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Marty Clarke up at Down. Another All-Ireland return?

Authored by: Peter Parry
on Tuesday, August 31 2010 @ 09:00 am ACST

Down's only goal-scorer (whose goal should've been deemed illegal as he was in the goal-keeper's square before the ball arrived) gave praise to the professionalism of Marty Clarke which implies the GAA do benefit when players return home to Ireland from the AFL: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpr...4j5cIAsTkg

article says:

Coulter paid tribute to playmaker Marty Clarke, who has been a revelation since returning from a career in Aussie Rules.

He said: "He's a good outlet from the defence to get the ball to him and he more or less sets up everything. His fitness, tackling and work rate and everything about him are immense. His professionalism and his approach are brilliant."

Marty Clarke up at Down. Another All-Ireland return?

Authored by: Michael Christiansen
on Tuesday, August 31 2010 @ 11:01 am ACST

It's funny though - isn't it, that it's fully implicit that Clarke is bringing back the benefits of the professional environment, but, they (the Irish media) are stopping just that fraction short of admitting that guys returning from a stint in the AFL back to the GAA may actually have flow on benefits to the GAA.

I'd certainly suggest that more guys might return to the GAA from the AFL than from soccer and Rugby. Okay - just a hunch. But, those sports are luring the kids at school. Perhaps, just perhaps the GAA might be better off to provide a fraction more access to the AFL??

Marty Clarke up at Down. Another All-Ireland return?

Authored by: Michael Christiansen
on Tuesday, September 07 2010 @ 04:48 pm ACST

HA!!.....and entirely on topic, AFL a dumbed down field sport Irish journo goes to show that extracting praise or recognition might be impossible from some.

The obvious question is as to whether Conlon has any concept of banana kicks, torpedoes, the opposite curve along the ground........it's one thing to claim a skill based 'high ground', but, to just display absolute ignorance just makes a fool of the fellow.

The link to the original article is here.

Marty Clarke up at Down. Another All-Ireland return?

Authored by: Troy Thompson
on Tuesday, September 07 2010 @ 09:35 pm ACST

Yeah I read this before our local media responded, it reads oddly that he gives no credit to the skills and thinking in our game then goes on to describe how Clarke has suddenly come up with a new skillset and way of playing the gaelic game - that for some reason he never had before going to Australia.

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