Adelaide has signed exciting Irish athlete Amy Boyle Carr as a rookie for the 2024 AFLW season.

Boyle Carr hails from Donegal where she plays Gaelic Football alongside recently retired Crow, Yvonne Bonner. 

The 22-year-old excels in both Gaelic Football and soccer, having played both sports since she was a child. 

She is a three-time Gaelic Football Ulster champion for Donegal, winning player of the match in the 2019 Ulster final. 

Boyle Carr has also represented Ireland at national level in soccer when she was selected to play in a FIFA World Cup Qualifier against the Netherlands in 2018, aged only 17. 

Crows Head of Women’s Football Phil Harper said Boyle Carr would join the team at the completion of her commitments with Donegal next year. 

“Amy is a dynamic athlete who is fast and agile, and has skills developed across two football codes that we think will translate well to AFLW,” Harper said.

“We were actually watching some vision of Yvonne Bonner ahead of the AFLW Supplementary Draft earlier this year and Amy kept catching our attention with her dashing runs. 

“We love what the Irish players bring to our game, and we’ve had great success with the likes of Yvonne, Niamh Kelly and Ailish Considine and recently Mark Keane in our men’s program as well. 

“We wanted to add some more speed and run to our squad and we think Amy has the physical attributes to play as a small forward, defender or even on the wing.

“We look forward to welcoming Amy and the Boyle Carr family to our Club.”