It’s Championship game No 76 for Colm Cooper tomorrow, 32 of them on Jones’ Road. Kerry may be in transition, but the Gooch understands that shouldn’t alter Kingdom expectations of success against their old rivals in front of an 82,000 sellout at headquarters

COLM COOPER’S Croke Park joy turned to despair last night after learning that one of his closest friends had lost his life in a drowning accident in Killarney.