KERRY’s relief at the preservation of their top-flight status in the National Football League was ironically overshadowed by the jubilation of the Monaghan players and a decent travelling support when it emerged that a superior scoring rate to Derry also ensured their survival.

TADHG KENNELLY has been named at centre-forward ahead of Tommy Walsh on the Kerry team for Sunday’s All-Ireland SFC semi-final showdown against Meath at Croke Park.

KILLIAN YOUNG makes a return, Darragh O Sé gets a starting place at midfield and Tommy Walsh is fit to play in the full-forward position as a new-look Kerry team prepare to take on Cork in the Munster SFC semi-final replay at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday.

LIMERICK manager Justin McCarthy introduces James Ryan and Paul Browne for his side’s NHL clash against Cork at Páirc Uí Chaoimh tomorrow.

Kerry 1-14, Clare 0-5

CORK GAA officials are seeking thea re-arrangement of their teams’ schedules in the All-Ireland SFC and SHC championship in Croke Park.

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.

EAMON Fitzmaurice has been handed an experimental role at centre half forward by Kerry for tomorrow night’s televised Allianz Football League clash with neighbours Cork at Páirc Uí Rinn.

Kerry 2-15 UCC 0-7

PREDICTABLY, Cork players figured prominently among the winners at last night’s Munster Council awards.

IRISH manager Peter McGrath has made it clear to his players what he expects from them if they are to beat Australia tonight (throw-in 11.45am Irish time).

Dr Crokes 2-11 An Ghaeltacht 1-9

Brendan Larkin and Michael Ellard

Tipperary 0-13 Kerry 2-22

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.

MIKE FRANK RUSSELL has paid the price for indifferent form of late by dropping to the Kerry substitute’s bench for Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final against Derry.

Kerry 1-15 Dublin 1-8

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

Kerry 0-12 Limerick 0-10

KERRY and Munster champions An Ghaeltacht have made one change in their team for Sunday's AIB All- Ireland club football semi-final against St Brigid's in Semple Stadium, Thurles (2pm).

BRENDAN GUINEY is the only Kerry newcomer for Sunday’s trip to Longford for the Kingdom’s first competitive game since their All-Ireland semi final loss to Tyrone last August.

IT MIGHT NOT have been pretty, but the historians won’t give a second thought to the quality of An Ghaeltacht’s first ever provincial football success.

Munster's Railway Cup football team has a decidedly Limerick flavour to it with no less than six Shannonside players in the starting lineup.

THE Leinster team to play Ulster in the Interprovincial Football Championship semi-final tomorrow in Enniskillen includes six players from the side which defeated the northerners 1-14 to 2-9 in last year’s final.

An Ghaeltacht 0-12 Laune Rangers 2-4

KERRY have named 10 of the side that failed to Armagh in last year’s All-Ireland final for Sunday’s Munster SFC semi-final with Tipperary in Tralee.

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.

Tyrone 1-13 Kerry 0-14

Kerry 2-11 Roscommon 0-4

Kilcummin 1-11An Gaeltacht 0-12

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.