KERRY and Tyrone will be strongly represented at this year’s Kilmacud Crokes All-Ireland football sevens in Dublin on Saturday week.

The 2005 MBNA Kick Fada competition was launched at Croke Park today by Dublin midfielder Ciaran Whelan and Laois goalkeeper Fergal Byron.

THE GAELIC Players Association last night claimed the Leinster CounciI decision to press ahead with Sunday’s provincial quarter-final between Rathnew and the Dublin champions shows “scant regard for the physical and psychological well-being of the players involved.”