Kerry making strides, but Cork regrets won’t linger long

Next weekend should tell us more. At least as much as minors can.

MUNSTER CHAMPIONS: Kerry players celebrate with the cup after the 2023 Electric Ireland Munster GAA Football Minor Championship Final. Pic: Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile

THAT their respective seniors are meeting within 20 hours dispatched Friday night’s Munster minor football final in Tralee down a well-trodden rabbit hole: Why is it Cork cannot carry through under-age promise to senior?

The debate is somewhat moot since the minor grade was reduced to sixteen- and seventeen year olds. The inconsistencies of minor players from night to night is as predictable as it is frustrating but Cork were well enough over Kerry when the sides met three weeks ago to be confidently installed as favourites to annex their third provincial title in a row at the grade. Even behind enemy lines.