Marcus Herbert hopes to follow the same path as two former VFL teammates when he embarks on a six-month contract with West Coast after being picked up in the 2026 mid-season draft.
Herbert had been banging on the door for years, waiting for it to swing open. Geelong put him through a medical last season when he won the Cats' VFL best and fairest, but no other club met with him or invited him to trial during the pre-season.
"Yeah, it's been a long six years to kind of make it to this point. Lucky enough I have an opportunity now," Herbert said.
"It's super exciting. I just had some of the West Coast lads come down before and just the confidence that they have in me to go out and do what I do, gives me the confidence to go do it. So I'm super keen for that, and they're super rapt with me and the player I am. I really want to put that on show now."