By the time Colm Begley was 21 he had already played in three Laois senior football finals with Stradbally.

Last week, Tommy Walsh picked up his phone and scrolled down through his phonebook looking for Éamonn Fitzmaurice’s number.

Hawthorn’s three-time AFL Premiership captain Luke Hodge will lead the Australian team in the international rules Test against Ireland.

Kerry’s Paul Murphy believes Tommy Walsh’s Kingdom return will bring with it positives that ripple far beyond the field of play.

Former All-Ireland-winning Kerry footballer Tommy Walsh makes his return to county football next month.

Five years after leaving home to carve out an AFL career, 26-year-old Tommy Walsh will shortly return home to Kerry with no regrets and three things on his mind — family, friends and football. The truth is he never left the Kingdom. Nor did it leave him.

I am not really a gambling man but when I see a gap in the betting markets, I sometimes make an investment.

David Moran has no fears for Ireland in the physicality stakes ahead of their International Rules test against a beefed-up Australian side.

Ireland coach Paul Earley has applauded Australia for demonstrating their faith in the International Rules concept after naming what he regards as their best squad ever.

“I’ll be going back to my club Kerins O’Rahilly’s and I don’t know, but maybe Kerry as well.”

My former midfield partner is at last getting the plaudits his talents and effort deserves

Laois forward Colm Begley has taken a parting shot at former boss Justin McNulty, claiming the northerner’s style of play was overly defensive and uninspiring.

Davy Fitzgerald is set to remain as Clare senior hurling manager for another three years following last night’s county board meeting.

An Australian Football League player was fined and forced to apologise to a dwarf entertainer set on fire during a prank in arguably the sport’s most bizarre end-of-season celebration.

Former Kerry ace Tommy Walsh has been given an 11th-hour opportunity to play a role for high-flying Sydney Swans in the AFL’s finals’ series, earning a recall for tomorrow’s clash against Geelong.

Tommy Walsh is determined to build on his impressive AFL debut for the Sydney Swans on Saturday night.

Tommy Walsh will make his much-anticipated AFL debut tomorrow against Melbourne at the SCG.

The GAA have declined to comment on Tommy Lyons’ allegation that he was asked to name his price in an interview for the Mayo job.

Former Young Footballer of the Year Tommy Walsh has urged the GAA to scrap any considerations of paying inter-county managers and instead focus on assisting players.

FORMER Young Footballer of the Year Tommy Walsh is enjoying life with his new AFL club Sydney Swans as preparations crank up ahead of the new season.

FORMER young footballer of the year, Tommy Walsh, will be a big hit with his new AFL club Sydney Swans, according to the outfit’s head coach John Longmire.

SETANTA Ó hÁILPÍN is adamant his next club will reap the benefits of Carlton’s Irish experiment, after the club abandoned him after eight years.

JUST a case of Ireland going through the motions this morning? Think again, says vice-captain Ciaran McKeever.

COLM BEGLEY fears the future of the International Rules Series is in jeopardy after Ireland’s record victory over Australia in Friday’s first test.

Anthony Tohill has said that a clean, fairly-fought International Rules Series is vitally important for the future of the hybrid game between Ireland and Australia.

KARL LACEY is expected to be the odd man out for tomorrow’s International Rules first test.

FRUSTRATION was the main reason Tommy Walsh moved from St Kilda to the Sydney Swans.

SETANTA Ó hAILPÍN’S eight-year career with the Carlton Blues is over after the Corkman was axed from the AFL club yesterday.

TOMMY WALSH has secured his desired move to Sydney Swans on the final day of the AFL trade window yesterday despite St Kilda’s attempts to persuade him to remain.

WEST KERRY brushed past a disappointing Kerins O’Rahillys in this one-side Kerry SFC quarter-final at Austin Stack Park, Tralee on Saturday.

A provisional 31-man training panel for the International Rules series tour of Australia has been announced today.

DEFEATED All-Ireland finalists Kerry will silence their critics next season, according to former Kerry star Tommy Walsh.

TOMMY WALSH will not make a sensational return to Kerry football next season as he is set to sign a new contract with his AFL club St Kilda.

CLUB commitments may prevent Cork midfielder Aidan Walsh from securing a spot in the Ireland International Rules squad that travel to Australia next month.

KERRY’S attempts to lure Tadhg Kennelly back for next season may have hit an obstacle after reports in Australia linked the retiring Sydney Swans star to new AFL club Greater Western Sydney Giants.

TADHG KENNELLY’S AFL future is in serious doubt after the former All-Ireland winning Kerry footballer was dropped from the Sydney Swans squad for tomorrow’s crucial clash with St Kilda.

KERRY star Kieran Donaghy has been backed to return to top form and lead Kerry into the All-Ireland SFC final, by his former team-mate Tommy Walsh.

MAYO’S Pearce Hanley was amongst Brisbane’s best again as the injury-plagued Lions put up a stout resistance against Hawthorn before falling away in the final quarter to lose 105-63 in round 16 of the AFL season on Saturday.

DONEGAL skipper and long-time AFL target Michael Murphy expects Australian interest in him to cease following the revoking of controversial agent Ricky Nixon’s licence.

As the AFL season gets underway this weekend, former Young Footballer of the Year Tommy Walsh edges closer and closer to his St Kilda League debut. Joe Callaghan met him in Melbourne.

ONE of the brightest young talents in the GAA has accepted a two-year contract with an Aussie Rules club.