Late in the first-half at Kingspan Breffni, Sean O’Shea seized possession for Kerry near the halfway line, spun away from his man and instinctively kicked the ball up the right wing.

New manager Peter Keane said yesterday that if Kerry suffer any further player injuries or withdrawals in advance of Sunday week’s league opener against Tyrone, he might be forced to look up to the press box to fill out the bench.

Finuge GAA Club has expressed its gratitude for the multiple messages of goodwill and support from other GAA clubs in the wake of a traumatic double injury incident involving two of their players in a Premier JFC game with Tralee side Na Gaeil in Finuge last Sunday.

Recently-retired Kilkenny star Jackie Tyrrell has delivered a stinging broadside against Ger Loughnane for his recent comments about Brian Cody.

Tadhg Kennelly has warned Gaelic footballers are becoming too big and should take a lesson from Australian Rules Football about becoming leaner.

Tongue firmly lodged in cheek, Tipperary’s Robbie Kiely tweeted in the closing stages of Sunday’s All-Ireland final: “Any black cards in this match yet?”

Cork’s recent run of poor results at the semi-final stage of the All-Ireland U21 football championship had weighed heavily on the mind of manager Sean Hayes coming into Tullamore.

Former Tyrone star Brian McGuigan claims Kerry would have won the 2011 All-Ireland final had Eamonn Fitzmaurice been in charge of them.

Not in Tipperary… Brendan Cummins

Kerry 0-10 Mayo 2-11: Allianz Football League Division 1: 

All-Ireland winning manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice says he will "definitely be tapping into" the invaluable experience brought to the table by returning Kerry footballer Tommy Walsh.

Was Sunday the ultimate All-Ireland hurling final? Now that pulse rates are back to normal, we asked Michael Moynihan to be as objective as only he can be.

Three years ago, Meath opened their Leinster championship campaign against Kildare at Croke Park, and Paddy O’Rourke was thrown the number 14 jersey. Fear and self-doubt consumed him.

There are a few misconceptions that former Tipperray captain, Paul Curran, wants to set you straight on.

ALLIANZ HL DIV 1 SEMI-FINAL

And so with one bound they were free, these cornered, scalded felines.

Nearly two weeks on from Armagh's exit from the Ulster Championship at the hands of Cavan, the Orchard men have suffered another setback.

The Kilkenny County Board have confirmed that John Tennyson has decided to retire from senior inter-county hurling.

Pat Spillane has dubbed it a 'crisis', but another of Kerry's former All-Ireland winners, Tadhg Kennelly, believes that there should be no panicking just because the Kingdom lost their first two Allianz League matches.

There was a stage in my footballing life where Donegal was more important to me than Cork.

How do you deal with expectation?

All eyes fix on Brendan, then quickly jump to Sean and then anywhere but either.

Naomi Carroll’s late point sealed a shock victory for Clare against Meath in Saturday’s TG4 All-Ireland ladies SFC qualifier at St Brendan’s Park, Birr.

Kerry attacker Sean O’Sullivan has confirmed to Kingdom management he has retired from inter-county action for a second and final time.

THEY have lived in the shadows for long enough, being sandwiched between bustling towns with rich football traditions in Listowel and Abbeyfeale.

The cream eluded Kilkenny's Cats 12 months ago and it is that hunger which their 2009 All-Ireland winning captain Michael Fennelly hopes will drive them to glory tomorrow afternoon.

HERE ye, here ye, people of Kerry, Tadhg Kennelly is a free agent. Let the will-he-won’t-he’s begin.

RECENTLY retired Kilkenny star Martin Comerford has surprisingly claimed the Cats shouldn’t have been awarded a penalty in the 2009 All-Ireland final against Tipperary.

FORMER Kilkenny star Christy Heffernan has claimed Tipperary people have yet to get over the penalty that paved the way for the Cats’ 2009 All-Ireland final success.

2010 Young Hurler of the Year, Brendan Maher, has been unable to break into the Tipperary starting 15 for next Sunday’s All-Ireland final against Kilkenny.

KERRY’S former All-Ireland winning captain Liam Hassett insists too much is being made of the age profile of the Kingdom defence.

Declan McKenna will make his first Championship start for Armagh in tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC second round replay against Wicklow.

Galway are set to field an unchanged team in Saturday's All-Ireland SHC second phase qualifier against Cork at the Gaelic Grounds (throw-in 4pm).

CORK boss Conor Counihan has made six changes for Sunday’s Munster SFC semi-final against Waterford from the team that defeated Clare in last month’s quarter-final.

ALL-IRELAND champions Cork suffered a devastating blow last night when it was confirmed that key attacker Colm O’Neill has suffered cruciate ligament damage and is set for a lengthy spell on the sidelines.

CORK boss Conor Counihan believes the decision of John Hayes and Kieran O’Connor to opt out of the Rebels football setup is indicative of “the enormous sacrifices” now required to compete at inter-county senior level.

JACK O’CONNOR has moved 2009 All-Ireland winning captain Darran O’Sullivan from his customary forward role to left-half back for tomorrow’s McGrath Cup opener against Tralee IT.

LEADING GAA coach Donie Buckley will link up his native Kerry’s League and Championship bid in 2011 — but he will not be formally joining Jack O’Connor’s management team.