Thursday 29 October 2020
Richmond were impressive winners over Zach Tuohy and Mark O’Connor’s Cats in an absorbing contest.
Zach Tuohy and Mark O’Connor never played Australian Rules football until their late teens but tomorrow they will become just the fourth and fifth Irishmen to play in the Grand Final.
Former coaches on the rise of the two Irish stars chasing Australian Rules glory on Saturday.
Mark O’Connor on the Irish interest in next Saturday’s AFL Grand Final with his club Geelong after a strange and dramatic season.
Geelong defeated Brisbane Lions in the second AFL preliminary final today.
After today’s win over Collingwood, a Grand Final place will be at stake in next week’s Brisbane Lions clash.
Port Adelaide ran out 58-42 winners against Zach Tuohy and Mark O’Connor’s side.
The Laois and Kerry duo will be in action for Geelong against Port Adelaide in the first qualifying final.
On Friday, Zach Tuohy became the second Irish player after Jim Stynes to reach the 200 appearance mark in the AFL.
AFL star Zach Tuohy is this week’s guest on Warriors.
The Laois man suffered the blow during the dramatic comeback win over the Bulldogs last weekend.
The win kept the Cats at the top of the standings and in fine form for another tilt at the title.
Tuohy and Irish team-mate Mark O’Connor were part of a success that saw Geelong have 60 points to spare over Port Adelaide.
The Laois star and Kerry’s Mark O’Connor are in line for a big clash with Geelong.
The Kerry and Laois natives featured in Geelong’s 59-point win over St Kilda.
The Tyrone native was at the centre of a storm in Australia after he became the first AFL player to test positive for the virus.
The Kerry and Laois players saw their team cruise past Hawthorn in today’s Round 2 clash.
Richmond and Collingwood played out a 36-36 draw this morning at the MCG.
The round one games today will be the last for a while in Aussie Rules.
Richmond beat Carlton as this year’s campaign began in a strange atmosphere at the MCG.
Geelong defeated West Coast Eagles this morning with the Irish duo in action.
Laois native Zach Tuohy and Kerry’s Mark O’Connor were on the losing side.
Big couple of days for Conor McKenna, Mark O’Connor and Zach Tuohy.
Irish players are back in the frame for this weekend’s AFL games.
Zach Tuohy will make his comeback for Geelong on Sunday.
Mark O’Connor and Zach Tuohy were both in action today at the MCG.
Conor Nash, Zach Tuohy and Mark O’Connor are all hoping for a happy end to their season.
The Laois man was Geelong’s hero at the weekend.
The 28-year-old followed up an athletic mark with a composed kick in the dying seconds against Melbourne.
The Laois man will become the fourth Irish player to hit the 150 mark.
The Portlaoise native was one game away from becoming the first Irishman to make the showpiece game of Australian Rules since Tadhg Kennelly in 2006.
Former Kerry minor captain Mark O’Connor didn’t feature for Geelong.
Ciaran Sheehan is included on Carlton’s interchange bench for Saturday’s game against Adelaide.
The Laois half-back joined Carlton on an international rookie deal in 2010.
The Cats must now broker a trade with Tuohy’s club to secure his signature.
Zach Tuohy is out of contract at Carlton while there’s reports that Pearse Hanley may be leaving Brisbane Lions.
Tuohy achieved the feat in Melbourne this morning.
Carlton were defeated by the Richmond Tigers at the MCG.
Portlaoise star has seven county titles – but he is desperate to win a second Leinster medal on Sunday.
The town ran out 12-point winners in this evening’s Laois SFC replay.
