Donegal star Yvonne Bonner has joined Mayo’s Cora Staunton at Greater Western Sydney (GWS) Giants for the 2019 AFLW season.

The 31-year-old became the second GAA player to pen a pro contract today after Clare’s Ailish Considine signed rookie deal with Adelaide Crows.

The signings come off the back of a CrossCoders trial camp which was held in Melbourne last week, where 11 Irish athletes took part.

“For this to actually come true, it’s like a dream, I suppose, to know that I’m the next Irish girl to come out after Cora,” said Bonner, who was recently nominated for a second All Star award.

“I play full forward back home for Donegal, so I’ll play quite similar. It’ll just take a while to get used to the different ways of marking and stuff like that.”

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