Paddy Brophy set for Eagles Aussie Rules debut

Paddy Brophy will play his first senior game for West Coast Eagles in a pre-season fixture against the Indigenous All Stars this morning.

The former Kildare forward is one of six players on the 26-man squad that has yet to play at AFL level although with ex-baseballer, Corey Adamson, not selected, he is the only one with so few actual games of Aussie Rules football under his belt.

Although Brophy was an attacker, like most Gaelic football players that try their hand Down Under, he is being tried in a half-back role, where his good hands, excellent kicking and speed on the counter-attack could prove very useful.