While the proposed changes to the county junior hurling championship were the source of much debate at last night’s Cork County Board meeting, a decision was put back until the next gathering.

One glance at this weekend’s fixture programme should be enough for the penny to drop. You certainly don’t need a third-level degree to take from it that the dominance of certain counties on the big stage is perfectly mirrored at club level.

After years of torture and torment, the Mid Kerry club finally struggles over a major psychological hurdle to claim its first Kerry Junior football title, writes Tony Leen

Gerald Griffins (Limerick) 0-6 Glenbeigh-Glencar (Kerry) 1-13: Kerry’s Glenbeigh-Glencar secured a Munster Club JFC final date against Cork’s Gabriel Rangers in Mallow next month with this routine win over the Limerick champions, Gerald Griffins.

EX-Dr Crokes stalwart John Galvin will face his old club in next Sunday's Kerry SFC final after guiding Kenmare District to a thrilling 0-20 to 0-19 victory over Rathmore in Sunday's semi-final.

Dr Crokes pummeled Kilcummin 4-17 to 0-7 in the opening round of the Kerry senior club championship on Saturday night.

Dr Crokes 3-15 Austin Stacks 3-9: Dr Crokes came out on top in a feisty Credit Union Kerry County SFL Division One clash at Lewis Road that doubled as the 2015 Kerry County League final.

Often, a team entering a provincial club championship will do so on the crest of a wave, driven on by the momentum gained in winning in their native county.

Kerry captain Kieran Donaghy has been named as a substitute for Sunday’s All-Ireland SFC final against Dublin, while the Kingdom have also been forced to reconfigure their full-back line following the semi-final win against Tyrone.

Legion 1-13 Mid Kerry 0-14 (AET): It took extra time to determine the winners of this Kerry SFC first-round tie in Killorglin, with Legion showing admirable pluck after a slow start to edge Mid Kerry.

New Kerry captain Kieran Donaghy will make his first competitive start of the year in Sunday’s Allianz Football League Division 1 clash with Dublin in Fitzgerald Stadium (2pm).

Tommy Walsh is likely to make his return to competitive football for All-Ireland champions Kerry off the substitutes’ bench, after he was kept in reserve for Sunday’s Allianz Football League Division 1 opener against Mayo at Fitzgerald Stadium (2pm).

Kerry’s Darran O’Sullivan admits he quit his job so he could concentrate on saving his football career.

IT Tralee 4-12 Kerry 0-16: Kerry U21 selector John Shanahan has hinted that senior boss Eamonn Fitzmaurice dictated that the returning Tommy Walsh play no part in yesterday’s McGrath Cup quarter-final.

Interviews with managers of sides playing in provincial club finals tend to follow a pattern.

There’s been a few rounds of white collar bellyboxing in Tralee’s Ulster Bank branch this week.

Growing up in Cromane, Donnchadh Walsh had no ambition to play for Mid Kerry.

ALL-IRELAND SFC SEMI-FINAL REPLAY:

Former All-Ireland winning manager Jack O’Connor reckons Martin McHugh should steer clear of Killarney following his description of Colm Cooper as a "two-trick pony".

Kerry 3-14 Cork 0-13

Some called it tapping up, others described it as a coup, but there was little equivocation about Eamonn Fitzmaurice’s motives when he approached Mayo trainer Cian O’Neill in August 2012: the man had a plan.

Kerry manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice believes that his side would be unlucky to miss out on the Allianz Football League Division 1 semi-finals if they beat Cork in tomorrow’s clash in Tralee (3pm).

As Cork make the long trip to Ballycastle on Sunday in the search for a handsome win over Antrim to boost their scoring difference, Jimmy Barry-Murphy has made six changes to the side that beat Offaly last weekend.

PJ Reidy took over the Keel job a year ago and 137 training sessions later the Castleisland native has the Mid Kerry team 60 minutes from an All-Ireland final.

AIB MUNSTER CLUB JFC FINAL:

Kerins O’Rahillys set up a winner-takes-all clash with Austin Stacks in Division 1 of the county league thanks to a 0-12 to 1-9 draw with Killarney Legion on Saturday.

Feale Rangers 0-19 Mid Kerry 1-15 (aet)

Cork IT 0-18 UCC 0-11

Champions Dr Crokes were handed a derby date with Killarney rivals Legion in the first round of Kerry SFC while former divisional powerhouses South Kerry and East Kerry have also been paired.

ALLIANZ FL DIVISION 1: Kerry v Down

Darran O’Sullivan insists there is no chance of Eamonn Fitzmaurice being too close to the Kerry players.

Kerry’s team for tomorrow’s McGrath Cup final against Tipperary at Seán Treacy Park in Tipperary town shows four changes from the side that defeated Limerick in last week’s semi-final.

Kerry 2-12 UCC 0-10