Mayo lead the pack with six players in Aussie rules this season

by Admin
August 29, 2024

A record thirty-four Irish players will take the field this Australian Football League Women (AFLW) season with eighteen Irish counties represented. Mayo lead the pack with six players represented:

Naimh Kelly (Adelaide Crows), Dayna Finn (Carlton), Sarah Rowe (Collingwood), Rachel Kearns (Geelong Cats), Aileen Gilroy (Hawthorn) and Grace Kelly (St Kilda) will participate in this year’s competition.

The ALFW begins this weekend with eighteen teams battling it out to see who will reach the Grand Final on November 30.

TG4 will broadcast two matches deferred each weekend as well as weekly highlights as part of GAA 2024on Monday evenings at 8pm.

More information: Visit the AFLW website

The remaining Irish players are as follows:

Tipperary	Orla O’Dwyer (Brisbane Lions) Aisling McCarthy (Freemantle) Anna Rose Kennedy (Geelong Cats) Aishling Moloney (Geelong Cats) Niamh Martin (North Melbourne)
Donegal	Amy Boyle Carr (Adelaide Crows) Niamh McLaughlin (Gold Coast Suns) Tanya Kennedy (Sydney Swans)
Armagh	Amy Mulholland (Freemantle) Lauren McConville (Gold Coast Suns) Blaithin Mackin (Melbourne)
Dublin	Jennifer Dunne (Brisbane Lions) Sinéad Goldrick (Melbourne)
Meath	Orlagh Lally (Freemantle) Vikki Wall (North Melbourne)
Leitrim	Áine Tighe (Freemantle) Eilish O’Dowd (GWS Giants)
Kerry	Paris McCarthy (Sydney Swans) Julie O’Sullivan (Sydney Swans)
Cavan	Aishling Sheridan (Collingwood)
Monaghan	Muireann Atkinson (Collingwood)
Roscommon	Joanne Cregg (Freemantle)
Offaly	Kate Kenny (Geelong Cats)
Down	Clara Fitzpatrick (Gold Coast Suns)
Tyrone	Cara McCrossan (Gold Coast Suns)
Galway	Áine McDonagh (Hawthorn)
Cork	Erika O’Shea (North Melbourne)
Fermanagh	Blaithín Bogue (North Melbourne)