GEE WHIZZ

Oisin progress a 'game-changer'

- PAT NOLAN

BRIAN STYNES believes Oisin Mullin's rapid progress with Geelong Cats could be a game-changer for Irish players heading down under.

The former Mayo star only signed for the club during the AFL close season last winter and will make his full debut for the Premiership champions in tomorrow's tie with GWS Giants, just months after taking up Australian rules.

At 23, his development profile goes very much against the grain in terms of the history of Irish players at AFL clubs, with the vast majority making the move as teenagers and a small percentage of those then carving out a career.