Kennelly savours All-Ireland triumph

Kerry's Tadhg Kennelly became the first player to win both an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final and an Australian Football League Premiership final yesterday, thanks to the Kingdom's 0-16 to 1-9 victory over Cork at Croke Park.

Kennelly savours All-Ireland triumph
Mon, 21 Sep, 2009 - 09:36

Kerry's Tadhg Kennelly became the first player to win both an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final and an Australian Football League Premiership final yesterday, thanks to the Kingdom's 0-16 to 1-9 victory over Cork at Croke Park.

This four-point victory was greeted with Kennelly's customary jig on the presentation podium, with 15 of his former Sydney Swans team-mates among the 82,286-strong crowd at GAA headquarters.

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