Kerry audition for special reserves

THE weather’s making for crisp sunny days and clear nights, but don’t expect to see stars dancing across the Kerry skyline any time soon.

With the county’s All-Ireland winners toasting themselves and their September success in sunny Jamaica, the Kingdom’s A-listers are scarcely contemplating unfurling themselves from a winter slumber for the next month – or two.

But with that comes opportunity for a number of Kerry footballers in the McGrath Cup and the early stages of the National League. With the rate of postponements unlikely to abate this weekend, Kerry coach Jack O’Connor and his management team may even be back from vacation by the time the McGrath Cup game against IT Tralee is played, and they’ll have plenty of fodder to feast on ahead of the 2010 season.