’I wondered if we would have won if Paulie had been on the field. I know the same thought crossed other players’ minds. As captain he would have been barking at us, making sure fellas didn’t take the soft option.’

Conal Keaney has played down the significance of the video message which he sent to his Dublin team-mates prior to their All-Ireland SHC quarter-final against Limerick.

It has been confirmed that young Kerry midfielder David Moran suffered a cruciate knee ligament injury in yesterday's Division 1 victory over Monaghan in Inniskeen.