The Eglish native is bidding to become only the second Irishman after Kerry’s Tadhg Kennelly to win both an All-Ireland SFC title and an AFL Premiership
Tyrone’s Conor McKenna could feature in his second successive AFL Grand Final after his Brisbane Lions defeated Geelong 95-85 in the Preliminary Final in front of 93,066 spectators at the Melbourne Cricket Ground .
Having won the Sam Magurie with the Red Hands in 2021, McKenna resumed his AFL career at Brisbane in 2022 and helped the Lions reach the decider last season, but they suffered a 90-86 loss to Collingwood in one of the great AFL Grand finals.Read More: Dubliners: 15 stories about a football team and a city over 50 dramatic years
McKenna didn’t start Saturday’s game, but he was called into action after ruck Oscar McInerney picked up a dislocated shoulder in the third quarter and his participation in next week’s final is in serious doubt.
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