AFL Invasion

[twohands!!!]

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.

The international rookie minimum is at least €50k per year plus there are a fair few perks/allowances guaranteed as well.
It means even the lads who go for two years on rookie contracts can come back with a nice chunk of change especially for lads around 18/19/20.
Heard before that Tuohy was definitely a Euro millionaire and that Mark O'Connor will likely end up one if he signs another contract.
Salaries in the women's game were doubled last year or the year before so while it's nowhere near to what the men can make - it's not a bad earner for a few month's work.
The minimum salary in the women's game works out about €24k per season which when you consider the length of their season (about 4 months including pre-season) is not too shabby.
There's going to be no change in the flow of lads or lasses willing to get it a go any time soon.

[TabClear]

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.

The international rookie minimum is at least €50k per year plus there are a fair few perks/allowances guaranteed as well.
It means even the lads who go for two years on rookie contracts can come back with a nice chunk of change especially for lads around 18/19/20.
Heard before that Tuohy was definitely a Euro millionaire and that Mark O'Connor will likely end up one if he signs another contract.
Salaries in the women's game were doubled last year or the year before so while it's nowhere near to what the men can make - it's not a bad earner for a few month's work.
The minimum salary in the women's game works out about €24k per season which when you consider the length of their season (about 4 months including pre-season) is not too shabby.
There's going to be no change in the flow of lads or lasses willing to get it a go any time soon.

Conor Nash has moved onto another level with Hawthorn this year as well, He has been one of their best players albeit in a transitioning team.

[trailer]

Conor McKenna signed a new two year deal. Mckenna deal

[ONeill]

Good performance there today by McKenna in the second quarter. Don't know enough about the sport but it looks like he's a key player in that team?

[ck]

Good performance there today by McKenna in the second quarter. Don't know enough about the sport but it looks like he's a key player in that team?

Heard today that there are over 40 Irish players, make and female, in Australia on contracts at the moment. You can hardly blame them but that's a huge number of players

[stephenite]

Good performance there today by McKenna in the second quarter. Don't know enough about the sport but it looks like he's a key player in that team?

Absolutely he's key in that team - he's so easy on the eye with the oval ball in hand. Looks more natural than most of the Aussies. Has had a stellar year. So has Callum Brown, but he'll have nightmares over the loss to Collingwood

[imtommygunn]

Good performance there today by McKenna in the second quarter. Don't know enough about the sport but it looks like he's a key player in that team?

Heard today that there are over 40 Irish players, make and female, in Australia on contracts at the moment. You can hardly blame them but that's a huge number of players

Is there not considerably more women than men though? I would imagine that's minimum 60-40 skewed towards the women.

McKenna obviously a good one. I think Tyrone are maybe finding out how instrumental he was to their AI win when he was on form.

[twohands!!!]

Examiner had an article a week or two back saying either 31 or 33 Irish women were playing in the women's league this year meaning 6% of the entire women's league is Irish.

Also saw a headline recently (think that might have been the Examiner as well) that the minimum wage for women was going to double/increase significantly next year or the year after making it an even more attractive for Irish women. Although it will make it more attractive for the local women as well.

[Rossfan]

Good performance there today by McKenna in the second quarter. Don't know enough about the sport but it looks like he's a key player in that team?

Heard today that there are over 40 Irish players, make and female, in Australia on contracts at the moment. You can hardly blame them but that's a huge number of players

Hardly huge compared to how many play gaelic games male and female.

[imtommygunn]

The womens seasons don't overlap either so they can do both.

[Never beat the deeler]

The womens seasons don't overlap either so they can do both.

They changed the AFLW season - clubs start pre-season training at the end of May.
The season starts the week the AFL has their pre-finals bye, first weekend of September with the grand final on 3 December this year, so some players may become available in early November if they don't make finals.

[Rossfan]

Karl Gallagher from Monaghan invited to pre season training with Adelaide.

[toby47]

Karl Gallagher from Monaghan invited to pre season training with Adelaide.

Will be a big miss for Vinny Corey & Monaghan if he is offered a contract.

[twohands!!!]

https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/monaghan-blow-as-star-karl-gallaghers-two-year-afl-deal-with-the-adelaide-crows-is-confirmed/

Gallagher signs a two year rookie contract. A loss for Monaghan.

[twohands!!!]

Carlton recruiters around the place at the moment.

Normally it's later in the year when they come over but Carlton are hoping to gain an advantage on the opposition by travelling now. Sound very committed to recruiting more Irish players.

The Category B international rookies aren't counted as part of the salary cap (clubs have a limit on what they can spend on salaries) and also don't count towards the number of players a club can have on their books so are less of a risk compared to other rookie signings.

Also the fact that they are willing to move Monahan from Kerry to Category A make room in their Category B space means they view his chances of making is as very positively given he's only been over there 6 months at his stage.

https://wwos.nine.com.au/afl/news-2024-carlton-blues-executives-travel-to-ireland-attempt-to-recruit-talent-for-academy/fee43fbc-e776-4a2a-b492-456001233115

"And as much as the academy is a multi-pronged strategy to strengthen the men's and women's playing lists, Ireland is by far the most bold component of the plan."

"Carlton's view is Ireland is a largely untapped market, full of incredible athletes and highly competitive performers. "