AFTER Brodie Kemp revealed a fortnight ago that a move to the forward line was in the offing, AFL Senior Coach Michael Voss has confirmed another potential positional switch for the Blues.
With Kemp’s switch to attack, Voss flagged that Jack Silvagni - who is continuing his recovery from a knee injury - would spend the summer training as a defender.
Silvagni has spent the majority of his career as a forward, while Kemp had a few games in attack at the end of 2024 but has largely been in a defensive post.
Voss said the pre-season would be spent with the two flipped around, adding to the Blues’ search for more positional versatility.
“We’re always looking to find out where we want to get better, and some of it is to do with our roles,” Voss said.
“‘Kempy’ will play [forward], we’re going to look at ‘SOS’ down back - we’re certainly committed to both those roles getting done.
“The strength of being able to do that is we know they can flick to other roles if we need to. We know ‘SOS’ can go forward, we know ‘Kempy’ can go back. We feel like a pre-season spent there will add to us and add to them.
“‘Kempy’ likes the creativity of the forward line, like Zac Williams. Zac has played defence for most of his career, goes forward and he finds something different - that creative gene gets flicked on. He’s doing some good things up here.”
Voss also flagged a potential role change for youngster Ollie Hollands in the same interview.
