Kingdom turn to Kennelly for battle with Royals

TADHG KENNELLY has been named at centre-forward ahead of Tommy Walsh on the Kerry team for Sunday’s All-Ireland SFC semi-final showdown against Meath at Croke Park.

Fri, 28 Aug, 2009 - 01:00
Michael Ellard

The decision to start Kennelly was on the cards ever since he replaced Walsh in the first half of Kerry’s quarter-final destruction of Dublin.

It is a welcome change in fortune for Kennelly, who missed out on the qualifiers against Longford and Sligo because of a finger injury and was then omitted for the Antrim game.

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CourtsGaaPlace: Croke ParkPlace: DublinPlace: NavanPlace: MeathPerson: KennellyPerson: Tadhg KennellyPerson: Tommy WalshPerson: WalshPerson: Tommy GriffinPerson: Tom O’SullivanPerson: Mike McCarthyPerson: Killian YoungPerson: Kieran DonaghyPerson: Stephen BrayPerson: BrayPerson: Mickey BurkePerson: Seamus KennyPerson: Anthony MoylesPerson: PlunkettPerson: Eamonn O’BrienPerson: MoylesPerson: KerryPerson: D. MurphyPerson: M. O SéPerson: T. GriffinPerson: T. O’SullivanPerson: T. O SePerson: M. McCarthyPerson: K. YoungPerson: D. Ó SéPerson: S. ScanlonPerson: P. GalvinPerson: T. KennellyPerson: D. WalshPerson: C. CooperPerson: Declan O’SullivanPerson: Darran O’SullivanPerson: P. O’RourkePerson: C. O’ConnorPerson: A. MoylesPerson: S. KennyPerson: C. McGuinnessPerson: KingPerson: N. CrawfordPerson: MeadePerson: P. ByrnePerson: J. SheridanPerson: D. BrayPerson: B. FarrellEvent: All-Ireland SFCEvent: 2007 All-Ireland semi-finalOrganisation: RoyalsOrganisation: KerryOrganisation: MeathOrganisation: LongfordOrganisation: SligoOrganisation: AntrimOrganisation: MayoOrganisation: LimerickOrganisation: St OliverOrganisation: CorkOrganisation: SFC
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