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Donegal Gaelic footballer Finnbarr Roarty signs two year AFL Collingwood contract

Donegal Gaelic football player Finnbarr Roarty has signed a two-year contract with Australian Football League team Collingwood, the Irish Examiner reported.

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Donegal Gaelic footballer Finnbarr Roarty has signed a two-year rookie contract with Australian Football League club Collingwood, the Irish Examiner reported. The 20-year-old player will move to Australia at the end of October 2026 to join the Melbourne-based club, which finished in ninth place in the recent Premiership season. [1]

Before travelling to Australia, the 2025 Young Footballer of the Year is scheduled to play for his club Naomh Conaill. The team faces St Eunan's in the Donegal Senior Football Championship final in Ballybofey on Sunday. [1]

Roarty previously captained the Donegal Minor and Under-20 teams before making his senior inter-county debut against Armagh shortly before turning 18. That early appearance resulted in a two-week suspension for Roarty and an eight-week suspension for manager Jim McGuinness, although the manager's penalty was later overturned. Roarty later played his first National League match for Donegal as a corner-back against Dublin at MacCumhaill Park in 2025. [1][5]

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In short

  • Finnbarr Roarty signed a two-year rookie contract with AFL team Collingwood.
  • The 20-year-old Donegal Gaelic footballer will travel to Australia at the end of October 2026.
  • Roarty was named the 2025 Young Footballer of the Year.
  • He previously captained the Donegal Minor and Under-20 teams before making his senior debut.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]Donegal's Finnbarr Roarty signs AFL contract with Collingwoodirishexaminer.com, 2h ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]Finnbarr Roarty signs with AFL club CollingwoodHighland Radio, 1h ago
  3. [3]Donegal's Finnbarr Roarty to join AFL club CollingwoodOcean FM, 1h ago
  4. [4]Donegal’s Finnbarr Roarty signs AFL contract with CollingwoodBreakingNews.ie, 2h ago

Background

  1. [5]Finnbarr Roarty on Wikipedia
  2. [6]Nathan Buckley on Wikipedia
  3. [7]Formula 1 signs ten year deal for African Grand Prix in Rwanda FTMQ News, 1d ago
  4. [8]Cole Palmer signs new Chelsea contract extension until 2034 FTMQ News, 4d ago

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 8 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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