Josh Goater Biography

Josh Goater makes his AFL debut for North Melbourne at Docklands Stadium with 21 disposals (12 kicks and 9 handballs), 5 marks and 3 tackles in a 67-point loss to Gold Coast.

North Melbourne select Josh Goater with pick No.22 in the 2021 National Draft.

Draft Report: An explosive wingman or halfback, Goater has great athletic abilities and is a serious marking talent in the air. He has also developed his inside game this year and shown an ability to have a serious impact at stoppages as a big-bodied player. Goater worked his way into the NAB League season nicely, finishing with a big last three games. He also starred for Vic Metro in its Challenge Match against Vic Country in July, logging 23 disposals, five marks and eight clearances. Goater made his senior Ballarat Football League debut for Sunbury in April, kicking two goals, and finished the year having played three senior matches for the club on top of his Cannons duties. Goater's enormous leap has also been well highlighted, especially after he took a huge hanger against the Western Jets in Round 1 of the NAB League. During pre-season testing, Goater finished equal-first in the vertical jump (80cm), equal-first in the running vertical jump (96cm) and sixth in the 20m sprint (2.92sec). It seems the sky is the limit for this talented player.