Adelaide Crows calling but Amy Boyle-Carr fully focused on Donegal

She will be setting off on an exciting adventure later on this year, but for now Amy Boyle-Carr's focus is firmly set on aiding the cause of Donegal in the 2024 inter-county season.

Now in her seventh year on the panel, the Glenties woman agreed a deal last December to join Adelaide Crows for their latest AFLW campaign.

Having taken notice of the Naomh Conaill club star while previously reviewing footage of her O’Donnell County compatriot Yvonne Bonner — who appeared for the club in 2023 before subsequently announcing her Aussie Rules retirement — the Crows opted to get Boyle-Carr on board as a rookie player.

However, this year’s AFLW season doesn’t get underway until the last weekend in August and this has freed up Boyle-Carr to remain with Donegal for the duration of their 2024 campaign.

She has already played against Laois, Kildare and Monaghan in Division 2 of the Lidl National Football League and is also expected to line out for the Ulster side in their meeting with provincial rivals Tyrone at Ballybofey tomorrow (throw-in 2pm).

"It was very important to me," Boyle-Carr explained. "That’s one of the first things that I had said to them, that my commitment was with Donegal. Once that finishes up, I’m all theirs then, but Donegal will first be my commitments and then I’ll head on out then after that.

"I suppose I’ll do whatever bits I can when I get out there, but for now it will be concentrating on Donegal and then once I get out there then, it will be a change-over to that.

"It’s something I’ll look forward to come the end of the summer. The All-Ireland final is at the start of August, so you’d be hoping that you’ll be going out after that, all going well with Donegal."

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