Uosis still confident of getting Down Under in October

KERRY’S newest export to the Australian Football League is confident he will make it to Australia as planned in October, despite the global uncertainty because of the Coronavirus pandemic.

Dingle and Kerry U-20 goalkeeper Deividas Uosis signed for AFL club Brisbane Lions earlier this year and is due to fly over to his new club in about six months. Numerous flights are currently grounded because of the Covid-19 crisis, and there remains much uncertainty as to when unrestricted worldwide travel will be allowed, but Uosis is confident he will make it Down Under on time to start his AFL career as planned.

“Look, if it doesn’t happen this year, then hopefully it will be next year. But, right now, there’s no real fear of not being able to travel over in October. The virus is settling down in Australia, it’s settling down in Ireland as well.

“If there are any few flights going over, then I hope to be on one of them anyway,” he told The

Kerryman this week.

The first round of the AFL season was played behind closed doors in mid-March before the sporting world locked down in the southern hemisphere. There are tentative plans for a return to training for some teams next Monday, May 18.

As a professional entity, the AFL has been hit very hard by the shut-down, with no matches and the international programme stopped for this year.

Uosis is fully aware that he is one of the lucky ones to get signed on the dotted line before this pandemic began causing havoc.

“Yeah, by the looks of it, it looks like it was perfect timing for my part. It’s very unlucky for some other lads who were due to travel out there for some training sessions in April. That hasn’t happened now, of course, so hopefully they might get going later in the year.”