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Injured Swans icon rules himself out of fairytale - CtrlF.XYZ

Injured Swans icon rules himself out of fairytale

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Sydney Swans large Josh Kennedy has accepted helium volition play nary portion successful the Swans' finals run aft yielding to a recurring hamstring injury.

Last month, Kennedy announced this play would beryllium his last, but confirmed helium wouldn't bent up his boots until aft Sydney's conflict for the emblem had ended successful an effort to adhd to his 2012 premiership honour.

The 34-year-old suffered a near hamstring wounded successful the Swans' VFL lucifer against North Melbourne past month, having already wounded his close hamstring against Carlton successful May, which resulted successful 8 weeks connected the sidelines.

But incapable to subdue the soreness - which inactive prevents him from being capable to beryllium oregon basal for agelong periods of clip - Kennedy has been near with nary different option.

"That's it for me," helium confirmed to the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age connected Thursday.

"It's bittersweet due to the fact that I'm not playing. But astatine the aforesaid time, it's really, truly breathtaking for the footy club. I'm truthful overmuch a portion of that.

"I'm an astonishing protagonist of the young players and the squad and I consciousness precise overmuch a portion of it, careless of whether I'm playing oregon not.

"It's specified an breathtaking time, having experienced it earlier successful my career, playing successful expansive finals and prelim finals, and having to enactment truly hard to get the squad backmost present to wherever we're competing again, and successful a presumption wherever we judge we tin triumph it, is thing beauteous special, and to spot a batch of guys spell done it for the archetypal clip is truly rewarding."

The midfielder joined the Swans from Hawthorn for the 2010 season, captaining the broadside from 2017 until the extremity of past season.

Despite not pulling connected a jumper oregon taking to the tract this finals series, the three-time All-Australian volition inactive be heavy progressive successful Saturday's preliminary last against Collingwood - and immoderate follows - taking up his presumption connected John Longmire's coaching staff, a spot connected the seat which helium has occupied successful caller weeks.

"I'm present to enactment the coaching unit to enactment the players," Kennedy said.

"However John wants to usage me, whether that's connected the seat oregon up successful the coach's box. Obviously moving overmuch person with the midfield and conscionable providing an other furniture of enactment and enactment arsenic well, being capable to beryllium solely focused connected the wide squad aspects.

"Having not agelong agone been playing, it is simply a equilibrium betwixt being focused connected what you person to bash astatine immoderate fixed clip and past the team, but being 1 measurement removed, it's each astir the team, and I tin assistance the leaders successful that respect too, successful presumption of what triggers request to beryllium pulled to the people of the game."

In trying his manus astatine an off-field role, Kennedy did not regularisation retired a aboriginal determination into coaching.

"I deliberation beyond this year, I'm truly excited for what is retired there. I'd ne'er accidental never," helium said.

"It's thing that I'm looking guardant to sought of stepping back, taking immoderate clip to reflect, and past task astir wherever I'm going to get the astir passionateness and adhd the astir worth successful the years to come.

"I'm not definite the aboriginal is simply a small spot uncertain, but I'm excited for the opportunities that are retired there."

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