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16th October 2018
04:02pm BST

The 21-year-old was forced to apologise to the Victoria outfit in Australia for playing that game without their permission. It's currently the off-season in the AFL, with the season ending up in September.
In the mean-time, O'Connor was granted leave by his club to return home to Ireland, but they didn't envisage him playing another sport during his time-off.
"It was down to the risk of injury which would then compromise his ability to play and train for Geelong,” the AFL club’s head of football Simon Lloyd told AFL.com.au. "We told him we cannot provide permission to play in further Gaelic football games as it's a breach to his contract. To Mark's credit, he acknowledged Geelong was his main priority and that he wouldn't do it again."The former All-Ireland minor winning captain with Kerry played five games for Geelong this season and he has been faring well Down Under. Fellow AFL star Zach Tuohy was on The GAA Hour podcast recently and his glowing comments show that O'Connor returned home for the grá of his club, rather than any kind of unrest in Australia.
"He's really diligent, and I'm sorry to say for the Kerry listeners, he doesn't seem to be too homesick just yet. I think ye might be without him for a little while longer, because he's going incredibly well for us," said O'Connor's Geelong teammate.