Kingdom’s determination earns its reward

Kerry 2-13 Donegal 2-11

Donegal felt the full force of a rebounding Kerry yesterday — the dominance of the home outfit reflected in all but the scoreline.

There may not have been many alarm bells sounded in the wake of Kerry’s 11-point whipping by Cork, but as Johnny Buckley admitted, it was to a cloud of negativity each Kerry player awoke to on Monday morning.