Zach Tuohy’s rise from crying in a broken-down Civic to the Irish AFL record-breaker

The Portlaoise man will play his 265th game against North Melbourne on Sunday.

RECORD-BREAKER: Zach Tuohy of the Cats poses for a photo after a Geelong Cats AFL training session at GMHBA Stadium in Geelong, Australia. Pic: Darrian Traynor/Getty Images

The move from the peak of his own confined world to the bottom of Australia’s big pond was earth-shattering.

Zach Tuohy went from a burgeoning Laois footballer to the bottom of Carlton’s AFL list. He then worked tirelessly to rise through the ranks.