Cork set-up offers manna for Kerry

Waking up this morning to re-watch Saturday night’s Munster final, I began to wonder if it was really as bad as it seemed in the flesh at Páirc Uí Chaoimh?

Cork set-up offers manna for Kerry
Sun, 24 Jun, 2018 - 01:00
Paddy Kelly
Patrick Kelly
Patrick Kelly is a former Cork footballer and All‑Ireland champion with a contemporary perspective on Gaelic football.

It was worse. A lot worse.

Just six scores over 70 minutes in ideal conditions tells only part of the horror show that unfolded.

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