Neil Kilkenny's fantastic finish to the season has been acknowledged again following a great display in Leeds United's grinding 1-0 victory at Hartlepool on Saturday.The Beijing Olyroo has been one of Leeds's key men as they've stormed into the League One playoffs following a run of just one loss in fourteen outings.
Kilkenny, 23, only re-claimed his place in the Leeds first-team in February after a spell out of the side, but his return has coincided with the Whites surge.
After BBC Radio labelled Kilkenny man-of-the-match in Saturday's 1-0 victory at Hartlepool's Victoria Park, Leeds assistant coach Glynn Snodin was asked if he thought the Australian was a standout.
Snodin glowingly replied, "He has done since February, since I've been here. I like the kid as a player and as a lad.
"I think when he plays we play. He makes us tick, he sets us off, roughs and passes it.
"He starts us off at the tempo we want to play."
Leeds, and Kilkenny, are assured of a shot at promotion to the Championship through the play-offs and following a great second-half to this season, a step-up in standard could be just what the former Arsenal trainee needs to revive his international career.
Kilkenny hasn't played for the Socceroos since last June's World Cup qualifier dead rubber against China.
Prior to that Kilkenny's only other appearance for the senior team was in a pre-World Cup friendly against Liechtenstein in 2006.
The China match was the only time the Leeds midfielder has been involved in a squad under Pim Verbeek.
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