Former Meath minor star Conor Nash says the treatment of fellow Irish AFL star Conor McKenna by the Australian media earlier this summer “was pretty disgraceful”.

Tyrone native McKenna initially tested positive for Covid-19 in June before further tests turned up negative results.

The positive result sparked some harsh reaction from certain corners of the Australian media, with one radio broadcaster calling for the 24-year-old Essendon player to be suspended indefinitely.

Nash, who joined Hawthorn in late 2016 as a Category B rookie and is currently living in Melbourne during the city’s second lockdown, told 2FM’s Game On programme yesterday what he thought about the criticism.

"It wasn't nice, the treatment he was given," the Simonstown Gaels clubman said.

"We had made an agreement with the Players Association that if someone had tested positive we would be able to keep their name under wraps because it’s the last thing you want.

"We knew it might happen at some stage (a positive test) but his name being out there was pretty disgraceful.

"And in the end then we’re not too sure if he even had it."

‘I think in the last week it has got to a few lads’ - @AFL and @HawthornFC player Conor Nash tells @GameOn2fm how he has dealt with lockdown so far from home pic.twitter.com/B7jrTVAyGO

— RTÉ GAA (@RTEgaa) August 20, 2020

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