Harry Taylor signs five-year deal to stay with Geelong Cats Harry Taylor has signed with the Cats. KEY Geelong defender Harry Taylor has signed a new contract with Geelong, turning his back on overtures from Western Australian clubs. The 27-year-old Taylor inked a five-year deal with the Cats despite big-money offers coming from Fremantle and West Coast. It is believed the Dockers were prepared to offer Taylor up to $800,000 a year, but he signed for around $3 million over fives years to remain a Cat. Taylor, who has played in a winning side 101 time in his 127 career games, said the winning culture was a reason behind his decision not to return to his native state. "Going to a new club and experiencing something else could have been a little bit exciting," he told the Cats website. But we found it very difficult to move away from this culture. Geelong coach Chris Scott admits the number of Match Review Panel incidents in recent months is something the Cats need to address. We might have gone somewhere else in WA and the culture might have been great as well ... There's amazing people all through the club, from the people up the top all the way through to the player and the staff that work around here on a day-to-day basis. It's just a great place to actually come to work every day. It was extremely hard to rationalise a move away from that.