Not sure they were only talking about the lighting quick one that can already kick the Sherrin on both sides of his body.What about the other irish guy?
Not sure they were only talking about the lighting quick one that can already kick the Sherrin on both sides of his body.What about the other irish guy?
From the miniscule number of Irish players that have come over to try our game, the success rate has been phenomenal. Because they play a reasonably similar game to Aussie rules it's not that hard to convert the playing ability, the hardest part is convincing the young fellas to stay here n build a completely new life for more than three or four years of glorified paid holiday. Some of our own kids sometimes have a hard enough time with going interstate for more than a few years while the Irish are crossing the world to a foreign country.I’m still far from convinced that the time , money and resources put into the Irish an US markets are worth it , personally rather spend more on tapping into the local talent
At this point I think we’ve signed 2 Irish players and only Orielly played 4 games for us, not a great return when we’ve had people go to Ireland every year for about the past 15. I’d rather the money go into identifying talent at an early age in our zonesFrom the miniscule number of Irish players that have come over to try our game, the success rate has been phenomenal. Because they play a reasonably similar game to Aussie rules it's not that hard to convert the playing ability, the hardest part is convincing the young fellas to stay here n build a completely new life for more than three or four years of glorified paid holiday. Some of our own kids sometimes have a hard enough time with going interstate for more than a few years while the Irish are crossing the world to a foreign country.
Not that sure about pushing hard to get the Septics to play our game as they don't really have anything similar to build from n big Autumn leaves is still riding high on the one game where he was spoon fed by a dominant mid field and the fact he's about three metres tall.
Phantom was MVP for his amazing efforts.
He DID get ushered into meetings.
I miss the man.
poor bastardLuke Towey trialling with Gold Coast
If he's got any brains he wont be trying too hard.Luke Towey trialling with Gold Coast
Luke Towey trialling with Gold Coast
Jack White coming back from Duke. Clubs nibbling.
No one is sure how the cat b rookie will work in the new footy world.
Ross Mcquillan has quit Essendon to return to Ireland. The Irish experiment continues to fail.His name is Luke Towey,19yo very athletic,and determined to make a career in the AFL.
We’re the front runner,so fingers crossed,not much between,Ross McQuillan & Luke Towey when they tested although McQuillan was the quickest at 2.77sec for 20 metres.
Hope we get Towey,could be a great Cat B rookie pick up.We’re better placed to develop an Irish lad than last time round.