Kennelly flying high as Swans win again

WHILE Championship football can be the most unforgiving of sporting arenas — just ask Joe Kernan this morning — Australian Rules isn’t too far behind its northern hemisphere cousin.

Kennelly flying high as Swans win again

In the harsh climate of the AFL, it is the ‘disposal’ that is the currency of choice for the critics — a statistical weapon which they like to sharpen before plunging into their victim or alternatively, one they spit-polish and present as the glimmering numerical evidence of just how positive a contribution their chosen hero has made.

This weekend, Ireland’s two leading lights Down Under simply couldn’t have endured a more contrasting time on that front. The disposal count — as the term used to describe the amount of times a player gets his hand on the ball in a match — was at the forefront of the gushing praise of Tadhg Kennelly’s superb performance for the Sydney Swans and the equally searing criticism of Setanta Ó hAilpín’s display for Carlton Blues.

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