So prodigious was Colm Cooper’s talent as a teenager that he usurped more established players, writes Kieran Shannon.

I always loved watching the All-Ireland hurling final, particularly when we were preparing for another shot at the football title with Kerry.

Austin Stacks 2-10 Laune Rangers 1-6: Austin Stacks retained their place in the Kerry senior football championship for 2016 and consigned Laune Rangers to the intermediate grade for the first time since 1969.

It was jersey day yesterday at the school which must surely hold a claim to the title of Kerry GAA football nursery.

Kerry 2-15 Cork 3-12

Laune Rangers 1-14 West Kerry 0-16 (AET): Laune Rangers, inspired by Mike Frank Russell and captain Shane McSweeney, edged out West Kerry in this epic county championship battle at JP O’Sullivan Park, Killorglin, yesterday.

All-Ireland MFC final

Kerry 1-14 Mayo 2-07

Laune Rangers 3-13 East Kerry 2-15 (AET)

Kerry SFC: Rangers 1-15 St Brendan’s 0-12

Hogan Cup Final

After playing for one of the most mentally tough GAA teams of recent times, former Armagh star Enda McNulty has helped a generation of Irish rugby players develop a winning mindset

Sunday’s All-Ireland quarter-final game between Kerry and Cavan will be the first championship clash between the counties since their 1997 semi-final meeting.

Milltown/Castlemaine 1-11 Laune Rangers 0-09

Kerry skipper Eoin Brosnan made a surprise return to competitive football for Dr Crokes yesterday, intensifying speculation he may be involved in Sunday’s Munster SFC final against Cork.

Kerins O’Rahillys sit proudly on top of Division 1 of the Kerry Senior Football League following a big win over bottom club Spa.

Dr Crokes 0-14 Laune Rangers 1-03

Two Offaly football heavyweights met in today’s county SFC final in Tullamore with Rhode pulling through to claim their 25th title, moving them within one of Tullamore on the honours list.

Clonakilty 3-13 Dohenys 2-14 (aet)

Only this week, I was reminded why Jim McGuinness’s first All-Ireland title as coach of Donegal was much longer than two seasons in the making.

Laune Rangers 2-9 Milltown/Castlemaine 0-8

Darragh Ó Sé is looking forward to getting the most out of the Kerry U21 side next season and putting them “in the shop window” for the senior side.

Laune Rangers 2-16 Shannon Rangers 0-12

The post mortem continues in Kerry after Sunday’s defeat to Cork.

Austin Stacks remain top of Kerry Senior Football League Division 1 after a derby victory (2-12 to 2-9) over Tralee rivals Kerins O’Rahillys on Saturday.

Heroic Championship displays aren’t all about getting off to a good start; often they’re about getting over a bad one

GLENBEIGH/GLENCAR were crowned Mid Kerry senior football champions for the first time in 36 years in dramatic circumstances at Beaufort on Saturday.

2011 FOOTBALLER of the Year nominee Darran O’Sullivan bids to follow in his father’s footsteps today when his club Glenbeigh/Glencar contest the Mid Kerry senior football final in Beaufort (throw-in 2.30pm).

GLENBEIGH/GLENCAR booked their place in the Mid Kerry senior football final yesterday but they will have to wait for their opponents.

MUNSTER senior club champions Dr Crokes are on course for a sixth East Kerry (O’Donoghue Cup) championship in a row after a terrific second-half performance ended Glenflesk’s hopes of a shock semi-final upset at Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney yesterday.

WE were sitting in a café on the Ormeau Road, talking football, when Declan Bogue told me that he was writing a book.

FORMER Kerry football star Mike Frank Russell kicked nine points as Laune Rangers booked their place in the third round of the Kerry SFC on Saturday evening.

KERRY SFC champions, Dr Crokes, maintained their 100% record in Division One of the county league with victory over Rathmore on Saturday night.

DARRAGH Ó SÉ made his first appearance of the season for An Ghaeltacht as they edged out All-Ireland junior champions, St Mary’s, in the Kerry intermediate championship at Gallarus on Saturday evening (0-11 to 0-9).

COLM COOPER was in sensational form as Dr Crokes eased into the Kerry SFC quarter-finals after Saturday’s facile victory over Kenmare at Templenoe (3-15 to 1-4).

FORMER Kerry star forward Mike Frank Russell scored 1-4 as Laune Rangers booked their place in the third round of the AIB Kerry SFC at the expense of Spa.

FOR someone that spent eight seasons trying to get closer to Darragh O Sé around Fitzgerald Stadium, Mike Quirke is doing a convincing job putting distance between himself and the Gaeltacht powerhouse.

HE MAY not have featured prominently on the inter-county stage this summer, but Bryan Sheehan’s star dazzled at club level in yesterday’s Kerry SFC third-round tie in Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney.

RTÉ last night announced a record championship TV audience this season of 602,000 for Kerry’s All-Ireland quarter-final demolition of Dublin, but they should have counted one viewer twice.

KERRY’S All-Ireland football prospects will receive a welcome shot in the arm tonight when All Star attacker Kieran Donaghy returns to full training two weeks earlier than anticipated.

THE fall-out from Kerry’s Munster Championship loss to Cork continues with three-time All-Ireland winner Eoin Brosnan opting out of the squad for the remainder of the Championship.

FORMER Kerry All-Ireland winning captain Seamus Moynihan has hailed Mike Frank Russell as one of the greatest corner-forwards the county has ever produced.