Gaelic soccer star Oisin Mullin will make his long-awaited transfer to AFL premiers Geelong subsequent season.
Mullin signed with the Cats on the finish of 2021 however opted to stay at residence in Ireland this yr.
The 22-year-old performed the Gaelic Athletic Association season with Mayo, establishing himself as one of many competitors’s greatest defenders.
Geelong record supervisor Andrew Mackie remained in touch with Mullin all year long and on Friday confirmed the participant will hyperlink up with the Cats as a Category B rookie.
“As a club we appreciate the magnitude of moving overseas and understood Oisin’s reasons for remaining in Ireland and not joining us for this season,” Mackie stated.
“We are thrilled he will now join the Cats for season 2023.
“He is a gifted expertise, nevertheless, most significantly a top quality one who shall be a terrific addition to our enjoying squad.
“Oisin has had another impressive season with Mayo and we are looking forward to welcoming him and his partner Jess to the club and to Geelong.”
Mullin joins fellow Irishmen Zach Tuohy and Mark O’Connor at Geelong.
Tuohy and O’Connor this yr turned the primary Irishmen to play in an AFL premiership since Sydney’s Tadgh Kennelly in 2005.