Cork can crack Kerry conundrum

OF all the meetings between Cork and Kerry footballers this decade tomorrow’s clash in the All-Ireland final is by far the most intriguing.

It’s the one time that the Rebels are going into a game outside of the Munster championship as favourites – a fact explained more by the positive nature of their campaign rather than the rocky road travelled by Kerry.

The inclination is to suggest this will create more pressure for Conor Counihan and his players, and maybe it will. What happened there two years ago is still fresh in the mind, but irrespective of the outcome, we’ll hardly see a repeat.