Stephen O’Brien prefers to wear than rust away as Kerry prepare to face Cork

Settled and working in Cork as well as having studied there, Saturday’s Munster semi-final has extra resonance for O’Brien.

EXPERIENCED CAMPAIGNER: Kerry's Stephen O'Brien makes a pass. Pic credit: Ben Brady, Inpho.

You’re not going to land Stephen O’Brien with the elder statesman tag in the Kerry panel. No, siree.

“No, Paul Geaney probably is,” he clarifies to the journalist who had the audacity to suggest it. “He came in, in ‘11, playing a few league games so he’s a couple of years on me yet.”