Peter Keane content as Kerry minors get the job done

Kerry 1-13 Clare 1-6: A workmanlike second-half display – in which Kerry outscored their hosts 0-5 to 0-1 in the 20-minute period directly after half-time – eased the reigning All- Ireland champions into a fifth consecutive Munster MFC decider.

Kerry’s trip to Miltown-Malbay was nowhere near as emphatic as their excursion to Dungarvan last month had been and management will have been glad of the questions that were asked of their players late in the first-half and, indeed, early in the second period of this, at times, entertaining semi-final clash.

“The whole idea of tonight was to win, whether you win nice or dirty or whatever, winning tonight was the most important thing as it gives you football for the next three months,” said Kerry boss Peter Keane.