Former Australian International Rules coach Kevin Sheedy has said that the AFL and the GAA should re-vamp the current hybrid game’s format to create a ‘tri-series’ between an indigenous Australian team, a non-indigenous team and Ireland.
Having taken a break in 2009, the regular two-test series between the two countries will take place in Ireland in [...]

It’s a big weekend for the AFL’s Irish recruits with three players lining out for their clubs in the senior competition.
It will be an emotional night for Tadhg Kennelly and the Sydney Swans at the SCG as the Harbour City club’s coach Paul Roos and co-captain Brett Kirk make their last appearance at the team’s [...]

Collingwood has signed Down teenager Caolan Mooney to a two-year international rookie contract commencing in the 2012
season.
Caolan, who is considered to be one of the finest young players in the county, will finish his schooling in Ireland before he relocates to Melbourne at the end of 2011.
However, the club has played down reports that fellow [...]

Richmond hopes the luck of the Irish can replace its horror run of luck at the tribunal, calling up Irish rookie Jamie O’Reilly to the senior list, the Daily Telegraph reports.
O’Reilly was invited to train with the Tigers last year after being spotted by recruiting manager Francis Jackson playing Gaelic [...]

Brisbane Lions Pearce Hanley has said his football is benefiting from his time on the senior side and that he is growing in confidence all the time. Hanley has now played three consecutive senior games with the Lions, the most in his career so far.
“I feel a lot more confident out on the field and [...]

ADELAIDE CROWS’ general manager of football operations Phil Harper has said the club will not be deterred from recruiting Irish players in the future despite Louth rookie
Brian Donnelly deciding to  return home.
Donnelly announced his decision to pull the pin on his AFL career after finding out he had to undergo a shoulder reconstruction. The 21-year-old [...]

Tadhg Kennelly has made a shock return to the Sydney Swans’ starting line-up for Saturday night’s clash with Port Adelaide after recovering much more quickly than expected from a medial ligament injury he suffered against the Fremantle Dockers on May 22 at the SCG.
Kennelly was initially ruled out for at least four weeks with the [...]

Tommy Walsh has found himself back at square one since leaving the dizzy heights of All-Ireland glory to take on a new challenge in the AFL. But the St Kilda recruit told CATHERINE MURPHY he is happy to take his time en route back to the very top.
It’s not easy starting over. But that’s exactly [...]

Sydney Swans’ Irish defender Tadhg Kennelly will be out for at least three weeks as the result of a knee injury he picked up against the Fremantle Dockers on Saturday afternoon.
The Kerryman went off injured in the opening minutes of the Swans’ defeat at the SCG when he suffered a bang to the side of [...]

Sydney FC’s Irish-born skipper Terry McFlynn will try his hand at Aussie Rules this weekend when he takes the field at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) for a charity game as the curtain raiser to the Swans’ AFL clash with Fremantle.
The Magherafelt native, who captained the Sydneysiders to the A-League in March, will join a [...]