Beating Listowel is biggest priority as Deenihan raises bar

ON Saturday night, Eamonn Fitzmaurice proudly received his second All-Ireland SFC medal.

Less than 24 hours later he was once more in the winner’s enclosure - this time in service of his club, Finuge, the newly crowned Munster JFC champions. But, like the rest of his team-mates and the management, he admitted to having mixed feelings. “It’s great for a small club like ours to be able to play in an All-Ireland series and it was great to win today, but it’s disappointing that we had one of our players sent off. It’s a blow to our chances of winning next weekend (in the North Kerry final),” he said.

Former Kerry great Jimmy Deenihan, a current selector, echoed these sentiments. “Yes, it is very disappointing to lose a player and it’s hard on the young player in question. I only hope it will not be the difference between winning and losing next Sunday.”