Kerry v Cork: ‘All on the line’ for Munster’s Old Firm

It’s 40-years this summer since Jack O’Connor first experienced a Cork-Kerry Munster senior football final and he’s expecting a similarly stirring atmosphere when the county’s emerging talents lock horns in this evening’s do-or-die provincial minor semi-final.

Munster football’s heavyweight pair have not clashed in a knockout fixture at senior level since 2012 and while recent U21 meetings have failed to grab local imagination, Kerry minor manager O’Connor is predicting a throwback to the 1970’s at Austin Stack Park later today.

Kerry enter the tie as reigning Munster and All-Ireland champions, while Cork travel west along the N22 with their most capable minor outfit assembled in recent history.