Ask around the club about N Katis and you’ll hear a mix of hard numbers and even harder-to-measure influence. 199 appearances tells you N Katis was trusted — and kept repaying that trust with clean decisions and a fierce second effort. A premiership is a lifetime memory, and N Katis has one of those chapters to point to — the kind of season people still reference. The premiership years — 1994 — mark some of the club’s standout eras. Best & Fairest in 1992 and 1993 says plenty: coaches noticed, teammates noticed, and opposition certainly did — week after week. Stories about N Katis often include the little things: checking on a teammate, helping a junior, or being the first to sweep the sheds after everyone else has left. Teammates describe N Katis as someone who valued standards: turning up prepared, competing honestly, and leaving things better than they found them. Taken together — games played, roles held, and the seasons shared — N Katis represents what an honour roll is meant to capture: contribution that lasts beyond the final siren. To this day, N Katis is cited as an example of what it means to represent Northcote Park properly. It’s the sort of legacy that gets passed on in training drills, in committee rooms, and in the stories told after games. That balance — competitiveness with care for people — is why N Katis is still spoken about with warmth. That balance — competitiveness with care for people — is why N Katis is still spoken about with warmth.