Education
He was educated at Otago Boys" High School, and originally played for Otago in the Non-Player Character and the Highlanders in the Super 14.
He was educated at Otago Boys" High School, and originally played for Otago in the Non-Player Character and the Highlanders in the Super 14.
He moved north in 2004 to play for Waikato and the Chiefs. He is 1.75m tall and weighs 95 kg. He was New Zealand"s Super 12 Player of the Year in 1999.
Kelleher had signed a contract to play for Agen in the Top 14 after the 2007 Rugby World Cup.
However, the club"s relegation to the second-level Rugby Pro D2 after the 2006-2007 Top 14 season caused the contract to be cancelled. Kelleher went on to sign with traditional Top 14 powers Toulouse, effective with the end of the Rugby World Cup.
In 2010, he was selected in the French Barbarians squad to play Tonga on 26 November. After his sports retirement, he became an international ambassador for Airbus Group, a rugby consultant for Sky Sports, acquired half of the shares of Evangelina, a bar-restaurant in Toulouse, opened a consulting company specialised in French lifestyle and rugby and volunteered for a regional French non-governmental organization called "L"Ombre du Baobab" to help children in Sumba island.
He is known as an unpredictable and unorthodox halfback, with his speed and strength, sometimes preferring to run with the ball and make line-breaks rather than passing the ball after rucks and mauls.