AFL Invasion

Started by AbbeySider, February 13, 2008, 11:40:30 AM

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Cyril Farrell fan

Quote from: The Boy Wonder on September 25, 2022, 12:33:35 AM
Quote from: Cyril Farrell fan on September 24, 2022, 10:53:50 PM
Clubs referring to themselves as "the town". How unimaginative is that?

Nothing to do with imagination - it's tradition.
C'mon the Town has been the catchcry of Zach's home club, Portlaoise, for decades (as indeed it has been for other towns, e.g. Athlone Town FC in soccer).

Congratulation to Zach - he did his town proud.
Hundreds of GAA clubs are towns.

Hound

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Quote from: The Boy Wonder on September 25, 2022, 12:33:35 AM
Quote from: Cyril Farrell fan on September 24, 2022, 10:53:50 PM
Clubs referring to themselves as "the town". How unimaginative is that?

Nothing to do with imagination - it's tradition.
C'mon the Town has been the catchcry of Zach's home club, Portlaoise, for decades (as indeed it has been for other towns, e.g. Athlone Town FC in soccer).

Congratulation to Zach - he did his town proud.
His country!

He's awesome.

Up there with Rory, Shane and Katie now 😁

But Aussie Rules is a poor enough watch. I watch a lot of sports, and I'd prefer NFL, cricket, baseball, F1 to Aussie rules

Rossfan

Davy's given us a dream to cling to
We're going to bring home the SAM

rodney trotter

Oisin Mullin linked with the AFL again .
https://t.co/Dxe5lC38xX

Blowitupref

Quote from: rodney trotter on November 11, 2022, 07:30:48 PM
Oisin Mullin linked with the AFL again .
https://t.co/Dxe5lC38xX

Confirmed this evening. Geelong category B rookie for 2023 season.
Is the ref going to finally blow his whistle?... No, he's going to blow his nose

Armagh18

Some loss for Mayo. All the best to him!

joemamas

Good luck to him, hopefully when he does return he will still be able to play county football.
While no one player will win an All-Ireland, his loss to Mayo is huge.
We don't have the depth of talent of a Kerry, Dublin, here his loss would be less significant.

smort

Conor mckenna going well down under again it seems

Rossfan

Longford lad Matt Duffy said to be signed up for Carlton.
Davy's given us a dream to cling to
We're going to bring home the SAM

twohands!!!

https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41208886.html

Ballincollig and Cork U20 footballer Liam O'Connell has signed an AFL contract with St Kilda and will make the move over to Australia in the next fortnight.

Last week Carlton signed Kerry's Rob Monaghan and Longford's Matthew Duffy on two-year international rookie contracts.



Blowitupref

The latest potential AFL recruits are Cork's Conor Corbett, Galway's James McLoughlin, Down's Odhran Murdock and Tyrone's Eoin McElholm all will spend two weeks Down Under and are expected to visit a number of clubs who could have an interest in signing them professionally.

The quartet have been involved in ongoing trials and a network in Ireland established by the AFL for potential recruits. In recent weeks, Longford's Matthew Duffy and Kerry's Rob Monaghan have been signed by Carlton, while Cork's Liam O'Connell has joined St Kilda. That trio had been observed by clubs at recent trials in Dublin.
Is the ref going to finally blow his whistle?... No, he's going to blow his nose

Maroon Manc

Quote from: Blowitupref on September 06, 2023, 11:28:49 PM
The latest potential AFL recruits are Cork's Conor Corbett, Galway's James McLoughlin, Down's Odhran Murdock and Tyrone's Eoin McElholm all will spend two weeks Down Under and are expected to visit a number of clubs who could have an interest in signing them professionally.

The quartet have been involved in ongoing trials and a network in Ireland established by the AFL for potential recruits. In recent weeks, Longford's Matthew Duffy and Kerry's Rob Monaghan have been signed by Carlton, while Cork's Liam O'Connell has joined St Kilda. That trio had been observed by clubs at recent trials in Dublin.

Corbett is probably the best minor I've seen since Clifford, McLaughlin not far behind him but both have suffered so many injuries since 2019.

yellowcard

Murdoch would be a huge loss for Down if he went. They badly lack that type of big physical athlete around midfield and he looked a good prospect. But it is hard to blame any lad for going out to give it a try. What sort of money would a rookie and full time professional earn out there?

Rossfan

Read somewhere average AFL salary is around Aus$400k c €240k.
A few got up to a Million$ so...
Rookies prob get around €20k average I'd suspect.
Davy's given us a dream to cling to
We're going to bring home the SAM

Wildweasel74

Derry still waiting on C Brown coming home, no luck for another further 2 yrs if ever.