Kerry romp to back-to-back All-Ireland minor crowns

Kerry 4-14 Tipperary 0-6: Of the 21 All-Ireland winning teams Jack O’Connor has been involved with, he described this latest Kerry minor batch as the most complete of the lot.

Kerry romp to back-to-back All-Ireland minor crowns

Quite a statement for a team who, at the start of the year, weren’t expected to put up much of a defence to the All-Ireland minor crown annexed last September. Feeding into that lack of expectation down in the Kingdom was the lack of 2014 survivors — just two, Andrew Barry and Mark O’Connor.

Yet by 3pm yesterday, Kerry had comfortably extended their stay at the summit of minor football, all of 20 points to spare over their final opponents.

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