‘I’ll be playing for Meath this year,’ the 2021 Footballer of the Year told JeromeQuinn LadiesFootball
Speaking to Jerome Quinn for a documentary on Meath ladies’ remarkable success, the 2021 Footballer of the Year and All-Star explained how she can commit for the Royals’ three in-a-row bid despite her AFLW commitments at North Melbourne.
“It was one of the main reasons why I chose North Melbourne — how much they valued how much I value playing football. It’s probably one of the core things of why we clicked, and why I went there in the end. It was part of the clause. Even them allowing me to go over later last year, and this year, conversations that as long as they’re happy with me and I’m happy to stay in touch over here, that will be the plan.
Wall was one of 22 Irish players on the books of AFLW clubs last season. Most of those who fly the flag Down Under are top inter-county footballers here. For years, they enjoyed the best of both worlds, balancing their two sports on opposite sides of the world. They travelled to Australia for pre-season in October or November, played from January to mid-April at the latest, and the vast majority of them returned home for the business end of the league and for championship.
As the relatively-new AFLW continues to build and grow, with greater structures in place and more home-grown talent coming through the ranks, there’s talk that there’ll be less of a need for Irish imports going forward. But as Melbourne list manager Todd Patterson told The42 recently, “I think that in the next five years that appetite and need will remain.
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