Team-manager of Down club An Riocht (The Kingdom), Peter McGrath says he is hopeful that AFL star and former Down underage ace Martin Clarke will be able to play for his home club in next month's League play-offs while on holidays from his Collingwood club Down Under. An Riocht are due to play Mayobridge in the Division One league semi-final on October 16th next with the league final pencilled in for October 26th under lights in Newry. "I heard the fellas saying that he had been texting them and that he's mad keen to get training for the Kingdom," enthused former Down supremo McGrath. "He was hoping that we would make the play-offs. As far as I know, he is able to play and he is very keen to play, but I'm not totally certain about that. "Losing Martin was a big blow because he is a great player. But I've hardly mentioned his name since he left because the team had to get on without him and that was it." Tweet

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