Kerry and Cork on collision course

OVER the next two days in Croke Park fans can look forward to seeing arguably the best scoring forwards of the year in action - Paddy Bradley, Stephen O'Neill, Ross Munnelly and Colm Cooper.

Two fourth-round All-Ireland SFC qualifiers today and the first two quarter-finals tomorrow should provide us with a better indication as to the likely destination of the trophy.

The All-Ireland final repeat of Kerry and Mayo is intriguing, not least for the fact that Mayo were so unimpressive in their win over Cavan last weekend. Afterwards, John Maughan made the comment that the pressure was now off his team, as if to suggest that qualifying for the quarter-final represented the height of their ambitions.