It took all the experience of man-of-the-match, Seamus Scanlon, and former inter-county colleague Padraig Reidy to see St Kieran’s over the line against West Kerry in this Kerry SFC losers’ round cracker in Ballymacelligott yesterday.

Ireland’s U18s suffered late heartache against Wales in last night’s friendly at Ferrycarrig Park in Wexford.

COLM COOPER turned on the style for Dr Crokes on his home patch in Killarney yesterday where the home side cruised into the next round of the Kerry SFC with a 1-22 to 1-12 win over West Kerry.