West Coast champion forward Josh Kennedy hasnโt ruled out playing on in 2022, but heโs not going to jump to conclusions just yet.
The 33-year old is entering his 16th season and has forged himself a stellar career, where he has won the Coleman Medal twice and named All Australian three times.
Despite a few injury niggles over the past four seasons, Kennedy still managed to kick over 30+ goals in each of those seasons.
In 2020, he played all but one game and kicked 34 goals, including a bag of seven against the Pies in round eight.
But he told Sportsday WA on Thursday that there were stages last year that he was contemplating retirement before remaining on board.
โYou get towards the back-end of your career and daily it changes. โIs this my last year? Nup, I want to play another year,โ he said.
โTrevor Nisbett (West Coastโs CEO) is pretty good at saying never put an end date on your career, because if you do thatโs when itโll end.โ
Dependent on 2021, Kennedy still believes he has plenty to offer at the Eagles.
โThereโs no end date in my head, so Iโll just keep doing what Iโm doing and if I can help the team and if we want to go another yearโฆ weโll see how it all pans out.
โThere were a few moments last seasonโฆ that last home game when I knew we were going away for the second hub, I had to take a moment to look around the ground and the stands.
โThat it could be potentially my last game at Optus Stadiumโฆ those moments will probably pop up again this year.โ
