Intriguing battle of the high kings

SUNDAY’S All-Ireland final will be contested by two teams at the opposite end of the spectrum in terms of big day experience in Croke Park on the third Sunday in September.

Kerry will be present and correct on this momentous occasion for an historic sixth year in-a-row, having beaten Cork in two semi-finals and one final, while their Munster rivals have yet to defeat the Kingdom in that period.

There will be mini battles all over the field on Sunday that characterise the rivalry and a potential shift in power between these rivals; one such duel offers an accurate reflection of their place in the scheme of things heretofore – the match-up in midfield between Darragh O Sé and Nicholas Murphy.