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Authored by: Brett Northey
on Thursday, September 24 2009 @ 11:37 pm ACST

Kind of a surprise and kind of not.

He was easily the best Irish player in the AFL in 2009, even considering some good form from Setanta O'hAilpin at stages, and Clarke had achieved a level of being a solid midfielder, something no other Irishman has done (excluding Stynes as a ruckman). There were a few areas he needed to work on, such as contested ball and especially in the air. But he had plenty of promise.

But he is on the record as saying that basically he would choose the sport that he thinks he can be best at. He was a champion junior and he really wants to be a champion at senior level, be it Aussie Rules or Gaelic football. So there has always been the chance he would go back. You have to wonder if losing his spot mid year was the thing that pushed him away. Collingwood will say all the positive things but surely they must be very disappointed that a very promising player who they've invested so much time and money in has walked away and possibly as a result of only his first real setback in terms of form.

There's a lot of Irish recruiting that isn't yielding results, but there's a whole another wave on their way, so it's yet to lessen the appetite of AFL clubs.

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

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