Ó Cinnéide: Others must now step up

Dara Ó Cinnéide says the gauntlet has been thrown down to the Kerry attack to prove their worth in the absence of injured captain Colm Cooper.

The 30-year old contributed 1-22 (0-13 frees) of Kerry’s championship tally in 2013, along with numerous scores engineered by the visionary centre-forward.

“People will say that scores in the Kerry forward unit will dry up because the Gooch isn’t there, that the other forwards can’t create openings for themselves in Gooch’s absence,” Ó Cinnéide said last night.