The 32-year-old is seriously contemplating retirement but will not make a decision until the weeks after Saturday’s grand final against Griffith.

“I’m definitely not ruling out hanging up the boots,” Geppert said.

“I’m not one to come out and say I’m going to retire and then come back so I won’t go and make a decision straight away. I’ll take a bit of time after the grand final and then win, lose or draw, weigh up what I’m going to do.”

Geppert said the birth of his son Hutch earlier this year, along with the state of his body has brought retirement to the front of his mind.

“Obviously with the birth of Hutch earlier in the year, footy’s not my priority anymore,” he said.

“The body hasn’t held up as well as I would have liked as well. Although I only missed the three or four games this year, it’s been more of a battle to get through training and get up for games.

“The body’s not doing what it used to be able to do, it wears you down and I’m looking forward to spending more time with Hutch and Jacinta and my family.”

Geppert has played more than 250 first grade games across three clubs, Collingullie-GP, East Wagga-Kooringal and Ganmain-Grong Grong-Matong.

During that time he has kicked 1240 goals and won six premierships, three at the Demons, two at GGGM and one with EWK.

He has moved up to centre-half-forward at times during this finals series due to the absence of coach Luke Gestier and it is something he is keen to do again in Saturday’s decider.

“It’s been good and I’ve enjoyed being able to move around a bit more,” he said.

“At full-forward, you’re relying on other blokes to bring you into the game but at centre-half-forward you can get involved a bit quicker.

“People like to think it’s easy to go out in a grand final and kick a bag of goals but the pressure goes up three to four times and you’re often relying on the delivery. Playing up the ground it’s easier to get involved and you’re not being judged by the amount of goals you kick either.”

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