Conor McKenna is “proud” of his performances since returning to the AFL this yr, however the job isn’t completed as he strives to win a premiership with the Brisbane Lions.
The pacy defender parted methods with Essendon on the finish of 2020 marketing campaign to return house to Ireland, the place he spent two seasons enjoying Gaelic soccer for Tyrone.
However, desirous to deal with some unfinished AFL business, McKenna returned to Australia to affix the Lions, and has exceeded expectations by enjoying in all of Brisbane’s 20 matches up to now this season.
“I wanted to play as many games as possible – all of them if I could,” mentioned the 27-year-old McKenna, who is ready to make his one hundredth AFL look on Saturday when the Lions host Adelaide on the Gabba.
“My first goal was to play round one, get in the team, tick that off the list and then keep building with consistent football, and thankfully now I’ve played every game this season, which is good.
“Coming back I was hoping I would hit (100 games) at some point, whether it was this year or in a couple of years,
“It’s obviously a good achievement … and I’m very proud of what I’ve done.”
However. there’s extra to do for McKenna and the third-placed Lions, who stay in severe competition for a top-two berth with three rounds of the common season remaining.
“At Essendon I only ever played in two finals (matches) and they didn’t go well, so there was a goal to come back here and hopefully go deep into the finals, and it’s looking like that so far,” he mentioned.
“We’re going pretty well. It’s a tight competition this year so it really is up for grabs.
“We’ve got three more games left. We’ll see where we finish on the table and then go from there.”
The Lions had been three-point winners over Fremantle in Perth on Sunday.
“We knew it was going to be a battle and was going to go down to the wire … and we got the result in the end,” McKenna mentioned.
Originally revealed as Brisbane Lions defender Conor McKenna set to chalk up a ton of AFL video games
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
