Austin Stacks 1-13 St Michael’s/Foilmore 2-6: Champions Austin Stacks opened their Kerry SFC title defence with a laboured victory over St Michael’s/Foilmore at Austin Stack Park Tralee on Saturday night.

Austin Stacks 2-9 Dr Crokes 0-13: Goals win matches, they say, and this was well and truly borne out at Connolly Park yesterday evening where Austin Stacks overcame Dr Crokes in the Credit Union Senior Football League Division 1 Final (2014) after a game that went to extra-time.

AIB All-Ireland Club SFC semi-final: Slaughtneil (Derry) 1-14 Austin Stacks (Kerry) 2-10: Margins don’t come much finer, but Austin Stacks won’t need a microscope to detect where they went wrong here.

There will be plenty of "what ifs" about Shane Carroll’s late missed free around Rock Street for some time to come but Stephen Stack, not surprisingly, wasn’t apportioning any blame on his forward.

A crunching Kieran Donaghy in the penultimate minute of normal time appeared to have provided Austin Stacks with the platform to secure extra-time only for Shane Carroll to kick the free wide.

Austin Stacks (Kerry) 3-5 The Nire (Waterford) 2-4

Extra-time was the order of the day, before Austin Stacks and The Nire advanced to the AIB Munster Club Senior Football Final in two weeks, after semi-final wins this afternoon.

Austin Stacks 1-13 Mid Kerry 2-10

Austin Stacks 2-13 Dingle 1-9

Austin Stacks 0-17 Rathmore 2-5

Dr Crokes enjoyed a facile victory over a decimated Kerins O’Rahilly’s side, 4-19 to 0-8, on Saturday to leapfrog them and reach top spot in the Division 1 table.

Kerry star Declan O’Sullivan, despite a leg injury, rescued Dromid Pearses (0-16 to 1-13) in a thrilling Kerry JFC quarter-final at Churchill yesterday.

Kerins O’Rahillys 0-11 Austin Stacks 0-10

Dr Crokes 4-16 Austin Stacks 0-12

Austin Stacks 3-12 Feale Rangers 0-3

All fixtures are tomorrow unless stated

Austin Stacks 2-16 St Michael’s/Foilmore 1-05

Austin Stacks 1-12 Shannon Rangers 0-7

Kerins O’Rahillys maintained their rich vein of form in Division 1 of the County League, defeating in-form Dr Crokes by two points, 1-12 to 1-10 on Saturday evening.

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

Kerry manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice has made three changes in personnel for Sunday's crunch Allianz League clash with Dublin in Killarney (throw-in 2pm).

At 2pm last Saturday, Shane Enright and Shane Carroll lined up on opposite sides for the McGrath Cup game in Killarney.

Dr Crokes 1-13 Austin Stacks 0-8

Austin Stacks1-14 St Kieran’s1-11(AET)

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.

The UCC Clubs Executive, who became the first third-level organisation to cardiac screen all their sports scholarship students through Heartaid, are hopeful other colleges around the country will follow their lead and put elite athletes through the process.

FR O’NEILL’S had to call on all of their experience to book a place in the Cork IHC final where they will meet either St Catherine’s or Bandon.

MILFORD ended Fermoy’s IHC title ambitions on Saturday night after they edged the north Cork side in a tough, stuttering 60-minute encounter at Kildorrery.

With unemployment on the rise and "player drain" an increasing issue, a survey carried out by the Kerryman newspaper has shown the stark reality currently facing the county's football clubs.

WATERFORD IT atoned for their league final defeat to IT Tralee by knocking the champions out of the Trench Cup in Belfield yesterday.

TRALEE IT were crowned Higher Education SFL Division Two champions after overcoming a robust and spirited challenge from Waterford IT at Mallow last night.

AN experimental Kerry side were deserving winners over battling IT Tralee in this McGrath Cup preliminary round game at Austin Stack Park, Tralee yesterday — despite a slender winning margin, the issue was never really in doubt.

All-Ireland champions Cork ran out comfortable winners of their first competitive match of 2011, beating Waterford IT by 0-19 to 0-5 in the McGrath Cup.

WILLIAM KIRBY gives short shrift to anyone peddling the view that Austin Stacks’ storied tradition gives them a head start on the opposition.

THREE years after their heartbreaking final reversal in Ennis, Kerry managed to enjoy some minor football cheer against Roscommon in Croke Park yesterday.

KERRY are the latest county to ratify the process of appointing a full-time GAA secretary. A proposal at this week’s county board meeting means each of the six Munster counties has now gone the road of appointing a full-time salaried official to administrate affairs.

Both Kerry and Tipperary teams have been announced for Sunday's ESB Munster Minor Football final at Pairc Ui Chaoimh, Cork.

A MAN slashed by a burglar at his home in a shocking attack have may to undergo surgery on one of his hands.

TWO men went to the aid of neighbours after a burglar slashed a man in an attempted house break-in yesterday morning.

KERRY lodged a positive result in their Munster MFC account, with victory in last night’s quarter-final clash at Semple Stadium.

KERRY minor boss John Kennedy hopes his charges will feed off the All-Ireland colleges success of Coláiste na Sceilge, when they open the defence of their Munster MFC crown in today’s quarter-final against Tipperary, (Semple Stadium 6.30pm).

THE four Corn Uí Mhuirí (Munster Colleges SFC) quarter-finals take place this afternoon with some cracking games in the offing.

THE long path to All-Ireland colleges football glory next April starts this afternoon for six Munster schools, with three games in the Credit Union Corn Uí Mhuirí (‘A’ SFC) down for decision.