Kerry shy pair of frontliners for Tyrone test

"I'd never underestimate Tyrone, and I’ve good reason not to,” O’Connor said in Tralee on Monday. 

Kerry manager Jack O'Connor during the GAA. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

MALACHY O’Rourke has the Tyrone footballers trending in the right direction – at the right time, Kerry boss Jack O’Connor believes.

O’Connor, as much as any Kerry manager, has reason to be wary of the Red Hand threat in Saturday’s All-Ireland SFC semi-final, and the one-point loss of the Kerry minors to Tyrone on Sunday hasn’t diminished wariness.