Kerry to persist with Ó Sé experiment

THE KERRY management’s desire to employ Marc Ó Sé’s footballing talents in the half-back line gets another trial tomorrow in Tralee, with the youngest of the Gaeltacht brothers selected at right half-back for the clash with Mayo.

It’s no surprise to see an Ó Sé in the number five jersey, but for more than a decade it’s been the outstanding Tomás Ó Sé raiding up the wing. He is poised to return for a Kerry warm-weather training camp at the Amendoeira Golf Resort on Portugal’s Algarve at the end of the month, but in the meantime, Marc will form part of a new look half back line alongside Aidan O’Mahony and Adrian O’Connell.

Jack O’Connor and his selectors have long been of the view that Marc Ó Sé is restricted to a degree in the full-back line, but necessity has dictated that be the case. However with Mike McCarthy not returning to Kerry colours in the short term, the All-Ireland champions will require some improvisation in the half-back line.