Setanta: I wouldn’t be in Oz if GAA was pro

FORMER hurling star Setanta Ó hAilpín has revealed he would never have left his promising GAA career to become a professional Australian footballer if the GAA had paid their players.

In a revealing new interview, the Carlton player said his older brother Sean Óg encouraged him to become a professional sportsperson Down Under.

Setanta, who won an All Star when he was just 20-years-old, cut short his promising hurling career eight years ago to jet out to Sydney to play Australian Rules but he admits that hurling is still his first love.