Mayo wanted Oisín Mullin to play in All-Ireland final says Geelong Cats coach
A GEELONG SHOT: Geelong Cats coach Chris Scott has claimed the Mayo management attempted to lure Oisín Mullin home to play in Sunday’s All-Ireland final. Pic: ©INPHO/Bryan Keane.
Geelong Cats coach Chris Scott has claimed the Mayo management attempted to lure Oisín Mullin home to play in Sunday’s All-Ireland final.
Mullin, who is currently starring for his Victorian club and left Ireland at the end of 2021, approached Scott about returning home to face Kerry after he received a message from a Mayo coach.
“Oisín Mullin had taken a phone-call from the Mayo coach just planting a seed about possibly after our game against Melbourne on Friday night that he might be able to pop over to Ireland to play in the final and then come back,” laughed Scott about his No1 man-marker on the “Fox Footy” AFL360 show.
“So this is, bearing in mind right in the period where we have three weeks where Oisín was going to play on Nas (Wanganeen-Milera, St Kilda), then the next week he was going to play on Kozzy Pickett (Melbourne) and then next week I don't think I'm telling anyone including Collingwood anything they don't know, Nick Daicos.
"Plus an All-Ireland final. We were kind of open to the conversation. If it were me, if you could chop me out a Nas, Nick and Kozzy..."


