GOALKEEPER Ger Reidy has sensationally quit the Kerry football squad to concentrate on his studies.

Colm 'Gooch' Cooper has been parachuted straight into the Kerry team for tomorrow's Allianz NFL Division 1 encounter with Derry in Tralee (throw-in 2.30pm).

HE may be the man in pole position but Ger Reidy insists that the identity of Diarmuid Murphy’s replacement as Kerry football goalkeeper remains uncertain.

Kerry 1-10 Dublin 1-12, Killarney

ALL-IRELAND champions Kerry have named just five of the team that started in last September’s victory over Cork for tomorrow’s NFL Division 1 opener against Dublin in Killarney.

WHEN they come to do their football audit for 2010 in Kerry, the McGrath Cup is unlikely to figure prominently.

Kerry 1-11 UCC 0-9

THE Kerry management are confident of having their goal-keeping position resolved before the end of the Allianz NFL, with coach Jack O’Connor indicating after yesterday’s game in Fitzgerald Stadium that they are unlikely to “spread the net” beyond the three players who have filled the position so far in the McGrath Cup following Diarmuid Murphy’s retirement.

WATERFORD were on the cusp of a momentous success over Kerry in yesterday’s McGrath Cup quarter-final in Fitzgerald Stadium.

Kerry manager Jack O'Connor has described the decision of goalkeeper Diarmuid Murphy to retire from inter-county action as leaving a "huge void" after the Dingle native confirmed his decision to retire last night.

DIARMUID MURPHY’S timely interventions in helping secure a 36th All-Ireland title for Kerry weren’t just critical – they were his last as the Kingdom’s No 1.

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).

HENRY SHEFFLIN returns to the Kilkenny side for his first appearance of the year in tomorrow’s NHL showdown against Tipperary. Shefflin comes in at centre-forward in place of Willie O’Dwyer, while Ballyhale Shamrocks clubmates TJ Reid and Michael Fennelly are also drafted into the team.

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.

DOLPHIN have withdrawn from merger discussions with their Musgrave Park neighbours Sunday’s Well which could have seen the emergence of a new Cork senior rugby club.