Murphy signs new Swans contract
Former Carlow minor football star Brendan Murphy has signed a new contract with AFL side Sydney Swans.
Murphy, whose progress in Australia has been hampered by injury, has yet to play a first team game for the Swans and admitted he thought about returning home.
He told The Mirror: 'I've been offered a new contract and I've decided to take it.
'I'd never had an injury before I came out here to Sydney, but since then it feels like I'm lucky to last a week without picking up a new one.
'After a lot of thought, I realised that I wasn't willing to walk away just yet, and that after coming so close to making it I couldn't turn my back on the opportunity.
'I decided that there was no way I was going to home a failure, and that I would go back in and tell the club that I was not going to let this opportunity slip away.
'There are three games left to go this season, and I'm not ruling out the possibility that I may still make the breakthrough before the season's end.
'But one thing is for sure: I will be a Sydney Swan again this time next year.'
Prime Time: The GAAKatie Hannon reports on problems facing the GAA with violence on pitches and secret manager payments |
John Mullane and Paul FlynnJohn Mullane dismisses rumours that he is to retire from inter-county hurling, while Paul Flynn discusses Lar Corbett's decision to quit |
Corbett QuitsJournalist Vincent Hogan reacts to the news that Lar Corbett has quit inter-county hurling |
|
|
|
