{"id":259816,"date":"2025-11-03T14:07:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T14:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/259816\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T14:07:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T14:07:31","slug":"saints-welcome-gaelic-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/259816\/","title":{"rendered":"Saints Welcome Gaelic Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__summary\">\n                St Kilda Football Club is pleased to welcome Kobe McDonald to its list as a Category B Rookie.\n            <\/p>\n<p>St Kilda Football Club is pleased to welcome Kobe McDonald to its list as a Category B Rookie.<\/p>\n<p>The 17-year-old joins the Saints from the Crossmolina Deel Rovers in County Mayo, Ireland, where he has already shown impressive skill and potential in Gaelic football.<\/p>\n<p>Kobe\u2019s father, Ciaran, is regarded as one of the most talented and popular players of his generation. Like his father, Kobe is an exciting attacking prospect with natural flair and composure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to welcome Kobe and the McDonald family to St Kilda,\u201d CEO Carl Dilena said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKobe\u2019s natural abilities have been evident for some time, and his experience playing Gaelic football will provide a great foundation for his transition to AFL.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen the impact Irish players can make in our game, and we\u2019re looking forward to supporting Kobe as he begins his journey with the club.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McDonald has already attracted attention back home, with Ireland\u2019s Western People newspaper describing him as a young athlete ready to rise \u201cfrom prospect to protagonist\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He will relocate to Australia to join his new teammates once he completes his final year of school in mid-2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"St Kilda Football Club is pleased to welcome Kobe McDonald to its list as a Category B Rookie.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259817,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-259816","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-text"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}