Minor star Paul Walsh says Kerry benefitted from summer wake-up calls

The Kerry minors wouldn’t have been able to reel in Galway’s eight-point lead were it not for the frights they were given by Cork and Monaghan earlier in the summer, according to forward Paul Walsh.

This latest crop of all-conquering Kerry minors were forced to come from behind to secure a historic fifth consecutive All-Ireland crown, Peter Keane’s troops finding themselves 1-8 to 0-4 in arrears after 26 minutes following a burst of 1-7 without reply from the Tribesmen.