O’Rahillys get well tested

THIS opening round of the Garveys Kerry senior football championship at Caherciveen yesterday proved to be much closer than generally anticipated, despite the underdogs being limited by the loss of eight players.

In fact, it could very well have produced an unexpected outcome if St. Michael’s/Foilmore had enjoyed better luck in their finishing.

The most dramatic example of this came minutes from the finish when, with two points separating the sides, outstanding forward Ronan O’Connor won a great ball at the edge of the square only to see ‘keeper David Hennessy divert a flicked shot outside the post.