Few Irish rugby players have made as much progress as Alex Kendellen has done this season, going from playing in the Under-20s Six Nations last summer to front-lining for Munster in the Champions Cup, and the young Cork back rower doesn’t want to stop now.
He’ll be back on home turf in Musgrave Park on Friday night taking on Cardiff and aside from trying to get the win, which will keep their URC home quarter-final on track, he’s hoping to do enough to face Toulouse the following week in Aviva Stadium.
Munster, often out of sheer necessity, have been throwing in the young lads all season but Kendellen is one of the few to hang in there and 16 games this season, while still an academy player, is testimony to a player with bucket loads of potential.
He will be upgraded to a full senior contract for the start of next season but if there’s talk that he might get a sniff of Irish involvement in New Zealand by then, it’s not something he’s going to dwell on.
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- April 27, 2022
