GAA: O'Cinneide dominates for Kerry

Kerry 0-19 Cork 1-1-13

Kerry are on course for back-to-back All-Ireland titles following their 3 point win over Cork in the Munster football final at Pairc Ui Chaoimh.

Cork raced into a 1-2 lead courtesy of a goal from Joe Kavanagh and two frees from Colin Corkery.

Corkery scored another free, but by 20 minutes, Kerry had clocked eight points, four from Dara O'Cinneide.

5 minutes later, and Cork had still not scored a point from play while sharp-shooting Kerry had 10 points and no wides.

In the 27th minute Brendan Ger O'Sullivan equalised for Cork to leave the score 1-5 to Kerry's 0-8 points.

Cork and Kerry then exchanged points for the remainder of the first half, O'Cinneide and Crowley for Kerry, Kavanagh and Corkery for Cork, to leave the sides all square at 1-8 0-11 at the interval.

The second half started badly with bookings for Colin Corkery and Dara O'Se.

John Crowley and Fionnan Murray exchanged points but Donal Daly, D O'Cinneide and Owen Brosnan put Kerry fiurther into the lead.

Crucially Cork failed to score during a 15 minute period of the second half.

Cork brought the lead back to a point through scores form Corkery and Aidan Dorgan before Mike-Frank Russell put Kerry two in front with the clock running out.

It was a fitting end by Dara O'Cinneide who scored his ninth point of the game that took the match beyond Cork' reach to send Kerry into the semi-finals.