Leitrim’s Eilish O’Dowd scored the fastest ever goal in AFLW history with her first touch for Greater Western Sydney Giants on Saturday morning.
Ballinamore native O’Dowd was making her debut against the Western Bulldogs, and struck in the opening 15 sseconds of the match took just 15 seconds to make her mark against Western Bulldogs at Manuka Oval, surging forward from the first bounce to fire home the score, at Manuka Oval in Canberra.
WHAT DID WE JUST SEE? 🤯
Eilish O’Dowd’s first disposal of her career is as good as it gets.#AFLWGiantsDogs pic.twitter.com/ZcPjaKWgiw
— AFL Women’s (@aflwomens) August 31, 2024
The Giants went on to win the game 72-9 with the Leitrim woman getting on the scoresheet for a second time later in the game.
O’Dowd, an All-Ireland senior football championship winner with Dublin in 2023 (she was working in the capital as a teacher), joined the Giants as a rookie in January of this year.
