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Could we see less GAA players going down under as the AFL focus more on American recruiting?

Where once they had the Irish experiment, now the AFL is going after Americans

Jason Holmes hopes to be the first American to play Aussie rules professionally

FOR A LONG time, the most athletic GAA players have been targeted by AFL clubs and given a chance to play Aussie rules professionally. Having seen relative success with the initiative, the AFL are now looking to make it in America.

Jason Holmes is a former college basketball player from Morehead State who is now on the books at Tommy Walsh’s old club St Kilda. Holmes had never heard of the sport when in college but one Youtube clip later he was hooked and now he is getting closer and closer to making his professional debut.

You can see is journey, full of poignant words and inspirational music, below.

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Where was Setanta O’Hailpin’s montage when he joined Carlton? This will have to retroactively suffice for now. “Santa Claus has delivered Ger!”- classic commentary.

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Famously, when ESPN first started, one of the only sports that they had the rights to was the AFL. It didn’t catch on then but maybe if Holmes becomes the next Jim Stynes, it could ignite a cult following.

Just think of it, maybe in five years time we will see Jason Holmes beating the head off of some poor Irish player in the International Rules Series.

Bryan Cullen nailed the crossbar challenge at Leinster Rugby training today

We would have all been better off if this guy had been our coach at u12

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