Sean Cournane fires St Mary’s to glory

St Mary’s 1-13 Spa 0-13: A Sean Cournane goal six minutes from time proved the decisive score in propelling St Mary’s to the summit of Kerry intermediate football.

Although never once in arrears during yesterday’s curtain-raiser, Maurice Fitzgerald’s charges struggled for long periods to wrangle free from their opponents grasp. On four occasions, they succeeded in opening up a gap of four points. On all four occasions, Spa reeled them in.

Bryan Sheehan had the winners off the mark on two minutes, the South Kerry outfit moving swiftly to assert their dominance. Paul O’Donoghue (0-2), Anthony Cournane and Sheehan (free) extended their advantage to 0-5 to 0-1 after 14 minutes. It was all St Mary’s - fives wides in this period indicative of the amount of chances created.