Jack O'Connor: New blood needed as old guard ‘can’t go on forever’

Kerry U21 boss Jack O’Connor has warned that the county must start producing young players capable of surviving at senior level as “Aidan O’Mahony, Marc Ó Sé, Kieran Donaghy, and Colm Cooper can’t go on forever”.

The three-time All-Ireland-winning senior manager has described tomorrow’s Munster U21 final against Cork as a “very big game” for the development of players bidding to make the step up to the next level.

Since 2009, only three players who lined out for the county at minor level — Mark Griffin, Pa Kilkenny, and Jack Sherwood — have gone on to play senior championship in the green and gold.