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Kevin Sheedy has come good on his promise to look far and wide for talent, with the signing of a South African recruit.
Sobetwa adds to the list compiled below and adapted from Worldfootynews of the ‘international’ class of 2010.
Senior Listed
Ireland – Sydney: Tadhg Kennelly (158 games since 2001)
Ireland – Carlton: Setanta O’hAilpin (58 games since 2005)
Ireland – Brisbane: Pearce Hanley (3 games since 2008)
International Scholarship Listed
Fiji – Western Bulldogs: Solomoni Loki
Fiji – Western Bulldogs: Inoke Ratua
PNG – Essendon: David Meli
PNG – Carlton: Peter Labi
PNG – Brisbane: Donald Barry
PNG – Brisbane: Brendan Beno
PNG – Brisbane: Ezra Kautu
NZ – Hawthorn: Kurt Heatherley
International Rookie Listed from Ireland
Adelaide – Brian Donnelly
Essendon – Michael Quinn (6 games 2009)
North Melbourne – Conor Meredith
Brisbane – Niall McKeever
Carlton – Zach Tuohy
Richmond – Jamie O’Reilly
St Kilda – Tommy Walsh
Sydney – Chris McKaigue
International Rookie Listed from other countries
Canada – Sydney: Mike Pyke (8 games 2009)
USA – Collingwood: Shae McNamara
Unofficial but associated with AFL clubs
PNG – Gold Coast: Stanis Susuve
PNG – Brisbane: Amua Pirika
Okay, so not all of them will succeed. However, with the two International junior sides to compete in the AFL national championships from this year on, we may well see an expanding of this list by quite some way.
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