Kerry show second-half steel to put paid to Cork

By Mortimer Murphy

Kerry got a dream start with a goal direct from the throw-in when Thomas Hickey beat Cork keeper Chris Kelly with 20 seconds gone on the clock. Evan Cronin added a point from the kick-out and the large Cork following in the stand must have feared the worst.

But Cork did not panic and after Seamus Hickey’s attempt for came off the post, Eoghan McSweeney got Cork’s opening point. In fact for the rest of the half, Cork dominated the middle third.