Aisake signs Aussie Rules contract

AISAKE Ó hAILPÍN has signed a two-year contract to play Aussie Rules with Essendon District Football League side Maribyrnong Park Lions.

Ó hAilpín made himself unavailable for Cork’s hurlers after brother Seán Óg was surprisingly dropped from the panel and immediately packed his backs for Australia last month.

The 25-year-old expressed an interest in resuming a career in Aussie Rules after three seasons spent at Carlton with brother Setanta failed to yield a breakthrough to the senior ranks before his release and return to Ireland towards the end of 2008.