AFL Player 39: Cillian Bourke - VFL debut!

[King Patty]

Teenager Cillian Bourke to become first Offaly footballer to make AFL move with Essendon deal imminent

Cillian Bourke is set to become the latest GAA player to sign a professional AFL contract with an imminent move to Essendon.

www.independent.ie

https://archive.md/eF2k8#selection-4591.13-4613.62

 

[Lore]

About time we got another Irishman

 

[katana]

this is offaly good news

 

[King Patty]

Nice to see we are copying Geelong

They have an irishman named Cillian Burke, they picked up last year.

 

[eth-dog]

Love it. Interested to see where they play him. Half back logically

 

[dank420_]

Nice to see we are copying Geelong

They have an irishman named Cillian Burke, they picked up last year.

Why didn't we recruit Gary Ablett?

 

[Zach Package]

Welcome Murph

 

[TheFrenchCut]

Nice to see we are copying Geelong

They have an irishman named Cillian Burke, they picked up last year.

After the success of signing a Scott twin, we'd be crazy not to try and copy them again

 

[katana]

Why didn't we recruit Gary Ablett?

took parish ahead of him iirc.

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

Welcome Murph

 

[Howard Moon]

Conors car is probably still in the car park if you want it

 

[Pweter]

Love it. Interested to see where they play him. Half back logically

 

[King Patty]

Love it. Interested to see where they play him. Half back logically

yep sounds like half back would suit.
maybe some midfield as well.

 

[Zach Package]

Community club: Tullamore

WTF?

 

[Cold Sober]

Which one is better out of Cilli and Burke.

 

[Pweter]

Community club: Tullamore

WTF?

So a guy playing for Offaly shouldn't come from a town in the county of Offaly?

 

[King Patty]

Community club: Tullamore

WTF?

Tullamarine will feel like home

 

[ghostdog]

Teenager Cillian Bourke to become first Offaly footballer to make AFL move with Essendon deal imminent

Cillian Bourke is set to become the latest GAA player to sign a professional AFL contract with an imminent move to Essendon.

www.independent.ie

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https://archive.md/eF2k8#selection-4591.13-4613.62

Good pick up!

Sucks for Gaelic football though...

 

[Zach Package]

So a guy playing for Offaly shouldn't come from a town in the county of Offaly?

The similarity in the place names is such an utterly enormous coincidence it makes me think nominal determinism is a real thing.

 

[naraku]

Good luck kid!

 

[ant555]

Community club: Tullamore

WTF?

Tullamore, Offaly County Ireland.

https://www.visitoffaly.ie/spaces/tullamore/

 

[VelvetSledge]

Tullamore, Offaly County Ireland.

https://www.visitoffaly.ie/spaces/tullamore/

Tullamore-ine

 

[ghostdog]

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yep sounds like half back would suit.
maybe some midfield as well.

Athleticism and speed ❤

 

[SpeckieMcVeigh]

I'm bloody stoked, sounds like a high upside player.

 

[Duckworth]

Tullamore-ine

Offaly-bad luck with injuries.

I'll see myself out.