Caherciveen erupts as Bryan Sheehan pops over South Kerry equaliser

Kerry SFC (Round 2) - South Kerry 1-13 Austin Stacks 1-13 (AET): Bryan Sheehan turned to the South Kerry dugout and punched the air with his right fist. As he did, referee Eddie Walsh sounded the final whistle to bring to an end four and a half minutes of tension-filled injury-time. Players collapsed to the ground, fatigue and exhaustion getting the better of most.

Those clad in green and gold still standing upright celebrated as if victory had been secured. It hadn’t, but in the circumstances a draw was as welcome as any win.

Having had their six-point interval advantage whittled away during the second-half of normal time, South Kerry were dragged into an extra-time battle when Shane O’Callaghan snuck in between Mark Griffin and South Kerry ‘keeper Brian O’Connor to land the equalising point 10 seconds shy of the hour mark.