O’Sullivan not the only one surprised by Jack’s call

The “who me?” look on Declan O’Sullivan’s face was the giveaway that he had not been substituted because of injury.

In the middle of the pitch, he mightn’t have heard his name being mentioned over the PA system but it was his replacement, Kieran O’Leary, who broke the bad news to him.

O’Sullivan was hardly the worst Kerry player on a day of under-performance for the team but Jack O’Connor had made his mind up that his Dromid Pearses club-mate had run his race for the day.