‘It’s a clean slate’: Kellaway keen to put Rebels, Wallabies woes in past

After six years away from home, Andrew Kellaway is happy to be back on familiar ground. He pushes his eight-month-old son Teddy’s pram into his local cafe near Centennial Park with his wife Claudia in the early winter sunshine, ready for a long session at the playground.

“After the events of the World Cup and all that sort of stuff, there was definitely a part of me that thought it was probably time for me to just get away and again, having a little fella adds perspective. Kellaway enjoyed mentoring younger players in Melbourne and is looking forward to working with the highly rated Joseph Suaalii, having witnessed the Roosters centre play for the King’s School in the GPS competition.“He’s a freak and he can play,” Kellaway said. “I’m excited about helping him learn the game again. You talk about why you play the game, and it’s like Israel Folau all over again. We saw how good he was.

“It’s a clean slate and that’s the exciting part,” Kellaway said. “It’s been a tough 18 months. World Cup Wallabies and Melbourne Rebels at the same time … would be forgiven for having a pretty flat outlook on rugby at the moment. “I’d like to see more international guys playing , I don’t think we can afford as a game to finance and give young guys money to incentivise them, so success is probably the next best thing, and to me, definitely in the short term, the way we get success is by including those guys.

“At one point in their career these guys were top of their game so I’d love to see if they’re still there and I think the only way is getting them back and getting involved and who knows maybe that’s the kick up the arse they need to come home, who knows.”

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