Not the start O’Connor wanted

IT was the type of issue Jack O’Connor would have sought to avoid in Kerry’s 2011 championship opener but the dismissal of Tomás Ó Sé was the key talking point after yesterday’s Munster quarter-final.

“I think it’s within the time scale of 48 weeks and there’s a good chance he’ll be out now for two months. Obviously there was a bit of needle between the two of them. I didn’t see it but the linesman did see something. He said it to the referee and that’s the end of it. All I asked the referee at half-time was what had Tomás done as I hadn’t seen it. It’s very disappointing.”

At half-time, Kerry were in a spot of bother but O’Connor gathered his charges in the dressing-room and sought improvements from the 14 men he was sending into action. The second-half performance answered the call.