Donegal’s Amy Boyle-Carr is the latest ladies football star to join an AFLW club.
The 22-year-old has signed for the Adelaide Crows, just weeks after fellow-Donegal woman Yvonne Bonner departed the club after announcing her Aussie Rules retirement. Boyle-Carr has garnered three Ulster senior titles with Donegal, winning Player of the Match in the 2019, while she was also capped for the Republic of Ireland women’s soccer team in a FIFA World Cup qualifier against Holland in 2018 at the age of just 17.
Crows Head of Women’s Football Phil Harper said Boyle-Carr would join the Crows after the completion of Donegal’s 2024 campaign.
“Amy is a dynamic athlete who is fast and agile, and has skills developed across two football codes that we think will translate well to AFLW,” Harper told the club’s website.
“We were actually watching some vision of Yvonne Bonner ahead of the AFLW Supplementary Draft earlier this year and Amy kept catching our attention with her dashing runs.
“We love what the Irish players bring to our game, and we’ve had great success with the likes of Yvonne, Niamh Kelly and Ailish Considine and recently Mark Keane in our men’s program as well.
“We wanted to add some more speed and run to our squad and we think Amy has the physical attributes to play as a small forward, defender or even on the wing.
“We look forward to welcoming Amy and the Boyle-Carr family to our Club.”
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