Bryan Sheehan revels in positive start

Unlike previous campaigns, Bryan Sheehan enjoyed a championship run-in free from the physio’s table, free from heavy strapping and bandages. 

And it showed at Semple Stadium on Sunday.

An ankle injury sustained in last year’s All-Ireland quarter-final against Galway kept the 29-year old out of the starting team during Kerry’s final ascent to Sam Maguire glory, but the tables turned in Thurles, Sheehan lining out at midfield in place of the injured David Moran. And what a contribution he made.