Our U11 girls experienced a real treat at their GoGames matches last weekend, when Cuala’s Jennifer Dunne and her Brisbane Lions teammate Dakota Davidson came along to support the Cuala girls in their football, staying around afterwards to chat about their careers and take questions from the girls.

Jennifer as we proudly know has multiple All Ireland football medals for Dublin to her name, and is the only athlete to have won an All Ireland title and the AFLW title in the same year. Dakota is the main forward for Brisbane Lions, one of Australia’s leading AFLW teams. With two AFLW titles in 2021 and 2023, she was selected for the AFLW All-Australian All Star team in 2023 and was twice Brisbane’s leading goalkicker.

Jennifer and Dakota spoke and answered questions on their path to success, training schedules, differences in weather, female athletes who have inspired them, injuries and more.

A huge thanks to both Jennifer and Dakota for coming along to inspire the next generation of Cuala (and possibly Dublin or Brisbane Lions!) players.