John Heslin is a Westmeath GAA

Westmeath GAA

The Westmeath County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Westmeath GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Westmeath...

 Gaelic football

Gaelic football

Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...

er. and Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er for the Richmond Football Club

Richmond Football Club

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Playing career

The St Loman's GAA clubman represented University College Dublin

University College Dublin

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 in the Sigerson Cup

Sigerson Cup

The Sigerson Cup is the top division of Higher Education Gaelic football in Ireland, It is administrated by the Higher Education committee which is part of the Gaelic Athletic Association...

 and Westmeath GAA

Westmeath GAA

The Westmeath County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Westmeath GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Westmeath...

 at all level's and starred as Westmeath reached the Leinster Under-21 Football Championship

Leinster Under-21 Football Championship

For information on the latest U-21 championship see: Leinster U21 Football Championship 2007The Leinster Under-21 Football Championship is the Under 21 "knockout" competition in the game of Gaelic football played in the province of Leinster in Ireland...

 final. He also played in 2 games in the 2011 All-Ireland football championship. Heslin represented the Ireland national Australian rules football team, that won the 2011 Australian Football International Cup

2011 Australian Football International Cup

The 2011 Australian Football International Cup is the fourth edition of the Australian Football International Cup, an international Australian rules football competition run by the Australian Football League....

 and kicked 4 goals in the tournament. He recently joined Richmond Tigers as a rookie in 2011.