The Cats have selected Esava Ratugolea with their third pick (No. 43) in the NAB AFL Draft.

Ratugolea is a 194cm and 95kg forward.

According to the AFL website, "There are more similarities between the Murray Bushrangers big man and West Coast star Nic Naitanui than their Fijian heritage.

"Ratugolea is a ruckman/forward who compensates for a lack of height in ruck duels with a huge leap.

"In successive mid-season TAC Cup games he kicked bags of four and eight goals and showed off his contested marking skills.

"Second in the standing vertical jump and seventh in the 20-metre sprint at the NAB AFL Draft Combine."