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HES a little biased, but Mathew Stokes believes Geelong has produced the AFLs finest indigenous strip.
The Cats will unveil a new Aboriginal-themed guernsey — designed by local teenager BJ O’Toole — in Thursday night’s clash against Sydney.
“It’s our first jumper,” Stokes said.
“It’s an extremely proud moment for the boys at the club. The club’s come a long way since I first got here eight years ago.
“The amount of work that goes into the Aboriginal programs that we run just makes us feel welcome and it’s a very proud moment to be honest.
“It’s going to be great to run out in that jumper.”
The players were presented with a handful of designs but the decision was unanimous.
“We had a few designs that we look at as a playing group and every single person in the room wanted that one,” Stokes said.
“The story with it is significant too. It’s about all the Aboriginal players from communities across Australia coming to Geelong and visiting the people here and one day going away and coming back home.
“BJ’s a talented young kid and I’ve known him for a long time. I remember him playing basketball in the local team about six years ago and to see the development from there to here is amazing.
“The jumper looks fantastic. I’m a bit biased but I think our jumper is the best in the AFL.”
In the article, Stokesy says that ours tells a story- I guess that's more important to the indigenous players and supporters than what the pattern actually looks like. As long as they're happy with it, I'm happy. I don't have to buy one and I think we only get to see it this week.Dunno but when Geelong posted theirs on their facebook site and i called a spade a spade and said it looked like garbage i got chewed out by everyone because apparently a talented young artist did ours.
Apparently no one else sees bad taste.
Might have been restrictions to make sure the colours didn't clash- ie we couldn't be predominantly white if the Swans were. Yeah, I know Port is also away but they are playing Melbourne so they may have been told to use lots of white because of Melbourne's darker colours.Port's is great! Why didn't we just do a similar thing with our blue stripes?
It looks dreadful. Then you see Ports, and think "Why didn't we do something similar that would look classy and not like a gigantic Aboriginal clusterf**k".
In the article, Stokesy says that ours tells a story- I guess that's more important to the indigenous players and supporters than what the pattern actually looks like. As long as they're happy with it, I'm happy. I don't have to buy one and I think we only get to see it this week.
It could be worse- we could look like the Swans, I guess, who will be running around dressed in curtain material
Yay!! A good way to justify the expense of getting them madeWe also wear it in Round 16 when we play the Bulldogs in Geelong - so 2 chances to get used to it
Nobody can tell you what to like, obviously. I would prefer the normal jumpers but the players chose their favourite design and the indigenous boys are happy. As long as we win, I don't care WHAT they wear. Some of the posters here would be happy if they won, playing in the nude, wouldn't they SquishyKitty karencatsfan catgal23 ??I never said it was fact. Its my opinion. And in my opinion it looks ******* dreadful. And the only counter argument i hear is i should like it because i should like it.
Think I could handle that .Nobody can tell you what to like, obviously. I would prefer the normal jumpers but the players chose their favourite design and the indigenous boys are happy. As long as we win, I don't care WHAT they wear. Some of the posters here would be happy if they won, playing in the nude, wouldn't they SquishyKitty karencatsfan catgal23 ??
... barely?Think I could handle that .
Do milliners really need to be called out though?My favourite is the guy calling out all the "HATTERS"...
I never said it was fact. Its my opinion. And in my opinion it looks ******* dreadful. And the only counter argument i hear is i should like it because i should like it.
Bad spelling always gives me a hat attackDo milliners really need to be called out though?
Hatters gonna hat.
http://www.geelongcats.com.au/news/2014-05-26/cats-indigenous-guernseyTo make sure the perfect guernsey was chosen for Indigenous Round, O’Toole spent many hours creating different artworks and liaising with Geelong’s merchandise team and Aboriginal playing group, before presenting the final 3 designs to the whole team to vote on.
The winning design wasn’t chosen for its aesthetics but its symbolic meaning, as each drawing reflects and represents an important message.
The five circular symbols represent the Kulin Nations and the communities. The curves and the spots represent meeting places and communities coming together. And the boomerangs illustrate the players who leave their community to play for Geelong and then return to their communities.
When the Cats pull on the Indigenous guernsey for a second time it will be in support of Close the Gap, a community program initiated by the Geelong Cats to help raise awareness of the alarming health gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians.
There's no doubt it's the best indigenous guernsey the club has ever had...