Going green to get gold

THERE's no easy way to tell a player he's not playing in an All-Ireland semi-final. "It's the least palatable part of the job," Kerry coach Jack O'Connor said yesterday.

Nevertheless, his management team, which features Ger O'Keeffe and Johnny Culloty, has earned a reputation for confronting difficult selection decisions - and getting them right.

"We live or die by the decisions we make," O'Connor agreed.