Sean Wight, the former Kerry minor footballer and one of the first recruits for the so-called 'Irish Experiment' in Australian Rules, has died following a short illness.

ALTHOUGH it ended in defeat, Pearce Hanley will have good cause to remember his AFL debut as he departed for home with the praise of Brisbane Lions coach Leigh Matthews ringing loudly in his ears.

THE increasing AFL recruitment scramble in Ireland has been vindicated yet again with news that Mayo’s Pierce Hanley will make his senior debut for the Brisbane Lions this weekend – just six months after his first reserve game for the Gold Coast club.

Mayo forward Pierce Hanley has become the latest young Irish footballer to be linked with a move to an Aussie Rules club.