Ó Sé dismissal sours Kingdom success

SUMMER may have begunpositively on the scoreboard forthe Kerry footballers yesterday, yet another disciplinary storm diminished their enjoyment of this Munster SFC quarter-final success.

Swatting aside the challenge of Tipperary was a pleasing start to the championship for Jack O’Connor’s men. Kerry withstood feisty resistance from their opponents and upped their performance considerably in the second-half to triumph. But the victory came at a cost.

The sight of Tomás Ó Sé trooping off in the 33rd minute when referee Maurice Condon brandished a red card after an off-the-ball incident which left Tipperary’s Hugh Coghlan on the ground, was not what the Kingdom faithful wanted to witness on their opening day out.