Clinical Cork canter to ninth title in-a-row

Cork survived a brave fightback from Kerry to claim their ninth consecutive Munster Ladies SFC title in Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday.

Goals from Juliet Murphy and Emma Farmer in the opening quarter looked to have killed off the Kerry challenge before it ever got going and by half-time, Megan O’Connell’s point was all that the visitors had produced.

A combination of Cork complacency and steely determination from Kerry ensured a different and compelling second-half with goals from O’Connell and Lousie Ní Mhuircheartaigh bringing the Kingdom back into it.