{"id":300514,"date":"2023-05-25T23:55:50","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T23:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=300514"},"modified":"2023-05-26T00:58:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T00:58:18","slug":"peachey-highlights-that-ignited-sharks-fullback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=300514","title":{"rendered":"Peachey highlights that ignited Sharks fullback"},"content":{"rendered":"

Long-time Sharks<\/a> fans have noted a definite resemblance between the style of in-form fullback Will Kennedy and club legend David Peachey.<\/p>\n

Kennedy has revealed to Wide World of Sports that the similarities between the two elusive Indigenous stars are more than just co-incidence.<\/p>\n

"Everyone at Cronulla told me about 'The Peach' when I got here so naturally I was curious about him," Kennedy said.<\/p>\n

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"I am too young to have watched him play live but I have seen plenty of him on old videos.<\/p>\n

\"Will<\/p>\n

"I loved the way he just glided across the field and used his pace to suddenly burst through a hole.<\/p>\n

"I've tried to play a similar style and it's a massive compliment to me that people even compare us.<\/p>\n

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"He had an amazing career and is a real Sharks legend."<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old Kennedy is playing his best football under Craig Fitzgibbon in 2023.<\/p>\n

"Fitzy is telling me to back my confidence and enjoy myself and that's what I try to do," he said.<\/p>\n

\"SYDNEY,<\/p>\n

"It's great having Ronaldo (Mulitalo) and Sione (Katoa) with me in the back three.<\/p>\n

"They are both great attacking players with real speed and we all came through the grades at Newtown together so we have a real bond."<\/p>\n

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Kennedy was born into football – his dad Will Senior played over 50 games for the Tigers in the centres in the 1990s.<\/p>\n

"He was a pretty handy player they tell me and he's back in Bathurst now working as a handyman," Will said.<\/p>\n

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