Kerry manager Jack O'Connor: 'The shadow boxing is over now'

The Kingdom marched to another Munster football title on Sunday but there are bigger challenges to come.

MUNSTER CHAMPIONS: Kerry manager Jack O'Connor during the Munster GAA Football Senior Championship Final match between Kerry and Clare at LIT Gaelic Grounds in Limerick. Photo by David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

It says everything about the desperately unhealthy state of the Munster football championship that after Kerry strolled to a 10th final win in 11 years, Kerry manager Jack O’Connor declared that the “shadow boxing is over”.

Kerry’s latest doddle through Munster saw them win their two provincial outings by an aggregate total of 34 points.