Will Loughrey turn the tables on Gooch?

It’s up to Cork to try and figure Colm Cooper, aka Pythagoras in boots, out. The suspicion is that Kerry’s talisman will keep them guessing long enough tomorrow for Kerry to disappear through the front door.

Despite the familiarity, the well worn clichés and the jaded inevitability of the umpteenth local derby between the Munster powerhouses, there is still a sense of a great leap in the dark about tomorrow’s latest chapter in the Kerry-Cork rivalry.

One of the many interesting subplots is that there seems to be a sizeable contingent on both teams with little or no experience of Munster final day in Killarney.