Irish duo O'Connor and Tuohy crowned AFL Champions as Geelong Cats hammer Sydney Swans

IRISH EYES ARE SMILING: Zach Tuohy of the Cats holds aloft the premiership cup as he is chaired off the field after winning the 2022 AFL Grand Final. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)

Mark O’Connor and Zach Tuohy have joined Tadhg Kennelly as the only Irishmen to win an AFL Premiership following Geelong Cats’ resounding 133 points to 52 Grand Final victory over Sydney Swans this morning.

The Kerry and Laois men emulated Kennelly’s 2005 feat with the Swans as their team trounced the Sydney outfit in an incredibly one-sided affair in front of a record 100,024 crowd in the Melbourne Cricket Grounds.