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Published 09:37 8 Mar 2018 GMT
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What's incredible though is the sheer volume of young men who are heading off abroad and joining clubs all over the globe.
Of course, there are plenty of players coming back too and settling back in with their clubs once more but it is staggering looking at how many are off to pastures new outside of Ireland.
In fact, if you take a breakdown of the numbers from just January and February, you'll really see the scale of it.
Number of GAA players transferring to clubs in countries outside of Ireland (Jan/Feb 2018)
Australia - 219
London - 69
USA - 46
Rest of England - 40
Canada - 26
Belgium - 8
Spain - 7
Scotland - 5
Netherlands - 5
Switzerland - 3
New Zealand - 2
Germany - 1
France - 1
In total, 432 GAA men transferred to clubs outside of Ireland in the first two months of the year. 109 of those made the trip across the water to England with 221 going to the other side of the world in Australia and New Zealand.
Clubs are losing more and more young players but, as that happens, clubs are gaining them in new homes. New homes with the GAA still very much at the heart.
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