Brian Hurley: We've wanted Kerry all year. We can make up for Munster failings now

Hurley heads into the Kerry fixture with a first full 70 minutes banked since the narrow league loss to Dublin way back on February 18.

DANCE PARTNERS: Brian Hurley is likely to be reacquainted with Kerry full-back Jason Foley on Saturday. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

Brian Hurley had wanted to stand opposite the green and gold far earlier than this coming Saturday. He’d wanted to stand opposite the green and gold on the afternoon of the Munster football final.

The less said about Cork’s short-lived provincial campaign the better. A first championship defeat to the Banner in 23 years. Fairly dire protection of a four-point second-half lead. Only four scorers across the 70-plus minutes. Two of them defenders.