Former Laois minor star Conor Meredith has agreed terms for a two-year international rookie contract with the North Melbourne Kangaroos. The O'Dempsey's clubman, who trained with the Brisbane Lions in July, had a week's trial alongside Antrim's Niall McKeever at Richmond last week. This week, Meredith had a trial with the Kangaroos, while McKeever trained with St. Kilda. The pair travelled to Australia after catching the eye of Aussie Rules agent Ricky Nixon during his recruitment camp in Castlebar last August. Meredith, who scored a hat-trick of goals in Laois' Leinster minor final victory over Carlow last year, said: "It's good news. I've got a two-year rookie contract with North Melbourne and it's a dream come true. "I want to play professionally so the opportunity to have an AFL career is just too good to turn down." There could be more bad news for Laois in the offing as it's believed Colm Parkinson is considering taking a year out to travel and will not be available to new senior manager Sean Dempsey in 2009. Tweet

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