O’Connor: I thought we put in a good shift for the last hour or so

Cork’s man of the match Donncha O’Connor felt his side were value for their five-point win and the Ballydesmond man wasn’t shy about expressing his satisfaction in getting one over on Kerry.

“The more times you beat Kerry the happier you will be. Obviously, they feel the same and we can never beat them enough times really.

“They’ve beaten us a good few times so any time you beat them it’s a good day, really. It’s been nip and tuck in the last few years. Two years ago we might have felt we left it after us in Killarney and we came back.