Galway give Kerry a thumping

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Kerry were nearly always fighting a losing battle. Conceding a goal in the 10th minute to new teenage sensation Michael Joyce and losing Colm Cooper late in the half after he was red-carded, meant that an erratic challenge was seriously undermined.

Speaking after the first meeting between the counties in Galway city in 24 years, Galway manager John O'Mahony admitted that he hadn't expected the game to go so well for his side.