Colm Begley is a former Irish Gaelic footballer who now plays Australian rules football for the Brisbane Lions Australian Football League team. International Rules Football match at the Telstra Dome - Australia vs Ireland. ... Gaelic football (Irish: Peil or Caid ), commonly referred to as football, Gaelic or GAA (gah), is a form of football played mainly in Ireland. ... High marking is a key skill and spectator attribute of Aussie Rules Precise field and goal kicking using the oval shaped ball is the key skill in Aussie Rules Football Australian rules football, also known as Australian football, Aussie rules, or simply football or footy is a code of football... The Brisbane Lions Australian Football Club (the trading name for the Brisbane Bears-Fitzroy Football Club) are an Australian Football League club based in Brisbane, Queensland. ... This article is about the national league in Australian rules football. ...

Begley was scouted by the Lions football manager Graeme Allan, along with several other potential recruits during a training camp in Ireland, after first seeing a near best on ground performance from the young Irishman in the Under 19s International Rules series playing for Ireland against Australia. Among the players targeted by the Lions were Sean Cavanagh, a 22-year-old from the Irish national team who later refused a lucrative offer amongst much public controversy, Brendan Quigley (who returned home after a brief training stint with the Lions), James Coglan and Martin Clarke (who has since signed as a rookie with the Collingwood Football Club). The Lions managed to, however, enticed Begley to move to Australia for a lucrative contract in 2005. International rules is a rhetoric sentence used by the governments of United States and Great Britain when pointing at countries that they regard as rogue states because of their political inclinations or because they do not voluntarily align to Washington or Londons international policies. ... Sean Cavanagh is a Tyrone Gaelic Footballer. ... Brendan Quigley is a gaelic football player from Laois in Ireland. ... Martin Marty Clarke (born November 13, 1987) is a Collingwood footballer in the Australian Football League. ... The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies after the black and white striped guernseys worn by the players, is an Australian rules football club, playing in the elite Australian Football League. ...

Begley made AFL history with a rapid rise through the ranks of Australian rules football.

Having played his very first game of Australian rules immediately after moving from Ireland to Australia in 2006, in just his third game of Australian football only weeks later, he lined up in the NAB Cup quarter-final. In the game he picked up a total of 6 possessions and one mark whilst playing on Melbourne speedster Aaron Davey. The NAB Cup is the pre-season/night series Australian rules football competition of the Australian Football League, sponsored by National Australia Bank. ... A mark is a skill in Australian Rules Football where a player cleanly catches a kicked ball that has travelled more than 15 metres without anyone else touching it. ... Aaron Davey is an indigenous Australian rules football player. ...

He was not used again until he was elevated later to the senior list later in the season after the Lions suffered a string of injuries to regular players, though he was retained as a rookie-listed player at the end of the season.

In his senior debut against the West Coast Eagles he gathered 7 possessions, 7 marks and 2 hitouts, lining up on Brownlow Medallist Chris Judd. The West Coast Eagles Football Club is an Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League. ... The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal and colloquially as Charlie, is the medal awarded to the best and fairest player in the Australian Football League during the regular season (ie not including finals matches) as decided upon by umpires. ... Christopher Dylan Judd (born 8 September 1983) is the premiership captain of the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League and is considered as one the best players in the game today. ...

Following his good form through the 2007 NAB Cup, Begley was once again elevated onto the Brisbane Lions senior playing list and was soon after named on the interchange bench in the Lions' first game for the season. 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... The NAB Cup is the pre-season/night series Australian rules football competition of the Australian Football League, sponsored by National Australia Bank. ...

External links

• ^{[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colm_Begley#endnote_}/teamId/36/typeId/2/Default.aspx Colm Begley profile] on Lions.com.au
• Begley elevated to senior list
• Irish International Begley hits the bigtime
• Irish rookie debuts for Lions
• Brisbane Lions sign Irish duo and look to forge closer ties
• Colm Begley's statistics from AFL Tables

• Laois GAA Website, Begley home County in Ireland

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