From GAA to AFL: The women kicking their way to Australia.
Established in 2017, the AFLW aims to become a full-time professional sport by 2026 and as it grows toward that goal, the players salaries have grown too.
"It allows you the freedom to focus on your sport, compared to home where you're rushing your dinner into you and rushing your lunch, rushing to training," Mackin, who signed with the Melbourne Demons, said. "The Australian girls are more skilled but we would have been playing from the age of five or six and we have a kicking background, which is quite appealing for AFLW.
"Earlier this year when I started talking about it, when I was approached by AFLW Ireland, the first thing I said was that I wouldn't leave Armagh this year. "It's a very personal decision," Mackin said. "It depends what you want, what stage in life you are at, your job at home. For some it wouldn't be worth it to come this far for this period of time.""Some will want to stay on and travel or make Australia home, others will want to go back home to play for their county," she added."Yes and no," Mackin said.
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