John Fogarty: What does future hold for the Irish 11 Down Under?

With just two rounds remaining in the regular season, the futures of the 11 Irish players signed to Australian Football League clubs come into greater focus
John Fogarty: What does future hold for the Irish 11 Down Under?

STAYING PUT: Kerry's Mark O'Connor in action for the Geelong Cats. Pic: Graham Denholm/Getty Images

With just two rounds remaining in the regular season, the futures of the 11 Irish players signed to Australian Football League clubs come into greater focus.

As of now, just four of them are confirmed to extend their time in Australia into 2023 – Callum M. Brown, James Madden, Conor Nash and Mark O’Connor. You would imagine there will be two or three more, including the outstanding Zach Tuohy, who along with Mark O’Connor, is chasing a first AFL medal with Geelong. That’s if Tuohy wants to prolong his fine career Down Under.

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