‘The 20 best players’: Irish AFL combine return is on the cards

Geelong executive general manager Andrew Mackie said Kerryman Mark O'Connor is amid "career-best" form for the club. 
‘The 20 best players’: Irish AFL combine return is on the cards

Oisin Mullin and Matt Ruane, both from Mayo, during the 2019 AFL Combine in Dublin. Mullin later went on to sign with Geelong Cats. Pic: ©INPHO/Bryan Keane

A return for the Australian Football League-run Combine is in the works, with hopes one will take place in Dublin this December.

Pre-covid, the AFL regularly hosted a European Combine in Ireland. Players went through a series of athletic tests as AFL scouts watched on. James Madden (Dublin), Deividas Uosis (Kerry) and Ross McQuillan (Armagh) all made the move Down Under after impressing at the event.

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