Donaghy craving season salvation

HIS inter-county career has been laden with honours, but it is glory on the domestic front that Kieran Donaghy craves most. Next Sunday is a prized opportunity as Austin Stacks are aiming to end a sixteen year Kerry SFC title drought against Dr Crokes.

The Tralee club have defied the odds to reach this juncture yet it is a league tie in August against Finuge rather than any championship clashes that Donaghy pinpoints as key in their season.

“That county League game against Finuge was the defining moment. I remember losing the rag with the boys out in the field afterwards when we were in a huddle. I said lads if we are going to allow players to run 50 yards through the heart of our defence and stick it in the back of the net, like we did in the second half of that game, then I said we were only wasting our time.