AFL club Sydney have fashioned Australian rules footballers from rugby league, rugby union and Gaelic football - now they've signed US college basketballer Alex Starling.

The 22-year-old will combine his studies at Florida's Bethune-Cookman University with several trips to Sydney this year to meet with Swans' coaching staff and try to learn the skills required to cut it at AFL level.

Starling has joined the club under the AFL's international scholarship scheme, with Sydney hoping to add him to their senior list as an international rookie in 2013.

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