When outfoxed by superior coaching methods or tactics, Kerry have been swift to absorb lessons and make the necessary changes, writes Paddy Heaney.

AIB All-Ireland Club SFC semi-final

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Kerry County Board chairman Patrick O’Sullivan believes that this year’s All-Ireland SFC semi-final replay showed that big championship games can be held outside Croke Park.

Mick O’Dwyer has returned to management with his club Waterville just two months after his inter-county retirement.

Declan O’Sullivan will return to training with Kerry next week ahead of their final Division 1 game against Cork in Tralee on Sunday week.

A war of words has broken out between Kerry GAA chiefs and a number of clubs in Gaeltacht regions.

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Killian Young fears the emigration crisis is going to get worse for South Kerry clubs despite the best efforts of players to make up teams.

ALLIANZ FL DIVISION 1

We’ll get to the Kerry-Tyrone rivalry in a moment but first things first: a second spitting controversy involving Tyrone in the space of a few weeks does nothing but raise more questions about discipline in the county.

“I hate to paint a bleak picture,” says Diarmuid Ó Se, “but I don’t have to. It paints itself.”

Tyrone secretary Dominic McCaughey stoked the flames of the county’s rivalry with Kerry in his annual report.

The “who me?” look on Declan O’Sullivan’s face was the giveaway that he had not been substituted because of injury.

So, I’m back at the keyboard and looking forward to another Championship season both on and off the field.

It wasn’t the classic many expected but that won’t bother Dr Crokes who added to their bulging trophy cabinet on Saturday with victory in the Kerry Senior Club Championship final at Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney.

Laois chairman Brian Allen insists his officials will treat Saturday’s All-Ireland semi-final in Portlaoise’s O’Moore Park ‘like any other game’.

Oisín McConville admitted Crossmaglen have been motivated by the comments made by the Dr Crokes chairman last month.

GAA president Christy Cooney has rejected Derrytresk claims that they received shabby and unfair treatment during the inquiry and appeals which followed the now infamous All-Ireland Club JFC semi-final against Dromid Pearses of Kerry.

Mickey Harte has blamed “media hysteria” for ensuring All-Ireland Club JFC finalisists Derrytresk “couldn’t get a fair trial”.

Tyrone club Derrytresk are free to contest this Sunday's AIB All-Ireland JFC final against Clonbur, with a number of restrictions in place, after the violence that marred their recent semi-final victory over Dromid Pearses in Portlaoise.

Derrytresk are expected to put forward their cases against recommended player bans in front of the Central Hearings Committee in Dublin this evening.

DERRYTRESK last night launched an appeal process ahead of Sunday week’s All-Ireland Club JFC final against Galway champions Clonbur after being slapped with a reported eight suspensions following their controversial semi-final win over Kerry’s Dromid Pearses in Portlaoise last month.

Despite the shocking scenes from last Sunday’s All-Ireland Club JFC semi-final between Kerry club Dromid Pearses and Tyrone’s Derrytresk, many people within the wider GAA community accept a ‘melee’ as part and parcel of our games, claims Ray Silke .

Crossmaglen’s three-time All-Ireland winning manager Joe Kernan has warned that separation or segregation of supporters would spell the death knell for the GAA.

The GAA’s Central Competition Controls Committee (CCCC) met yesterday to discuss referee Francis Flynn’s report from last Sunday’s controversial All-Ireland JFC semi-final between Derrytresk and Dromid Pearses.

The GAA's Central Competitions Control Committee will today begin their investigation into the violent scenes which marred last Sunday's All-Ireland JFC semi-final between Dromid Pearses and Derrytresk.

Dr Crokes have called on the GAA to segregate supporters and ensure proper safety procedures are in place for next month’s All-Ireland senior semi-final against Crossmaglen Rangers at Portlaoise.

GAA President Christy Cooney says the Association's disciplinary systems will deal with those who were involved in the violent scenes which marred last Sunday's All-Ireland JFC semi-final between Derrytresk and Dromid Pearses.

DROMID PEARSES saw their hopes of becoming the fourth Kerry club in succession to reach the All-Ireland club JFC final dashed yesterday in Portlaoise by Tyrone champions Derrytresk, in a game marred by first half brawl.

THEY have watched on enviously over the last few years as South Kerry neighbours St Michael’s-Foilmore, Skellig Rangers and St Mary’s(Caherciveen) sampled the Croke Park stage.

NEWCASTLE-based club Cú Chullains will make history tomorrow as they compete in the All-Ireland Club championship only four years into their existence.

DECLAN O' Sullivan is enjoying his football more than ever before.

IT’S an extra pressure that Dromid Pearses could have done without.

TIPPERARY champions Kildangan have failed in an attempt to change the venue for next Sunday’s Munster club JFC final against Kerry outfit Dromid Pearses.

DARRAGH Ó SÉ made his first appearance of the season for An Ghaeltacht as they edged out All-Ireland junior champions, St Mary’s, in the Kerry intermediate championship at Gallarus on Saturday evening (0-11 to 0-9).

All-Ireland SFC Quarter-Final

TWO goals in the opening 12 minutes from the O’Connors, Cian and Ronan, proved the decisive scores in this disappointing AIB Munster IFC final at Mallow yesterday.

Former captain Declan O'Sullivan has made a dramatic return to the Kerry team for Sunday's GAA All-Ireland SFC third round qualifier against Monaghan at Croke Park (throw-in 4pm).

THE Ulster Council has handed out stiff suspensions and imposed heavy fines on the clubs involved in a brawl at the end of an Ulster Club IFC game last month.

Kerry football is in shock today after the confirmation of Jack O'Connor's resignation as manager of the Kingdom's senior footballers.

Kerry manager Jack O'Connor had little trouble in geeing his players up for yesterday's All-Ireland SFC final - the lure of a second title in three years and the chance to silence their doubters was motivation enough.