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Boyle-Carr is a three-time Ulster champion with Donegal
Donegal's Amy Boyle-Carr insists she is fully focused on completing the inter-county season with Donegal ahead of her move to Australia.
The Naomh Conaill player will join AFLW side Adelaide Crows as a rookie player in August ahead of the season.
Until then, the three-time Ulster champions are determined to finish the season strong with Donegal.
“One of the first things I told them was that my commitment was to Donegal,” she said.
“It was very important to me. Once that.” [inter-county season] In the end I'm all theirs but for now I'll focus on Donegal and once I'm out there there will be a transition to that.
The 23-year-old has been part of Donegal's senior team since 2018 and is aiming for more silver medals before moving Down Under.
“The All-Ireland final is at the beginning of August so hopefully you’ll be eliminated after that because everything is going well with Donegal.”
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Boyle Carr [centre] She won her only cap for the Republic of Ireland against the Netherlands in 2018
While Boyle-Carr will move to Aussie Rules later this year, her career could have taken a very different path.
Boyle-Carr was a talented footballer before she stopped playing in 2019 to concentrate on the GAA with Donegal.
She made her senior debut for the Republic of Ireland as a 17-year-old in April 2018 in the FIFA World Cup qualifying match against the Netherlands at Tallaght Stadium.
Boyle-Carr played the first half in the 2-0 defeat to the Dutch, then was captained by Sarina Wiegman, alongside current Republic captain Katie McCabe and midfielder Denise O'Sullivan, who has over 100 caps for her country has completed.
The former midfielder still looks back fondly on her surprise individual appearance for her country and admits she was keen to attend the game as a fan.
“My mother and I had bought tickets to watch the game,” she remembers.
“I was in Portugal for a camp with the seniors and then somehow thought I wouldn't be around as much after that. Then the tickets came out, so my mom and I said we would go there,” she explained.
“Of course I wasn't sure whether I would be on the jury or not, so I weighed it up just in case. Even though I was on the jury, I never thought I would be in the squad on match day, let alone in the starting eleven.” !”
“The players, even in the Dutch team that day, were phenomenal. They had Lieke Martens.” [current PSG forward], shortly before that she was UEFA Player of the Year. It was an amazing experience.”
“It’s still in our hands”
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Boyle-Carrs Donegal currently sit third in Division Two, five points behind leaders Kildare
Boyle-Carr is moving back to inter-county football and wants to help Donegal secure the final spot in National Football League Division Two.
Their hopes hang in the balance as Donegal suffered defeat to league leaders Kildare after wins against Laois and Westmeath and recently drew with Ulster rivals Monaghan.
That leaves them third in the table, five points behind Kildare, before meeting second-placed Tyrone on Saturday.
A win would see them level on points with the Red Hands, but Boyle-Carr is expecting a difficult encounter.
“We had a difficult game against Monaghan and were disappointed we only got a point,” she admitted.
“Our goal for the league is to reach the league final and gain promotion back to Division One.
“Tyrone are in second place, they are just ahead of us, but whether we can get a result against them is still technically in our hands.”
“We know Tyrone will be tough, they have some very good players like Maria Canavan, she is going well. We know she will be a threat, but we look forward to the challenge.”
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