New-look Rebels clash with Kerry

CHAMPIONS Cork are compelled, under rule, to field a completely new team for the All-Ireland junior football championship, but they are back tonight to defend their provincial crown against Kerry at Páirc Uí Chaoimh (7.30pm).

Coach Mossie Barrett and his selectors have worked hard over the past few months putting this new squad of players together, and while they survived a searching test against Limerick in the semi-final, there is every reason to feel optimistic about tonight’s clash with Kerry.

Kerry coach Buddy O’Grady has included four members of the All-Ireland U21 winning team in Mike O’Donoghue, Paddy Curran, Colm O’Mahony and Alan O’Sullivan in an attempt to wrestle the title back from Cork.