilwell |
| Harry Morphet | Leopold |
| Jai Natonewski | South Barwon |
| Aime Nshimiyimana | Geelong West Giants |
| Wichay Paul | Geelong West Giants |
| Ryan Perkins | Bannockburn |
| Jack Pickett | Torquay |
| Giuseppe Posterino | St Joseph’s |
| Fletcher Pulleine | St Joseph’s |
| Van Rahilly | Torquay |
| Boston Riccardi | Newtown & Chilwell |
| Geordie Richardson | Geelong Amateur |
| Tyson Roberts | Geelong West Giants |
| Ben Rongdit | Colac |
| Gus Uytdehaag | Colac |
| Lucius White | Torquay |
| Mason Williams | Leopold |
| Noah Williams | St Joseph’s |
TRAIN-ON LIST
| Joel Bartley | Barwon Heads |
| Alex Baulch | Torquay |
| Oliver Fitzgerald | |
| Forbes Gilmore | St Mary’s |
| Bohdi Hateley | Ocean Grove |
| Will Hibble | St Joseph’s |
| Tamar Holt | Apollo Bay |
| Zayne Kendall | South Barwon |
| Jacob Keenan | St Mary’s |
| Sonny Mazur | Geelong West |
| Dan Shaw | Barwon Heads |
| Tom Teague | Ocean Grove |
| Joshua Thompson | Torquay |
| Jack Thomson | Ocean Grove |
| Ryder Warry | St Joseph’s |
