Ulster and Connacht overcame Leinster and Munster respectively this afternoon to book their places in the M Donnelly Interprovincial Football Final next Sunday.

2013 All-Ireland SFC winning captain Stephen Cluxton and 11 of his Dublin team-mates have been nominated for GAA/GPA Football All-Stars awards.

If Dublin win, Gavin’s spirit for adventure will be a cause for celebration.

Based on this performance yesterday, Kerry will have it all to do to beat Dublin in four weeks’ time.

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.

The depth of talent in the current Kerry panel is highlighted by the fact that manager Jack O'Connor has made seven personnel changes for this weekend's Allianz Football League Division 1 semi-final.

ONE of the three men central to Pat Gilroy’s appointment as Dublin boss admitted yesterday that the decision to go with the managerial rookie was a huge gamble — but one that has since paid off in spades.

TYPICAL, no-one has ever bothered to pick the greatest team of (allegedly) under-rated players of all times in the games of the Gael.

IN KERRY’S Munster Championship first round clash with Tipperary, the ingredients for a shock in Killarney were coming nicely to the boil when Maurice Condon called for half-time.

WE HEAR so much about football being a panel game, it has not entered the realm of cliché. But, as with most cases, it’s a cliche born from truth.

Dublin 3-10 Kerry 1-15, Croke Park

Kerry 1-13 Cork 0-17

Kerry 0-13 Clare 1-17

Reigning champions Kerry overcame their arch rivals Cork to qualify for next Saturday's McGrath Cup final, in which Clare will provide the opposition.

AN experimental Kerry side were deserving winners over battling IT Tralee in this McGrath Cup preliminary round game at Austin Stack Park, Tralee yesterday — despite a slender winning margin, the issue was never really in doubt.

KERRY boss Jack O’Connor believes the GAA Congress is not the forum for adopting changes to playing rules.

JACK O’CONNOR’S seeking refuge in the disallowed goal decision served a purpose he certainly hadn’t envisaged – that of highlighting just how tenuous was the thread connecting Kerry with their All-Ireland aspirations.

SIX years ago I did my utmost to convince a Limerick football team that the sands of time were running out for this Kerry side.

Aidan O'Mahony, who returned to the Kerry panel last week, will be on the substitutes bench for Sunday's Munster SFC final against Limerick in Killarney (throw-in 2pm).

Tipperary 2-06 Kerry 2-18

Tyrone 1-11 Kerry 1-10

Tommy Walsh, one of Kerry's goalscorers in their semi-final win over Meath, has been included in the Kingdom side for Sunday's All-Ireland SFC final against Cork (Croke Park, throw-in 3.30pm).

Tommy Walsh, one of Kerry's goalscorers in their semi-final win over Meath, has been included in the Kingdom side for Sunday's All-Ireland SFC final against Cork (Croke Park, throw-in 3.30pm).

1. KERRY have learned their lessons from the past.

DID we witness the defiant last bite of a maligned football force yesterday at Croke Park – or the greatest rope-a-dope since Ali duped Foreman way back when?

All-Star duo Tomas O’Sé and Colm Cooper have been restored to the Kerry team for their Bank Holiday Monday showdown with Leinster champions Dublin at Croke Park (throw-in 2pm).

COLM COOPER, Tomás O Sé and Donnacha Walsh all return to the Kerry team for Bank Holiday Monday football quarter-final showdown with Dublin.

Kerry 2-12 Antrim 1-10

The most demanding football supporters in Ireland are worried.

Kerry 0-14 Sligo 1-10

Kerry will welcome back Mike McCarthy for his first competitive game since the All-Ireland final in September 2006 for tomorrow’s home qualifier against Sligo in Tralee.

MIKE McCARTHY plays his first competitive game for Kerry since the All-Ireland final back in September 2006 after being handed the number six jersey by Kerry boss Jack O’Connor for tomorrow’s home qualifier against Sligo in Tralee.

Defender Mike McCarthy is set to make his first Championship start in almost three years, after Kerry manager Jack O'Connor named him at centre-back for Saturday's All-Ireland SFC third round qualifier against Sligo at Austin Stack Park (throw-in 5pm).

Longford 0-11 Kerry 1-12

Former Footballer of the Year Kieran Donaghy has been named in the Kerry team for Saturday's All-Ireland SFC second round qualifier against Longford (Pearse Park, throw-in 5pm).

KIERAN DONAGHY makes his first appearance for Kerry in this year’s championship as the Kingdom take on Longford in the All-Ireland qualifier at Pearse Park, on Saturday.

KILLIAN YOUNG makes a return, Darragh O Sé gets a starting place at midfield and Tommy Walsh is fit to play in the full-forward position as a new-look Kerry team prepare to take on Cork in the Munster SFC semi-final replay at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday.

FOR the first time since he began his illustrious career 14 years ago, Darragh O Sé has been excluded from the Kerry team to meet Cork in Sunday’s glamour Munster SFC semi-final clash with Cork at Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney.

Kerry 1-15 Derry 0-15

DARRAGH Ó SÉ is included in the Kerry squad for the first time this season for tomorrow’s National Football League game against Galway (Austin Stack Park, Tralee, 2.30pm).

DESPITE a comprehensive nine points triumph over Laois last weekend, the Cork senior football selectors have made a number of changes for Sunday’s NFL Division 2 clash with Wexford at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Kerry have made six changes to their team for tomorrow's National Football League clash with Derry.

ALL STAR Eddie Brennan has been included on the Kilkenny team to play Galway in the NHL clash on Sunday following his successful appeal against his dismissal against Waterford last weekend.