Kennelly and O hAilpín set to clash down under

TADHG KENNELLY’S last game for Kerry was in the All-Ireland final against Cork at Croke Park and he looks set to renew the Kingdom-Leeside battle in the unlikely surroundings of Sydney’s Blacktown Olympic Park tomorrow.

The Listowel man will play his first Aussie Rules match in almost 18 months in the first round of the pre-season NAB Cup.

In the opposite corner will be Cork city man, Setanta O hAilpín, who was named in Carlton’s squad for the game and is expected to be picked in the forward division. With Kennelly rated as one of the AFL’s best defenders prior to his brief return to Ireland, the likelihood is that the pair will cross paths at some stage.