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Bríd Stack
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Bríd Stack (/ˈbriːɪd stæk/ (born 16 December 1986)[3] is a former All-Ireland winning former ladies' Gaelic footballer.[4] Playing for Cork, she won the All-Ireland Ladies' Gaelic Football Championship 11 times, and was an Ladies' Gaelic Football All Stars Awards 7 times.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] She joined the Greater Western Sydney Giants women's Australian rules football team in 2021,[1][3] but an injury in a pre-season practice match in January 2021 involving Adelaide's Ebony Marinoff[13] prevented her from playing in the 2021 season.[14][15]
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Gaelic football career
Stack won a record equalling 11 All Star Awards.[4] She was the player of the match of the 2007 All-Ireland Final. She was nominated for RTÉ Sports Person of the Year in 2016.[16]
Australian rules
During a practice match in the 2021 pre-season, Stack collided with Adelaide's Ebony Marinoff, which caused a fractured vertebra for Stack. Marinoff was initially given a three-match suspension, the longest suspension in the competition's history to that point.[17] Commentators such as Kane Cornes and his father, inaugural Crows AFL coach Graham Cornes, suggested that the incident was unavoidable and the club should appeal the decision.[18] Adelaide eventually announced that it would appeal the decision, with the club calling it "grossly disproportionate" and coach Matthew Clarke calling the incident an "unavoidable footy collision".[19][20][21] The suspension was eventually overturned by the appeals board after a hearing that lasted more than three hours, allowing Marinoff to play in the opening round of the season.[22][23][24][25][26] In December 2022, Stack announced her retirement from football.[27]
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Personal life
Stack is married to former Cork GAA U-21 player Carthach Keane. They have one son.[1]
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