David Moran tops as Kerry make possession count

The question posed all week was which team would learn most from the drawn Munster final. Without doubt, it was Kerry, who managed to right most of the wrongs of the previous meeting.

Kerry dramatically altered the stats in their favour on Saturday night. Kerry won only 45% of the total possession in the drawn decider but they upped that to 52% in victory.

Not one Kerry player topped 20 individual possessions last time out but on this occasion David Moran handled the ball 35 times followed by James O’Donoghue (23) and Anthony Maher (21). Kerry’s tackle count in the drawn game was 63 and this time round it was 83, and in turn this forced Cork into 15 turnovers against, which was crucially nearly double Kerry’s tally of turnovers on Saturday evening.