Meath youngster Shane O'Rourke is among a trio of GAA stars which Brislane Lions manager Graeme Allan is planning to pilfer, with Carlow's Brendan Murphy and Laois' Conor Meredith also grabbing his attention. Allan travelled to Ireland last weekend to target possible signings and was impressed with the performances of the trio who could follow in the footsteps of Tadgh Kennelly, Colm Begley, Setanta O'Halpin and Martin Clarke. Murphy has already discussed a possible move 'Down Under' with an AFL representative but Meredith and O'Rourke have yet to be approached. Australian newspapers confirmed yesterday that the Lions' are targeting O'Rourke as a possible recruit while Carlton are also supposed to be interested in the Simonstown clubman. "Getting Irish guys in has become all the rage. You can bring in a rookie and you don't have to go through the draft. "The Irish guys are ready to play in 12 to 18 months and you don't have to pay that much for them," Damien Stafford of the Australian Daily mail said. Tweet

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