KERRY’S TADHG KENNELLY has been hailed for his Australian Rules exploits by Sydney Swans after being inducted into the club’s Hall of Fame.
Kennelly, who made 197 appearances for the club, became the 61st member inducted into the Sydney Swans Hall of Fame at a presentation on Wednesday night.
In 1999 Kennelly joined the club as a rookie and established himself to enjoy an excellent career. The highlight came in 2005 when he became the first Irish-born player to win an AFL Premiership medal.
There was a glowing tribute paid to Kennelly on the Sydney Swans official website.
“After arriving at the Swans via a rookie contract, a very green Kennelly spent hours upon hours learning the craft and adapting to a new way of life. It was tough road for the son of a Gaelic Football champion who had never previously travelled abroad.
“Kennelly was quoted as saying there were times when a one-way ticket to London was a very real possibility and, if it wasn’t for Swans’ former development coach and long-time father-figure George Stone, he would have packed up and left everything behind.
“Swans supporters are to this day thankful Kennelly stuck to the task.”
Some of Kennelly’s former Kerry teammates saluted him for his achievement.
The lad has a bigger carbon footprint than some whole nations, and he’s goes around virtue signalling, like he’s the new Messiah…
@Thefallguy: but jesus could walk on water
@Thefallguy: he is not wrong in this case thou , joke of a decision
@Thefallguy: virtue signalling? Climate change isnt about virtue you spanner. Would be interesting to see f1 go electric though.
@Rudiger McMonihan: formulaE??
Jebus, this tool is hard to listen to
They would be better off planting trees on these race track. Totally irrelevant sport
@Seagoat returns: Why is it irrelevant, because you don’t watch it?
@Mark: because it is incredibly unrelatable and elitist. It is not relevant as a sport for most, is it even technically a sport
@Seagoat returns: it’s a motorsport , so yes , hardly irrelevant but as a fan of the sport I see a dim future for the sport in the decades ahead, Honda pulling out of the sport and this story finally making it to the media even thou f1 fans have know about this for a while and its frustrating to see people make these kind of decisions when as Hamilton already said we have enough tracks in the world, they can always be modified to suit as years go by