AFL star Martin Clarke will return home from Australia on Wednesday to assist An Riocht in their battle against relegation from Division 1 of the Down All-County Football League. The 2005 All-Ireland minor winning captain's season in the AFL ended on Saturday when his club Collingwood suffered a 72-106 defeat to St. Kilda in front of an attendance of 76,707 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The 20-year-old has been a revelation in Aussie Rules and played in 22 out of 24 matches this season. This won't be the first time that Clarke has returned home to help his home club. Last year, he scored two goals as the Kilkeel men defeated Kilcoo to capture the Division 1 title for the first time. This year, however, An Riocht are in the bottom two with only four league games remaining. Clarke's time at home is likely to be no more than a few weeks as he is expected to return to Australia as part of the Ireland International Rules squad in the middle of next month. Tweet

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