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

Dr Crokes will face Austin Stacks in the 2015 Kerry Division 1 SFL final following Stacks’ 1-12 to 0-7 victory over Legion in the Division 1 play-off at Fitzgerald Stadium yesterday.

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

St Francis Rochestown 1-9 Coláiste na Sceilge 2-4

Cork and Kerry are on the road this weekend which may be just as well.

White Star Line, Planet Of Sound and Merry King are three of the 15 horses to have been taken out of the Crabbie’s Grand National at the latest forfeit stage.

Kerry may throw rookie defender Mark Griffin in at the deep end for Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final against Dublin after the Kingdom lost Killian Young for the season on Saturday to a serious ankle injury.

A fractured ankle will keep Kerry defender Killian Young out of next Sunday's All-Ireland SFC semi-final against Dublin at Croke Park.

Kerins O’Rahillys 2-09 South Kerry 1-10

South Kerry 2-17 East Kerry 1-11

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.

Michael Hurley has been named at in attack in the only change to the Cork side for this evening’s Electric Ireland Munster MFC semi-final with Tipperary in Semple Stadium (7.30).

Austin Stacks 1-9 South Kerry 0-7

Kerry face Cork in Sunday’s Munster semi-final with 11 of the team that beat Tipperary last Sunday week. Bryan Sheehan has been ruled out with a knee injury, while there’s a recall for Kieran Donaghy, a used substitute in Thurles.

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

THE main difference between the teams in Caherciveen yesterday was that South Kerry had the overall strength to match their obvious ambitions to go far in the Garveys Kerry SFC.

THEY’ve been foiled by South Kerry twice in recent finals, but a Colm Cooper-inspired Dr Crokes ended that hoodoo in nail-biting fashion yesterday to book their place in another Kerry SFC final.

HOLDERS South Kerry did enough to secure their place in the semi-final of the Kerry SFC in Fitzgerald Stadium yesterday.

KERRY have suffered a serious blow to their Championship plans with confirmation last night that All Star attacker Kieran Donaghy is out for up to ten weeks.

There is at least one man that belies his years on the Kerry team for this Sunday's GAA Football All-Ireland Senior final against Tyrone.

Kerry manager Pat O'Shea has named an unchanged team for Sunday's Munster SFC final showdown with reigning champions Cork (Killarney, throw-in 2pm).

Tommy Griffin and Declan Quill have failed to make the Kerry starting team for the Kingdom's Munster SFC semi-final showdown with Waterford on Sunday (Dungarvan, throw-in 2pm).

Killian Young has forced his way into the Kerry side for Sunday's mouth-watering NFL Division 1A encounter between the Kingdom and Mayo (Castlebar, throw-in 2.30pm).

TWENTY-YEAR-OLD Killian Young from the Renard club makes his National Football League debut for Kerry when they take on Mayo in the opening round at Castlebar on Sunday.

New Kerry Senior Football team manager Pat O'Shea has finalised his management team.

THOUSANDS of tourists pass through a Ring of Kerry town each year, without stopping to look around, spend a few euro, or view see the sights.

ONE HUNDRED years after its foundation, Kerry’s only island club, Valentia, hope to complete a year of off-field celebration as they bid to dethrone reigning champions Dromid Pearses in the South Kerry final at Caherciveen today (throw in 2pm).

Brendan Larkin

South Kerry 2-20 Rathmore 1-6