Kerry chairman wants GAA action to curb AFL luring players away

The development of a terrace at the Horan’s End of Austin Stack Park should commence in January and will increase the capacity of the Tralee venue to 18,000.

Kerry County Board chairman Patrick O'Sullivan. Picture: Diarmuid Greene/Sportsfile

Kerry chairman Patrick O’Sullivan has urged Croke Park to take action against AFL poaching after revealing that up to nine Kerry talents were contacted by Australian clubs in recent years.

Cillian Burke, who impressed off the bench on the evening of Kerry’s All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Armagh, was the latest Kingdom talent to sign for an AFL club when he put pen to paper with Geelong in October.