Éamonn Fitzmaurice: Why Kerry will look to keep foot on Cork's throat

Eamonn Fitzmaurice (new half length cut) The Munster football final is still important — if not as attractive — for a number of reasons.

The Munster football final is still important — if not as attractive — for a number of reasons. At the start of each season, a team has a chance to win three competitions and a player can accumulate three medals. When players eventually retire, they reminisce about the good times but they also count the medals they won and it is this greed for medals that keep bringing players back for more and giving extreme levels of commitment to achieve their goals.

In Kerry, we all understand that the only real currency as a player is All-Ireland medals but he will also tally National League and Munster medals and will regard them as significant when finished playing. The added significance of the Munster final now is a direct ticket to the Super 8 festival and the top table of football.