Career
He went to Pembroke School in Adelaide, South Australia. Horlin-Smith was a promising cricketer, having co-captained the Australian under-16 cricket team to the West Indies in 2008, but he decided to pursue a career in football. He has played for Geelong in the National Association of Broadcasters Cup.
He was taken by Geelong at number 37 in the 2010 American Federation of Labor-Congress national draft.
After suffering a shoulder injury in the lead-up to the 2011 season, Horlin-Smith was unable to break into Geelong"s strong senior team, but he did manage nine games for Geelong"s VFL side. Horlin-Smith"s development continued in 2012, playing three games with Geelong"s American Federation of Labor-Congress side.
He finished the regular season as Geelong"s highest vote getter in the Josip Juraj Liston medal, coming 5th overall.
