ZACH TUOHY CELEBRATED his AFL appearance milestone by helping his Geelong side defeat the table-toppers Port Adelaide today.
Portlaoise native Tuohy and his Irish team-mate, Kerry’s Mark O’Connor, were both in action as they ran out comprehensive winners by 91-31 at the Metricon Stadium in a game played earlier today.
The game saw Tuohy line out for the 198th time in AFL action, moving him ahead of Kerry’s Tadhg Kennelly and into second place in the AFL appearance list for Irish players, behind the great Jim Stynes who amassed 264 appearances during his career.
Second-most games by an Irish player ☘️ 🇮🇪 Tonight, Zach Tuohy passes Tadhg Kennelly.#AFLCatsPower #GeelongStrong pic.twitter.com/ohwjfQqRpH
— Geelong Cats (@GeelongCats) August 14, 2020
Tom Hawkins was the star with six goals for the Geelong Cats, who now sit in joint second place, four points behind leaders Port Adelaide.
Next up they will meet Adelaide Crows on Sunday 23 August and the following weekend Tuohy could be in line to become only the second Irish player ever to reach the 200 appearance mark in the AFL.
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You’d have to say that Pat’s currently are the best team in the LOI & if they can win their last 3 matches then they might even nick the league.
Bohs may be the most P.C. team in football, but they’re dicing with the drop.
@Gerry Kelly: If Kenny was appointed a month earlier they’d be top.
@Comments Section Closed: still pathetic for Bohs to even contemplate finishing 9th with their set up and finances.
@An tEoghanach: we’ll finish 8th which is nowhere near good enough as you stated but that’s a sign of how competitive its been. There are no easy games in this league. Who’d of tought Dundalk would be relegated… Yes they had financial struggles but still had a squad good enough finish in a better position. Drogheda have Rovers Shels and a local derby in their remaining 3 but will win the playoff and stay up. Galway while not likely can still win the league from 5th if others slip up which just proves again how competitive its been… and with Cork coming back up, its going to be similar next year as well so everyone is going to have to get their shit together
Sligo Rovers ran rings around Derry tonight but only came away with a draw. We still have a chance to get Top 4!
C’ mon The Bit ‘O Red!!!
Why are they saying in the article about Derry City game tonight that it’s out of their hands but if my maths are right if they win their last 3 games they win it as they play Shels in the last game
The run Kenny has Pats on at the moment is something else. After the failure in the Irish job you can’t deny him as a coach he gets his players playing. Winning games there going to be contending next season. The league has been great so many teams involved with the final few games. Would love Shels to hold on but not sure if they will. They need to get a win asap. Give them some form for the remaining games
Kenny doing incredible things. Getting his reputation firmly back on track. The rest of the league will be worrying about what Pats will do next season
Tough watch in Dalyer tonight. Pats were on top but the red card was the killer blow. You could see how effectively they used the extra man to create space. It’s been a long season!