Setanta axed by Carlton while Swans have plans for Walsh

SETANTA Ó hAILPÍN’S eight-year career with the Carlton Blues is over after the Corkman was axed from the AFL club yesterday.

The out-of-contract 28-year-old failed to engineer a last-minute move away from Carlton as the club was unsuccessful in their attempts to trade him to a rival.

AFL rules requiring clubs to cut a minimum of three players meant that the Blues, needing to de-list one more player — the retired Ryan Houlihan and Mark Austin were already de-listed — with both Ó hAilpín and Paul Bower in direct competition for the dreaded chop.