John O'Sullivan

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1,312 appearances 8 recordings 2 series first heard Mar 2026 last heard 11 Sep

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The Counter Ruck: The Irish Times Rugby Podcast · The AFL comes for Irish rugby · 31 Jul 2026 podcast

Played rugby as well.

Was considered to be a generational talent in rugby terms.

Obviously was a very good Gaelic footballer as well.

Played Irish schools a year young.

Full back, actually.

So not a forward.

He played full back.

And yeah, just had everything, all the skills that you see.

And it's funny, I was chatting to Peter Smith because we were reminiscing about Conor Nash.

And he said, like he said for years, he thought about Conor as the one that got away.

Now, Conor, it should be said, has gone on to play, I think, 120 matches or thereabouts for Hawthorne in the AFL.

So it's not as if he hasn't gone on to have a brilliant career in Aussie rules.

I think he's taken out or is taking out Aussie citizenship for some projects he wants to do afterwards.

He might be about 27 years of age now, something like that.

But yeah, so he would be somebody from a rugby perspective that...

went to Aussie rules and obviously is having, sorry, it's not as if he's finished at 27, he's still playing, still a first choice and is somebody who is having a brilliant career.

No, I don't think there's an overlap massively.

Like Conor is, he was 16 years of age, so that's what, 11 years ago.

And I can't think of, that's not to say there isn't, but I can't think of anybody else that has gone across and played Aussie rules.

So if you're losing one player every 11 years, it's...

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