Rising Kerry football star Tommy Walsh looks certain to miss the International Rules series due to ongoing club commitments. Barring a surprise defeat for the Tralee club in their SFC quarter-final against Dingle on Sunday, the favourite for the Young Player of the Year award will have to forego the chance of representing his country in the same season that he made such a major impact in his first senior campaign. That is due to the fact the Kerry SFC semi-finals are fixed for October 26 - two days after the first Test in Perth - and the county board is sticking rigidly to their schedule. The final is scheduled for November 2, which is the same weekend as the second Test in Melbourne. Kerry chairman Jerome Conway insisted that the board was not prepared to call any games off because of the International Rules series. Without knowing if Walsh will be named in the travelling party by manager Sean Boylan this morning, he commented: "It would be unfortunate for any player to miss out on the chance of playing in the series, but we made that situation quite clear to all the clubs and they understand." Walsh was one of the first Kerry players to be called into the training group after the All-Ireland final and he has been in Dublin for the last two weekends. Tweet

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