Search

06 Sept 2025

Former Kilkenny minor hurling captain celebrates AFL Premiership win Down Under!

Darragh Joyce joined the Brisbane Lions in 2023

Former Kilkenny minor hurling captain celebrates AFL Premiership win Down Under!

Darragh Joyce (2014)

The Brisbane Lions have claimed their first AFL premiership in 21 years after dominating the Sydney Swans in a 60-point victory in the grand final at the MCG.

Among those celebrating is Kilkenny man Darragh Joyce, who despite not featuring in the final, has played for the club on a number occasions over the past two seasons.

The former Kilkenny minor hurling captain, who joined the club during the AFL’s pre-season supplemental selection period, experienced a solid first year, making six AFL appearances in 2023.

FOR MORE KILKENNY SPORT, CLICK HERE

The defender is known for his physical presence in the air and played an integral part in the club’s march toward a VFL Preliminary Final last season.

Joyce also played a further 13 AFL games with St Kilda between 2017 and 2022.

Before heading Down Under, the Rower Inistioge clubman was well-known in Kilkenny GAA and captained the Cats to All-Ireland Minor Final glory against Limerick in 2014.

Check out the latest episode of the Kilkenny People Sport Podcast below:

To continue reading this article,
please subscribe and support local journalism!


Subscribing will allow you access to all of our premium content and archived articles.

Subscribe

To continue reading this article for FREE,
please kindly register and/or log in.


Registration is absolutely 100% FREE and will help us personalise your experience on our sites. You can also sign up to our carefully curated newsletter(s) to keep up to date with your latest local news!

Register / Login

Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.

Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.