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Sounds like it was never going to happen? Did they announce it to see what the interest would be? It was announced to be on in 2 weeks time and it just fizzled out. Very strange carry on. Kew (Galway) - Posts: 275 - 12/10/2025 00:29:10 2639409 Link
Mayo's Kobe McDonald is set for a move to the AFL. The deal is likely to be announced in the coming days and he is expected to join after he completes his Leaving Cert. Glad the international rules was called off. I don't know why the GAA a help the AFL strip the sport of it's best players. I know you can't stop them but the GAA need to wake up to the fact they are a target for AFL expansion. Kew (Galway) - Posts: 275 - 01/11/2025 12:08:07 2642476 Link
Replying To Kew: "Mayo's Kobe McDonald is set for a move to the AFL. The deal is likely to be announced in the coming days and he is expected to join after he completes his Leaving Cert. Glad the international rules was called off. I don't know why the GAA a help the AFL strip the sport of it's best players. I know you can't stop them but the GAA need to wake up to the fact they are a target for AFL expansion." Thats a pity. Looks like a good up and coming footballer and Mayo need plenty like him. Not sure what he was thinking about career wise outside football or what prospects there are for young men like him in west of Ireland through education and work if he doesn't take his chance to go all the same! winatallcost (Meath) - Posts: 835 - 01/11/2025 12:14:34 2642479 Link
There is a lot going on with AFL, but the reason for the reason for the uptake in new players is that Tasmania are entering in 2028 and will be able to take 2 players from every other club - so those clubs are taking extra Irish lads this year who will be ready to play in 2028. Having county minor at U17, gives the aussies a good look at upcoming players a year earlier than before. They also see the players playing senior club football. There has only ever been 72 Irish Males in the afl and 1/6 of them currently involved. A new record. It will keep increasing, especially if they set up a team in Darwin which is rumored for 2030. tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1638 - 01/11/2025 12:25:02 2642481 Link
Replying To tirawleybaron: "There is a lot going on with AFL, but the reason for the reason for the uptake in new players is that Tasmania are entering in 2028 and will be able to take 2 players from every other club - so those clubs are taking extra Irish lads this year who will be ready to play in 2028. Having county minor at U17, gives the aussies a good look at upcoming players a year earlier than before. They also see the players playing senior club football. There has only ever been 72 Irish Males in the afl and 1/6 of them currently involved. A new record. It will keep increasing, especially if they set up a team in Darwin which is rumored for 2030." This is a reasonable decision by his parents. They will have his best interests central to his future and will have considered all the options.There is more to life than joining an intercounty panel at 18. Best wishes to the young fella, I hope he is very successful there. GDL (Galway) - Posts: 874 - 01/11/2025 13:07:19 2642495 Link
Replying To GDL: "This is a reasonable decision by his parents. They will have his best interests central to his future and will have considered all the options.There is more to life than joining an intercounty panel at 18. Best wishes to the young fella, I hope he is very successful there." Good luck to him. I have to laugh at the view the AFL are taking players because of the International games. They haven't been played in 9 or 10 years and of course the lads being poached are all underage lads. Seanfan (Roscommon) - Posts: 204 - 01/11/2025 13:45:19 2642501 Link
No one said they are taking players because of the international games. Eddie McGuire wanted to play the games again to smooth relationships as they target more players. It's all on YouTube on his channel. They are also starting their own international game in march between the Irish ladies so won't need the GAA. Kew (Galway) - Posts: 275 - 01/11/2025 14:06:39 2642505 Link
Replying To Seanfan: "Good luck to him. I have to laugh at the view the AFL are taking players because of the International games. They haven't been played in 9 or 10 years and of course the lads being poached are all underage lads." Does the more access to view club games and minor u20 championships assist with AFL scouting jm25 (Galway) - Posts: 1726 - 01/11/2025 14:08:16 2642506 Link
https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2025/1103/1541825-mcdonald-joins-afl-side-st-kilda/ This must be a sickener for Mayo GAA. :o( What a talent Kobe is. Top class. Wishing him every success and hopefully he will return to grace Croke Park in the future... Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 4710 - 03/11/2025 08:57:54 2642743 Link
It's great for the lad and I hope it works out for him, but it is disastrous for Mayo and those who enjoy gaelic football being played as it should be. If you were to pick an AFL club that most resembles Mayo then it would be hard to look past St Kilda. It shows how shallow the talent pool is in Australia when their clubs continually have to go to Ireland and other countries to find new players alalalalalum (USA) - Posts: 60 - 03/11/2025 09:30:10 2642751 Link
Replying To Kew: "No one said they are taking players because of the international games. Eddie McGuire wanted to play the games again to smooth relationships as they target more players. It's all on YouTube on his channel. They are also starting their own international game in march between the Irish ladies so won't need the GAA." International game between the women? Why? Top level LGFA is excellent game. Womens AFL as viewers who tune in early to see club games on TG4 will know is dog's dinner. BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 3794 - 03/11/2025 09:53:04 2642757 Link
Replying To alalalalalum: "It's great for the lad and I hope it works out for him, but it is disastrous for Mayo and those who enjoy gaelic football being played as it should be. If you were to pick an AFL club that most resembles Mayo then it would be hard to look past St Kilda. It shows how shallow the talent pool is in Australia when their clubs continually have to go to Ireland and other countries to find new players" Absolute disaster for Mayo sickening. Wish him all the best but sickening . Yes he has gone to St Kilda . S1234 (Mayo) - Posts: 437 - 03/11/2025 10:56:06 2642773 Link
The GAA are responsible for this. They should sever all ties with the AFL and stop that stupid compromised rules farce. I understand that its a great opportunity for the players themselves but do the Clubs and Counties get anything for developing the player? Meridian (Westmeath) - Posts: 703 - 03/11/2025 11:16:00 2642779 Link
At this rate the gaa should just start another aussie rules team in Melbourne made out of Irish players, make some money out of it alalalalalum (USA) - Posts: 60 - 03/11/2025 12:56:28 2642804 Link
Replying To Meridian: "The GAA are responsible for this. They should sever all ties with the AFL and stop that stupid compromised rules farce. I understand that its a great opportunity for the players themselves but do the Clubs and Counties get anything for developing the player?" The compromise rules hasn't been played in nearly 10 years. What difference would scrapping it officially make? Also no the clubs get nothing, and why would they? As long as it's amateur, Gaelic Games are just a very serious hobby while the AFL is a profession. It'd be like a club demanding compensation when a player takes a job or goes to college abroad. CastleBravo (Meath) - Posts: 1705 - 03/11/2025 13:58:30 2642818 Link
Replying To Meridian: "The GAA are responsible for this. They should sever all ties with the AFL and stop that stupid compromised rules farce. I understand that its a great opportunity for the players themselves but do the Clubs and Counties get anything for developing the player?" Agree fully, load of nonsense, should never have been a goer. Saynothing (Tyrone) - Posts: 2455 - 03/11/2025 14:25:46 2642827 Link
Replying To alalalalalum: "At this rate the gaa should just start another aussie rules team in Melbourne made out of Irish players, make some money out of it" Years ago before the western Sydney team started they were going to call it the Sydney Celtics and tap into the Irish market. They went against it as teams like Collingwood were traditionally the Irish club Kew (Galway) - Posts: 275 - 03/11/2025 14:55:43 2642832 Link
Replying To CastleBravo: "The compromise rules hasn't been played in nearly 10 years. What difference would scrapping it officially make? Also no the clubs get nothing, and why would they? As long as it's amateur, Gaelic Games are just a very serious hobby while the AFL is a profession. It'd be like a club demanding compensation when a player takes a job or goes to college abroad." Maybe I didn't explain my point. The Club develop the player in the hope that in the future they will play on to adult years with the Club. Why should such a club be then penalised and have such a player, who they played a big part in developing, be taken from them without anything in return. For a rural Club, such a player could represent their whole future and that could be taken away in an instant. I think the GAA could do more here in that they could insist that the Club involved should receive compensation for the loss. Even if its something like €10,000. its better than nothing at all. Meridian (Westmeath) - Posts: 703 - 03/11/2025 15:02:36 2642833 Link
Replying To S1234: "Absolute disaster for Mayo sickening. Wish him all the best but sickening . Yes he has gone to St Kilda ." It's really bad. As a Galway man, I have to say I'd have liked to have seen this lad play for Mayo, do his best in your jersey and help drive on the standard in Connacht. We need to hold our future stars in Gaelic Football. I've gone on about this issue before umpteen times in the past on this forum. I know for a fact and on particularly good authority from people that know what they're talking about in Melbourne that the AFL clubs and their agents are absolutely laughing at us re. just how easy it is to do this. To watch our rising talent from afar, spot the outperformers, swoop in, pitch the oftentimes empty promises of a professional career and the Aussie lifestyle - and they do all this safe in the knowledge that they owe absolutely nothing to the GAA nor to the club that put thousands of collective hours of work into a players development. Not so much as a box or chocolates! It's scandalous. Not very fair on clubs, mentors, supporters. togoutlads (Galway) - Posts: 1104 - 03/11/2025 15:26:55 2642835 Link
Without jeopardising a move, can the player not say to the Aussie club - ok I will sign for you but I want you to give a Donation to my home club for all the efforts they have put in to get me to this point... Be it 10k, 25k, 50k or whatever... Perhaps too simplistic a view, but surely it is time for this to happen... Especially with a talent like Kobe who was being looked at by more than 1 Aussie club. Or if for example - if I get to sign a pro contract down the line - then my home club is given a Donation or whatever.... This money would be a drop in the ocean for these Aussie clubs, Fionn (Dublin) - Posts: 4710 - 03/11/2025 15:42:24 2642839 Link