Westmeath's Aussie Rules rookie returns to satisfy his passion for Gaelic games, writes Marie CroweIn a week when Tadhg Kennelly ran an Aussie Rules training camp for young GAA players, one of Ireland's most talented Gaelic footballers has decided that l

ONLY 11 days remain until the GAA winter ban is lifted and talk of a new format on the rule is set for next year’s close-season.Regarded as both unfair and unenforceable – as even the Gaelic Players Association now agree – it will be the last year the tr

Sydney's new scout ... Barry Mitchell. SYDNEY have hired Barry Mitchell, the former club great and father of their prized recruit Tom Mitchell, as the club completes a reshuffle of its coaching panel. The Swans yesterday said that Mitchell snr, a former

DESPITE AFL plans to set up an academy in Ireland under the stewardship of Tadhg Kennelly, there is no chance of a 'talent drain' Down Under, according to GPA chief executive Dessie Farrell.Farrell, who managed the Dublin minor footballers in 2011, descr

AUSSIE Rules sources have poured cold water on the notion that Tadhg Kennelly will be available to resume playing for Kerry again in the near future.The Listowel star recently retired from AFL football and came home to play a cameo role in the North Kerr

The AFL has appointed Irishman Tadhg Kennelly as a league ambassador to help foster the development of young talent from overseas. The 30-year-old defender, who quit playing in September 2011 after a career that included Sydney's 2005 premiership, will b