Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan ba a zaɓe shi ba don ƙungiyar Opals 2002 World Championship, McInerny ta zauna a lokacin 2002-03 WNBL, tana mai cewa ba ta da rayuwa a waje da ƙwallon kwando tare da rashin iyawarta ta shiga ƙungiyar ƙasa. Duk da cewa ana ganinta a matsayin babbar mai karewa da kuma jagorar kotu, an hana ci gaban McInerny na kasa ta hanyar rashin iya cin kwallo. Bayan Opals ya rasa zuwa New Zealand a karo na farko a farkon shekara ta 2008, an cire McInerny daga tawagar Australia. A watan Nuwambar 2008, McInerny ya bayyana cewa rashin jin daɗi na rasa zaɓaɓɓu don wasannin Olympics uku (2000 a Sydney, 2004 a Athens da 2008 a Beijing)
), ya raunana sha'awarta da kuma motsawa ga wasan. Bayan da ta rasa zaɓen Opals don Wasannin Olympics na 2008, McInerny ta sanar da yin ritaya daga gasar WNBL a ƙarshen kakar 2008/09.