Joel Selwood is holding himself extremely busy after asserting his retirement from the AFL following the 2022 season.
Selwood walked away from the sport after main the Geelong Cats to premiership glory yet one more time as they toppled the Sydney Swans.
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It was the fourth time the 34-year-old had ascended the height within the AFL and was the right time for him to journey off into the sundown.
Instead of sitting again and taking a while to loosen up and luxuriate in retirement, Selwood has gone proper again to work.
His first function nevertheless shocked many as he switched codes to hitch the Melbourne Storm as a management coach.
But now he’s showing set to make one other leap into a 3rd sport with Cricket Australia prone to be the beneficiary.
Joel and accomplice Brit are heading off to Europe in the midst of the yr with their child boy, Joey, and it might simply see the AFL nice drop in through the Ashes sequence and move on some data.
“We’re gonna head overseas halfway through the year,” Selwood advised 7 NEWS reporter Mitch Cleary.
“It’ll be when the guys are playing in the Ashes.
“Andrew McDonald’s a local Geelong boy and been in contact for a period of time.
“They’re probably in a similar position to where the Cats are.
“They’ve got a lot of guys who are coming towards the end of their career and maybe finding their way out the next couple of years.”
It was the Storm’s enjoying record and fame as among the best organisations in Australian sport that appealed to the previous Cats skipper.
“It’s an organisation I’ve looked upon and watched on in envy with the work they’ve done in the 25-year history they’ve had.
“I’m going to work with their leaders that are coming through, they’ve obviously lost a handful of players to the Dolphins and now it’s time for this next group of leaders to come through.
“It was pretty appealing to me with the ages of these guys and the position that they were in as a club to join them and see how we go.
“It’s a very stable club and they’ve been fortunate with those people (Craig Bellamy, Cam Smith and Frank Ponissi).
Selwood will return to the Cats in an off-field role as an ambassador and connector of key Club stakeholders and Geelong Football Club Foundation, his first role in the AFL since hanging up the boots.
“Whilst Joel won’t be pulling on the boots in 2023, he won’t be lost to the club and we’re thrilled to continue to have the calibre of Joel within our team of all,” says Geelong CEO Steve Hocking.
“The next 12 months presents a unique and rich opportunity for Joel to learn the craft of off-field football administration, as he embraces new dawns and new opportunities post playing.
“We know Joel is an impressive leader and we believe he can continue to play an important role with the club in this new capacity.”
Source: www.news.com.au
