Kobe McDonald

Wise moves. There are bittersweet feelings after Mayo’s All-Ireland triumph, not just for supporters of the Green and Red, but GAA fans in general. The game is losing one its great talents in Kobe McDonald, as he departs next month to play in the AFL with St Kilda. In the past, Mayo have lost some […]

4 days ago

He’s on his way to the big bucks! In the end, no wealthy Mayo businessman stepped in to offer Kobe McDonald life-changing amounts of cash to keep the young star from going through with his move to the AFL. The Crossmolina man is heading Down Under with his family next month, to start his career […]

4 days ago

Something to cling on to! For Mayo supporters, winning the All-Ireland title went someways to easing the pain of losing Kobe McDonald to the AFL. The teenager jets off to Australia next month with his family to begin a stint with St Kilda in Melbourne. With an All Star award in his first year as […]

5 days ago

Great genes! Such was the fanfare around Kobe McDonald this season and his upcoming move to Australia to play AFL, fans could be forgiven to not realise that one of his Mayo teammates is also his half-brother. Both McDonald and Jordan Flynn were named on the Sunday Game’s Team of the Year, and they both […]

5 days ago

Well there goes that dream…. Despite all the evidence saying otherwise, there was still hope among Mayo fans that Kobe McDonald would stay in Ireland and forego his contract with AFL side St Kilda. His rise has been so meteoric that there was plenty of speculation over the possibility of a wealthy Mayo donor coming […]

6 days ago

Well played! Mayo’s in-form forward line showed up once again in the All-Ireland final, with 11 points scored between Darragh Beirne, Ryan O’Donoghue and Kobe McDonald. The latter didn’t have his best game of the championship, scoring 0-3, but was calm and collected on the ball when it mattered most. Taking home the Sam Maguire […]

1 week ago