Paudie Clifford eager to join Kerry’s indispensables

Kerry's Paudie Clifford in action against Cillian Brennan of Clare. Photo by Dáire Brennan/Sportsfile

When Peter Keane and his selectors sat down to finalise the team selection for tonight’s Munster SFC semi-final against defending champions Tipperary at Semple Stadium (7pm), it wouldn’t have taken them long to pencil in the first two names in their star-studded forward line.

Provided David Clifford had fully recovered from the muscle injury that he picked up in the dying stages of the comprehensive victory over Clare in Killarney two weeks ago, the Fossa sensation and the equally precocious Sean O’Shea would obviously remain automatic picks.