Clever Kerry scupper Donegal’s game plan

It’s a result that will certainly pleasethe football purist.

While it’s flirting with the realms of sensationalism to brand Kerry’s emphatic hammering of Donegal in a surprisingly one-sided Division 1 contest yesterday as a victory for football, this double-scores rout at Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney was important in its own right.

On a day when Kerry took outright ownership of top spot in the division, the Kingdom played with a swagger and style that an off-colour Donegal simply couldn’t match, and which now leaves the Ulster champions in deep relegation trouble.