Meyler hoping to face JBM

Cork hurling manager Jimmy Barry Murphy could be plotting against a familiar face in his first competitive match back in charge of the Rebels if Kerry defeat IT Tralee in the preliminary round of the Waterford Crystal Cup this Sunday.

With Murphy’s former St Finbarr’s and Cork hurling team-mate John Meyler in charge of Kerry for a third season, both men know that a Kingdom victory at Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney (2pm) this weekend will set-up a tantalising provincial showdown between the two early next month, in the quarter-finals of the competition.

“We played together for around 10 years with the Barrs, football and hurling, and there were a couple of league and championship games with Cork as well, so we certainly aren’t strangers,” Meyler explained