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CibbuanoKennelly to quit Swans
April 4th 2008 06:34
Sydney premiership player and star Tadhg Kennelly is set to quit the Swans and return home to Ireland once his contract expires in 2009.
After spending 9 years in Australia, he thinks its time to go home and join Gaelic Football club Kerry, where he will try and win an All Ireland Medal.
"I'm definitely going home next year to try to win an All-Ireland medal," Kennelly told the Irish Mail .
"I will always miss Aussie rules and I won't cut my ties to Australia, but I want to win an All-Ireland with Kerry."
It seems the decision has coincided with his fathers passing, who was also a All Ireland champion at Kerry. However Tadgh has made it well known he has battled home sickness since arriving in Australia.
He also told the Irish Mail, had Gaelic Football been professional he would not have left his homeland, but said Gaelic needed to remain amature.
"Aussie rules is a franchise business … but Irish sport is completely different. In Ireland, players compete for their counties, their local clubs and their families. There is more passion and players are driven by a different culture."
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