Fitzmaurice gives it one final fling with Finuge

Before he filled any one of the myriad of roles he has played for Kerry these past five years, Eamonn Fitzmaurice was a club footballer.

Amid those seemingly ever-changing moves, that fact never altered. Throughout his metamorphosis from current to retired inter-county player, from Kerry selector to ex-selector, from returning selector to recently-made manager, Finuge has been his constant, his North star.

And it still is, albeit a dying one. For what he anticipates should be his last club game in Kerry, the 35-year-old tomorrow goes in search of an intermediate championship title he concedes has been the club’s Holy Grail.