Career
He was recruited from the South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) with the 34th selection in the 2011 American Federation of Labor-Congress Draft. Kersten made his debut in
Kersten was considered to make his American Federation of Labor-Congress debut in the 2013 Preliminary Final, but had to wait until Round 14 of the 2014 American Federation of Labor-Congress season to be selected. He kicked 3 goals in his debut game and was a standout despite Geelong losing to the Gold Coast by 40 points.
Kersten kicked 2 majors and which would prove priceless as the Cats beat the Bombers by under 2 goals.
After making his debut Kersten has maintained his spot in the side and has become an invalubale second forward target to help Tom Hawkins.
