Kerry comeback the stuff of champions

Kerry 1-12 Cork 1-10

However, showing scant regard for Cork’s 1-9 to 0-2 half-time lead, Kerry showed the stuff of champions when wind assisted on the restart to erode that sizeable lead. When the pacy Michael Bowler set up full-forward Ger Moynihan for a hugely important 50th minute goal, to leave just two points between the sides, the champions were in full stride and the outcome inevitable.

It was Causeway CC corner-forward Jersey Houlihan who proved Cork’s main tormentor with seven second-half points, eight in total. With Barry O’Grady also showing his class at midfield, Kerry really produced the goods, holding Cork to just one second-half point, a free from Conchur Harrington who also got his marching orders late in the game.