THEY’RE not a bad footballing family, the Selwoods.

Two brothers already have premiership medallions, and Joel Selwood added to the trophy cabinet on Friday night when he won the Michael Tuck Medal for best afield in the NAB Cup grand final.

The Cats got hold of the Magpies in the second term and effectively ended the contest on their way to a 40-point half-time lead.

The Geelong midfield was the prime mover in the destruction, with Selwood kicking two goals and Gary Ablett three.

Selwood said everything just clicked in the second term as the team worked towards its pre-match goal.

"You go through little patches in games and I was still feeling pretty fresh going into the second quarter," he said of his own performance.

"You do feel like you’re getting the ball a bit, but you go back to the basics and I don’t think there was anything too special that I did out there tonight.

"Any premiership you play for, you want to win and Matty Scarlett made that pretty clear at the start of the game. Cameron Ling did too."

But despite all his success, Selwood, who won’t celebrate his 21st birthday until May, said he's in no danger of getting carried away with himself.

"As Bomber (coach Mark Thompson) said, it’s easy with the calibre of players you’ve got around to try and lift the standard, so it’s easy to follow suit," he said.

"It’s not hard down at Geelong – you get pulled back into line pretty quick.

"If you’re doing something wrong, I’m sure Harls (captain Tom Harley) or Lingy (Cameron Ling) – they’ll jump on it pretty quick.

"I don’t put too much pressure on myself. I just come out and play the role for the side and I think every team member did that today.

"Especially in the first three quarters, anyway – we played really good footy, and that’s where we want to be at."

Dream Team watch – Joel Selwood is rated a $404,000 midfielder in Toyota AFL Dream Team 2009