Irish Players in the AFL

kmart6

Yes, it's true!

Xavi6

Begley was picked up by St. Kilda at the weekend's draft.

oneeyedman

FROM EXAMINER.IE

Irish players registered with AFL clubs:

Sydney Swans: Tadhg Kennelly (Kerry); Brendan Murphy (Carlow); Kyle Coney (Tyrone).

Carlton Blues: Setanta Ó hAilpín (Cork).

Collingwood: Martin Clarke (Down); Kevin Dyas (Armagh)

St Kilda: Colm Begley (Laois).

Brisbane Lions: Pierce Hanley (Mayo).

North Melbourne : Conor Meredith (Laois).

Essendon: Michael Quinn (Longford).

Adelaide Crows: Brian Donnelly (Louth).

Coney, Meredith, Quinn, Donnelly were recruited this season

Xavi6

Rumours today that Hanley may get elevated from the rookie list next week.

kmart6

Must have really impressed that new coach cause supposedly he doesn't like Irish guys...hence way Begley was let go and didn't sign Meredith!

bins

kmart6

bins wrote: »

Care to add anything to that?!

dSTAR

Anyone know anything about Pearce Hanley? Is he the next Tadgh Kennelly or Marty Clarke?

mo_town

dSTAR wrote: »

Anyone know anything about Pearce Hanley? Is he the next Tadgh Kennelly or Marty Clarke?

His first game for Brisbane was great except for the deciding moment of the game when he was judged to have thrown the ball. Must be a habit brought from Gaelic as most gaelic hand passes are not legal. However, I believe that the Aussies are raving about his potential so lets see!

bruschi

think I saw something in the paper at the weekend about Kyle Cooney turning down Sydney and staying at home. think Mickey Harte had a big influence in it according to Brendan Murphy.

No_Deal

mo_town wrote: »

His first game for Brisbane was great except for the deciding moment of the game when he was judged to have thrown the ball. Must be a habit brought from Gaelic as most gaelic hand passes are not legal. However, I believe that the Aussies are raving about his potential so lets see!

thought his debut last season (v carlton) was promising.

that handball incident aside thouhgt he acquitted himself well.

was disappointed when matthews left as he taught highly of hanley,hopefully voss thinks likewise.

big year too for setanta at princes park,injury ended his season prematurely last year.

Orizio

Any news on Aisake?

bruschi

havent heard of any club having any interest in him whatsoever, so I expect his AFL spell is over. If it took a last ditch draft pick for Colm Begley who has played up to 30 first team games to stay in the game, then I doubt if Aisake will ever make it. 3/4 years or however long it was and no signs of any improvement or making a breakthrough at a poor club.

he might be striking in support of the Cork hurlers maybe too tho!

Boca

IRISH-BORN PLAYERS IN AFL
Jim Stynes (Melb) — 264 games 130 goals
Stuart Magee (Sth Melb/Foots) — 216 games 149 goals
TADHG KENNELLY (Syd) — 158 games 29 goals
Martin Clarke* (Coll) — 34 games 12 goals
Colm Begley* (Bris Lions/St K) — 29 games 7 goals
Dermott McNichol (St K) — 3 games 1 goal
Pierce Hanley* (Bris Lions) — 2 games 0 goals
Paul Earley (Melb) — 1 game 1 goal
Brian Stynes (Melb) — 2 games 0 goals
* STILL PLAYING


Sean Wight played Gaelic football but was Scottish born.
Setanta O’hAilpin was born in Australia but moved to Ireland at five and played hurling.


There are now 13 international players on AFL lists (10 from Ireland)
SENIOR LIST (3)
Carlton - Setanta O’hAilpin (Ireland)
Collingwood - Martin Clarke (Ireland)
St Kilda - Colm Begley (Ireland)
ROOKIE LIST (8)
Adelaide - Brian Donnelly (Ireland)
Brisbane Lions - Pearce Hanley (Ireland)
Collingwood - Kevin Dyas (Ireland)
Essendon - Michael Quinn (Ireland)
North Melbourne - Conor Meredith (Ireland)
Sydney - Brendan Murphy (Ireland), Kyle Coney (Ireland), Michael Pyke (Canada)
SCHOLARSHIP LIST (2)
Western Bulldogs - Inoke Ratu (Fiji), Solomoni Loki (Fiji)

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Kirnsy

pretty sure Coney's turned it down in favour of GAA and IMO i don't think kingston has the pace for it.

anyone know if Zach Touhey made it at all?