{"id":666,"date":"2021-05-17T20:01:26","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T20:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aflireland.ie\/?p=666"},"modified":"2021-05-17T20:01:28","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T20:01:28","slug":"footy-makes-long-awaited-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aflireland.ie\/index.php\/2021\/05\/17\/footy-makes-long-awaited-comeback\/","title":{"rendered":"Footy Makes Long Awaited Comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aflireland.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210517_205726-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-675\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After months on the sidelines, clubs across the country have made their long awaited comebacks to the training field in recent weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to the easing of Government restrictions earlier this month, AFL clubs have been allowed to resume training from week commencing 10th of May in the Republic. Meanwhile, clubs up North have been able to train a couple of weeks prior to this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is fantastic to have footy back and judging by high numbers at sessions up and down the country during the past couple of weeks, the players seem to be enjoying being back on the grass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a select few pictures of how clubs have been enjoying shaking off the lockdown cobwebs. Let&#8217;s hope to see big numbers through the upcoming AFL season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aflireland.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1621278734568_1621278730672_20210512_190315-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-667\"\/><figcaption>Leeside Lions limbering up<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"948\" height=\"776\" src=\"https:\/\/aflireland.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210517_201622.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aflireland.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210517_201622.jpg 948w, https:\/\/aflireland.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210517_201622-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aflireland.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210517_201622-768x629.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aflireland.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210517_201622-128x105.jpg 128w, https:\/\/aflireland.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210517_201622-32x26.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 948px) 100vw, 948px\" \/><figcaption>Inaugural South Dublin Swans Women&#8217;s session<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aflireland.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210512_185731_resized-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-669\"\/><figcaption>Magpies are back at The Swamp<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"629\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/aflireland.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210517_201939.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aflireland.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210517_201939.jpg 629w, https:\/\/aflireland.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210517_201939-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aflireland.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210517_201939-128x103.jpg 128w, https:\/\/aflireland.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210517_201939-32x26.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><figcaption>Cork Vikings at Tramore Valley Park last week<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aflireland.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210512_191007_resized-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-671\"\/><figcaption>Pies dressed for the weather down in Salthill<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aflireland.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210512_201152-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-672\"\/><figcaption>Great Numbers down in Cork <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aflireland.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210517_202758.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-673\"\/><figcaption>Swannies pre training stretch<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After months on the sidelines, clubs across the country have made their long awaited comebacks to the training field in recent weeks. Due to the easing of Government restrictions earlier&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,4,8,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-leagues","category-mens","category-womens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aflireland.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aflireland.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aflireland.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aflireland.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aflireland.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=666"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/aflireland.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":677,"href":"https:\/\/aflireland.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666\/revisions\/677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aflireland.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aflireland.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aflireland.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}