A strong finish to the first half and another burst midway through the second has moved Dr. Crokes within one hour of an eighth Kerry SFC crown this decade.

Dr Crokes will play East Kerry in next Sunday’s Kerry SFC final after getting the better of South Kerry in today’s semi-final replay.

Champions Dr Crokes issued a statement of intent when cruising past St Kieran’s outfit in this Kerry SFC R2 clash at a rain-lashed Austin Stack Park on Saturday.

Dr Crokes were in devastating form as they consigned their Croke Park nightmare of last March to the dustbin with a crushing victory over local East Kerry rivals, Rathmore, at Fitzgerald Stadium yesterday evening.

There are four Munster final debutants in the Kerry team to face Cork at Páirc Uí Chaoimh tomorrow evening.

Kerry manager Peter Keane has included four debutants in his first championship side, which will take on Clare in Cusack Park in tomorrow night’s Munster SFC semi-final (7pm).

Austin Stacks dethroned Dr Crokes to secure the Kerry senior club championship title for the first time since 2016 at Austin Stack Park yesterday.

Corofin coasted to a third All-Ireland crown in five years, the current kingpins of club football totally outclassing a frustrated Dr Crokes side.

One final piece of silverware from 2018 for Dr Crokes and in convincing fashion at that, as they won the battle of the Munster Club Champions with Intermediate winners Kilcummin to win their 30th East Kerry SFC title in total and a first since 2013 for the club, at the Fitzgerald Stadium Killarney on Saturday afternoon.

Dr Crokes eased to an eighth Munster club SFC crown this afternoon, the destination of the O’Connor Cup never in doubt after a powerful opening burst from the Kerry champions.

A massacre at Lewis Road. 5-20 from Crokes, each one of their 25 scores arriving from play.

Given next Sunday’s Munster Club semi-final against St Finbarr’s will be their third game in 14 days, Dr Crokes were quietly thankful for the straightforward nature of this trip to Tipp.

In the end, it was all too comfortable for Kerry. But it mattered little, the result they needed from Pearse Stadium didn't materialise.

Dr Crokes 1-18 Dingle 1-8: Dr Crokes claimed a fifth senior club championship crown in seven seasons when crushing Dingle at a windswept Austin Stack Park, yesterday.

Kerry 0-19 - Kildare 0-14: A first win in four games. A first victory on home soil since January 28 and a first clean-sheet since July of 2017. Significant daylight put between themselves and the relegation zone. All in all, not a bad evening’s work for Kerry.

Kerry 0-19 Kildare 0-14: A sixth consecutive league defeat means Kildare will spend next spring in Division 2.

Meanwhile, Tipperary hurling manager Michael Ryan has handed a first league start to corner-forward Cian Darcy.

The Galway footballers have kept up their unbeaten start to the league, a first win on Kerry soil since 2000 handing Kevin Walsh's charges their fourth successive Division 1A victory.

Teenage phenomenon David Clifford will make his senior debut for Kerry against Donegal on Sunday.

Dr Crokes managed to grind out a comeback win after being reduced to 14-men for most of the second-half of their Munster Club SFC quarter-final in Clonmel.

Dr Crokes will face Slaughtneil in next month’s All-Ireland club SFC decider after overcoming Corofin in today’s semi-final.

Dr Crokes 5-19 West Kerry 1-09: A masterclass from Dr Crokes’ Tony Brosnan was one of the few highlights of this dreadfully one-sided Kerry SFC first round clash in Killarney on Saturday night.

Cork 3-9 - Kerry 1-14: A Cian Dorgan point two minutes into second-half stoppages handed victory to Cork in this enthralling Munster U21 decider.

Dr Crokes 3-15 Austin Stacks 3-9: Dr Crokes came out on top in a feisty Credit Union Kerry County SFL Division One clash at Lewis Road that doubled as the 2015 Kerry County League final.

Cork 1-12 Kerry 1-09: Last September’s All-Ireland minor football final win, from which seven players featured yesterday evening, restored power to the Kingdom circuit lines and roused a large travelling contingent onto the N40 in expectation of a first Munster U21 championship win since 2012.

Kerry have called up six of last year’s All-Ireland MFC-winning team for their Munster U21 FC semi-final in Cork on Wednesday.

Munster Post Primary SAFA semi-final: St Francis College, Rochestown 1-10 St Brendan’s College, Killarney 1-9

St. Francis College, Rochestown remain on course for an unprecedented ‘Quadruple’ following an exciting one point victory over favourites, St. Brendan’s, Killarney in this Corn Uí Mhuirí (Munster Colleges Senior ‘A’ football) semi-final at Mallow today.

Kerry 5-9 Meath 0-8

IT Tralee 4-12 Kerry 0-16: Kerry U21 selector John Shanahan has hinted that senior boss Eamonn Fitzmaurice dictated that the returning Tommy Walsh play no part in yesterday’s McGrath Cup quarter-final.

Hastings Cup

An Ghaeltacht 2-10 Dr Crokes 0-11

Dr Crokes 4-13 Killarney Legion 1-9

No Declan O’Sullivan in the team, no Colm Cooper in the squad and two changes to the side that beat Mayo.

Kerry sources insist manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice has not picked a dummy team for Sunday’s All-Ireland SFC semi-final against Mayo.

Kerry 2-15 Kildare 1-08

Mayo manager James Horan has opted not to make any changes to his side for tomorrow’s All-Ireland SFC quarter-final clash with Cork at Croke Park (4pm).

Dr Crokes 0-15 Killarney Legion 0-17

Kerry manager Eamon Fitzmaurice has made four changes for this Sunday’s Munster decider from the team which edged past Clare in the semi-final.

Rathmore 0-14 Dr Crokes 0-9