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Published 10:55 25 Oct 2018 BST
Updated 11:07 25 Oct 2018 BST
In fairness, Callum Brown looked tailor-made for an AFL move from the minute he got the chance to show what he was made of in a Derry jersey.
Somehow, he didn't start on the Derry minor team for their All-Ireland final against Kerry in 2017 but he came on, caught a few skyscrapers and ruffled Kerry feathers.
That got the whole of Derry talking about this lad. He was fast-tracked into the county's senior team only to be told hours before a McKenna Cup game that he was too young to play.
He wasn't too young for under-20s. He went on and ripped it up for his county on their Ulster winning run, before breaking Mayo ankles in the All-Ireland semi-final too on his way to the goal of the competition.
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In the GAA we call that breaking an opponent's ankles. Brown had to explain the term ankle-breaker to his new management on arrival.
"I didn't quite understand what he was talking about when he talked about breaking a guy's ankle, but that's their terminology when they wrong-foot someone," McCartney told AFL.com.au with a laugh.Exhibit A is above. Athletic, strong and quick, Brown is a 91kg, 181 cm specimen who's well able to throw that weight around too. Australia's loss is Ireland's gain. Brown joins the following Irish players in Australia. James Madden (Dublin) Mark Keane (Cork) Anton Tohill (Derry) Conor McKenna (Tyrone) Mark O'Connor (Kerry) Stefan Okunbor (Kerry) Zach Tuohy (Laois) Pearce Hanley (Mayo) Conor Glass (Derry) Conor Nash (Meath) Darragh Joyce (Kilkenny) Colin O'Riordan (Tipperary)
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