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Whether it''s committing to a tackle, being a dad or writing a memoir, if Zach Tuohy goes in, he goes ''all in''
During his childhood in County Laois, Zach Tuohy''s first love was Gaelic football. But when an Australian football club came knocking with a professional contract, the then-seventeen-year-old leapt at the opportunity to travel across the world and come to grips with an oval ball.
Despite a rocky start navigating a Carlton Football Club in disarray and becoming a father at twenty-three, Zach went on to become one of the greatest success stories of the ''Irish Experiment''. A move to the Geelong Cats made him a star rebounding defender and cult favourite player, and in 2022 he reached the pinnacle of his adopted code, winning a Premiership medal. In 2023, Zach set a new record for the number of AFL games played by an Irish player, passing the effort of the great Jim Stynes.
With characteristic devil-may care attitude and determination, Zach wr