Niall Kelly: 'I wasn’t in the right place to give everything for Kildare this year'

Leinster GAA Senior Football Championship Final, Croke Park, Dublin 16/7/2017 Dublin vs Kildare Dublin's Con O’Callaghan with Niall Kelly of Kildare Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Tommy Dickson

Niall Kelly will be in Croke Park today. He will be standing for most of the game, most likely wearing white too. Every sinew of him will strain with the fortunes of his Kildare team but his contribution will stop there.

Kelly is sitting this season out. After the guts of 10 years in the set-up, he needed some perspective. Not that he has called it a day with Kildare or that he assumes Glenn Ryan will come calling again, but for his well-being he had to call a halt.