
Kerry duo Evan Boyle and Daniel Kirby offered contracts from AFL club
Kerry’s U20 All-Ireland winning midfielders Evan Boyle and Daniel Kirby have each been offered a contract from an AFL club, the Irish Examiner understands.
The pair, who were selected in the U20 team of the year following Kerry’s final win over Tyrone, have attracted concrete interest from Australia and are now weighing up the offers.
Ballyduff’s Boyle is also a member of the Kerry senior hurling panel, while Austin Stacks’ Kirby is the son of two-time All-Ireland SFC-winning midfielder William.
Kerry currently have four players contracted to AFL clubs - Mark O’Connor (Dingle, Geelong), Cillian Burke (Milltown-Castlemaine, Geelong), Rob Monahan (Kilmoyley, Carlton) and Ben Murphy (Austin Stacks, Brisbane Lions).
Tommy Walsh and Tadhg Kennelly are among the 10 from The Kingdom who have signed for AFL outfits since Seán Wight in 1985.
Boyle and Kirby’s U20 manager Tomás Ó Sé has been an outspoken critic of AFL clubs’ recruitment of Gaelic footballers.
Early last year, he hit out at the behaviour of one franchise in approaching one teenage player.