Crokes stay on track for O’Donoghue Cup

MUNSTER senior club champions Dr Crokes are on course for a sixth East Kerry (O’Donoghue Cup) championship in a row after a terrific second-half performance ended Glenflesk’s hopes of a shock semi-final upset at Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney yesterday.

Crokes stay on track for O’Donoghue Cup

Despite trailing 1-1 to 0-0 early on after a Jeff O’Donoghue goal, and being a point adrift at the break (1-4 to 0-6), Dr Crokes blitzed Glenflesk in the second half. Kerry senior Kieran O’Leary scored the crucial goal 10 minutes after the restart, as Crokes, minus Colm Cooper, moved 1-10 to 1-4 clear. Crokes reeled off scores through Brian Looney, Jamie Doolan, Shane Myers, Keith O’Leary and man-of-the-match Kieran O’Leary in this 10-point victory (1-14 to 1-4).

But Dr Crokes will have to wait until early January to discover their East Kerry final opponents, after the first semi-final between Rathmore and Currow ended 1-15 apiece after extra-time in Killarney yesterday.

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