Kerry seek kick-start

Martin Carney’s contention that last month’s defeat to Cork marked “the day the music died” for a generation of Kerry footballers will be tested for the first time in Mullingar tomorrow.

Carney later qualified his remarks, explaining his quote from American Pie really meant that he didn’t believe Kerry would win this year’s All-Ireland final.

He went on to wonder aloud whether Kerry might be thinking of bringing Tommy Walsh back from Australia for the latter stages of the championship.