Evergreen Carlton defender Kade Simpson isn’t planning on his 15th AFL season being his last.

Simpson, who turns 33 in May, has enjoyed another outstanding pre-season campaign following on from a stellar 2016 season in which he was included in the initial 40-man All Australian squad.

The rebuilding Blues aren’t expected to challenge for the finals this year, but Simpson is backing the club’s youth movement to bear fruit sooner rather than later.