Tadhg Kennelly: ‘Of course, I want Kerry to win All-Irelands’

Tadhg Kennelly claims Mark O’Connor’s departure to AFL club Geelong won’t hurt Kerry football.

Another five Kerry teenagers comprised 11 of the players Kennelly is currently assessing in this weekend’s AFL Talent Combine in UCD. Star minor David Clifford is expected to attend next year’s event.

Speaking to The Irish Examiner in Dublin yesterday, Kennelly said: “Mark O’Connor (going to the AFL) is not going to kill Kerry football. The last thing I want to see is Kerry not win All-Irelands but Mark O’Connor being contracted to Geelong is not going to stop them doing that. There is enough talent and programmes there.