Keneally's home in Sydney's Northern Beaches has its own trophy room.
In it, hangs pictures, plaques and signed shirts of his beloved
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles rugby league team. He remarked, "Now, these
people really are involved in serious magic. Forget the Booker Prize
(which he won in 1982 for his book, Schindler's Ark). If Cliffy Lyons
(Sea Eagles legend) comes up to me and says, you know, 'G'day, Tom,
mate. Writing much these days?' Well, that's enough for me. I'm a happy
man."