Geelong has lost its second player of the trade period, with ruckman Dawson Simpson joining the GWS Giants.
The Herald Sun's Scott Gullan broke the new on Wednesday morning, with Simpson joining the Giants as the No. 2 ruckman behind Shane Mumford.
Simpson is an unrestricted free agent, so the Giants do not have to give up anything to sign the 206cm ruckman.
Simpson has played 28 games with the Cats after struggling with injury for much of his career, after he was drafted with pick No. 34 in the 2007 National Draft.
Cats giant Dawson Simpson signs with GWS as back-up for Mumford. @superfooty
— Scott Gullan (@gullanHeraldSun) October 14, 2015
Hope he gets a go up at the Giants. Geelong have burnt a number of ruckmen now with a policy that they have to be athletic, ruck-rover types. Well, the Cats could do – continue to do – alright with their running-and-jumping rucks. Meanwhile, Daws might get a go with a mob that take his qualities as they are. It could be a long bow, but could it be that some of the Cats high ruck injury rate is attributable to the thought implanted in the back of their minds that they have to jump and twist and scrap in a way that they were never really built to do? I include in that DS’s injury in late 2013, when he seemed to be just starting to fulfill his promise.