Four week gap for provincial winners an issue for Jack O'Connor

Kerry manager Jack O'Connor. Photo by Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile

Kerry manager Jack O’Connor believes that whoever emerges victorious from this weekend’s four provincial football deciders may well be at a significant disadvantage heading into the All-Ireland quarter-finals, compared to the four qualifiers that will come through the back door.

With the Kingdom boss preparing his charges for Saturday’s Munster Final against Limerick at Fitzgerald Stadium (3pm), the winners of the game will then be facing into a four-week period without a competitive fixture, as will the Leinster, Connacht and Ulster champions.