Defeat not the end for veterans, says Ó Sé

TOMAS Ó SÉ is confident that Kerry’s All-Ireland defeat will not result in the retirement of players or management team.

Defeat at the weekend has inevitably led to speculation over the future of a number of the Kerry panel, five of whom Diarmuid Murphy, William Kirby, Seamus Moynihan, Liam Hassett and Dara Ó Cinnéide are aged 30 or over.

Though the perception is that this is an ageing Kerry team, their average age (25.1) is almost identical to that of Tyrone's (25.0) and slightly more favourable than Armagh's (25.3).