Jimmy Keane blasts downgrading of junior football championship

Kerry junior football manager Jimmy Keane described the lack of interest in this year’s competition as a “total disaster”.

Kerry and Cork have their first outing of the season in this evening’s Munster final (Austin Stack Park, 7.30pm) as the four other counties in the province withdrew from the competition. Last night, Keane blasted the development.

“Two years ago, we played Limerick in Killarney and had to get a last-minute goal to beat them in the Munster semi-final. They were that close to beating us,” Keane remarked.