Kerry and Armagh must put the ties that bind them aside

The lines between the Kerry and Armagh camps are blurred but the intentions are clear. 

HOME AWAY FROM HOME: Kerry manager Jack O'Connor with Armagh selector Kieran Donaghy. Pic: Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile

Eighteen years on since they exchanged heated words on the field and almost five since Kieran Donaghy became Armagh coach, Paul Hearty hasn’t met the Kerry man.

Not because his in-your-face celebrations after his 2006 All-Ireland quarter-final goal upset the then-Armagh goalkeeper so much that they couldn’t have a laugh about it now. No, they just haven’t crossed paths.