McIntosh dismisses injury fears

Geelong recruits Jared Rivers and Hamish McIntosh at Simonds Stadium Picture: Glenn Ferguson Source: Herald Sun

GEELONG recruit Hamish McIntosh is "itching at the bit" to prove he can still play football at the top level after a nightmare run with injuries.

McIntosh yesterday agreed to a three-year deal with the Cats, turning his back on North Melbourne after 107 games.

The 28-year-old missed the bulk of last season after injuring his knee in the Kangaroos' Round 7 loss to the Western Bulldogs.

McIntosh worked his way back into match fitness but pulled the plug on his return, choosing instead to have LARS surgery on his right knee.

He played just one game in 2011 because of achilles operations on both tendons.

But McIntosh is confident of he can have an impact at Geelong with a full pre-season under his belt.

"The injuries I've had have been more structural, I haven't really had soft tissue injuries ... once you get those injuries right, you're right to go."

But his signing could spell the end for Geelong mature-aged ruckman Orren Stephenson.

Stephenson was plucked out of the VFL in 2011 to bolster the Cats dwindling ruck stocks after the retirement of Brad Ottens.

McIntosh said he was excited about his move to Simonds Stadium and that he was looking forward to mentoring the Cats young ruck brigade.

"(There's) some really good ruckman here with Trent (West), Dawson (Simpson) and Nathan Vardy's an incredibly athletic guy as well.

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"I will be looking to hopefully help them and coach them; they're incredibly talented players so hopefully we can all work well as a unit."

McIntosh said he made the "difficult" decision to leave North Melbourne halfway through last season.

"I was playing some decent football (at the start) but Todd (Goldstein) and I probably weren't connecting really well... I realised it was probably time to move on."

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