Tadhg Kennelly: Playing for Kerry more pressure than AFL

Tadhg Kennelly says none of his 10 seasons with the Sydney Swans compared to the pressure of playing for Kerry in 2009.

The Listowel man returned home that year with the aim of winning an All-Ireland medal as his late father Tim and brother Noel had done but admits the obsession with doing so was “very, very dangerous”.

Speaking to Jarlath Regan on The Irishman Abroad podcast, the 35-year-old’s girlfriend, now wife Nicole, helped him to strike a better balance in his life at the time. He claims there is no more pressurised sport than elite Gaelic football.