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Kerry 0-16 Cork 1-12 (AET): Almost two hours after the first ball was thrown into the Tralee sky did the pendulum hang still; Kerry’s defence of their Munster and All-Ireland crowns intact, if only just.

The home crowd hit cruise control when moving 0-11 to 0-8 clear on 44 minutes and yet they failed to seal the deal until a further half an hour had passed, included in that was a gripping normal-time conclusion and two hugely entertaining 10-minute periods of extra-time.

A Dan Ó Duinnín fisted point on 52 minutes, only Cork’s second score of the half, kick-started their comeback effort and they would win the next two kick-outs to draw level at 0-11 apiece through Stephen Leonard and Shane Kingston.