THERE was never any doubting the outcome of this AIB Kerry SFC opener in Currow yesterday once St Kieran’s recovered from a shaky period at the start of the second half and put up the scores which eased them into a controlling position.

KERRY coach Jack O’Connor and his fellow selectors have given a vote of confidence to the team which defeated Laois in the semi-final for Sunday’s Allianz Division One NFL final against Galway in Limerick (5.30pm).

BRIAN SHEEHAN and Colm Cooper will start for Kerry against Laois in the Allianz NFL semi-final at Killarney on Sunday.

Kerry 2-13 Dublin 2-11

JACK O’CONNOR’S remarkable achievement in leading Kerry to National League, Munster and All-Ireland football championship titles in his first year in charge last night earned him the ‘Manager of the Year’ by the Munster Council.

THE inaugural Munster GAA Allstar teams are dominated by provincial champions Kerry and Waterford, who between them provide almost half of the winners.

KERRY have left a vacancy at centre-forward on their team to meet Galway in Sunday's Allianz NFL final at Croke Park pending a late fitness test on Declan O'Sullivan.

KERRY have left a vacancy at centre-forward on their team to meet Galway in Sunday's Allianz NFL final at Croke Park pending a late fitness test on Declan O'Sullivan.

Kerry 0-12 Limerick 0-10

THE crowd of 3,000 at Fitzgerald Stadium for yesterday's fourth round Allianz National Football League tie would at least have expected it to be reasonably competitive.

PAUL GALVIN is recalled to the Kerry team for Sunday's Allianz National Football League game with Fermanagh in Fitzgerald Stadium. His selection, at right half-forward in place of Liam Hassett, is the only change from the side which defeated Dublin at Parnell Park.

DONAL DALY is recalled to the Kerry team for Sunday’s showdown with Dublin in Parnell Park. He is one of three changes from the team which defeated Cork last Saturday.

DARRAGH O Sé has declared himself fit and ready for Monday’s All-Ireland SFC quarter final against Roscommon.

BARRY O’SHEA, Donal Daly and Marc Ó Sé have been excluded from the official Kerry panel of 26-players for the Munster SFC semi-final against either Tipperary or Waterford on June 15.

Kerry 2-11

Kerry 2-11 Roscommon 0-4

Australia 65 (2 15 8) Ireland 58 (1 14 10)

SAME again, please. That’s the message the Kerry selectors have issued to the 15 players again picked for Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final against Cork at Croke Park.

JOHN O’KEEFFE unveiled his preliminary panel for this October’s International Rules Series against Australia yesterday but it was absent friends and doubtful participants that dominated the agenda at the press conference in Croke Park.

JONATHON McGEE comes back into the Dublin team for next Monday's Bank of Ireland All-Ireland SFC quarter-final clash with Donegal at Croke Park.