Bríd Stack

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]

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]

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]

Stack is married to former Cork GAA U-21 player Carthach Keane. They have one son.^[1]