Johnny Buckley: ‘There’s not a cynical bone in the Kerry camp’

Newly appointed Kerry captain Johnny Buckley has belied their status as the game’s chief black card offenders by claiming there’s not a “cynical bone” in the Kingdom camp.

Éamonn Fitzmaurice’s panel has picked up more black cards, 25, than any other county across the four league campaigns since the introduction of the third card at the beginning of 2014.

They finished top of the pile this spring too, with Jonathan Lyne and Anthony Maher’s deliberate pull-downs during last month’s league final win over Dublin taking their total to nine – one more than Kildare who also played eight.