Kerry missing ten All-Ireland starters for league openers

Manager Jack O'Connor will have to dig deep into his squad for early spring tests

DIGGING DEEP: Kerry manager Jack O'Connor will be without several big names for the opening rounds of the league. Picture: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Kerry will be without two-thirds of their All-Ireland final winning team, including the entire front six, for the first two rounds of the Allianz league.

As Jack O’Connor went through the starting 15 that squeezed past Galway in last July’s All-Ireland final, he arrived at an end number of five in terms of players available for this Sunday’s spin to Ballybofey and the following weekend’s welcome of Monaghan.