St Brendan's survive ET thriller against East Kerry to book Kerry minor final spot with favourites St Kierans

St Kierans are searching for back-to-back county minor final wins with a strong side featuring a number of the Ballymacelligott players who claimed a MFL Division 1 title last month - plus Kerry U20 Killian Dennehy from Cordal in midfield

MIDFIELD ACE: Kerry U20 Killian Dennehy helped St Kieran's ease into a second consecutive Kerry MFC final with their win over Legion. Pic: Matt Browne/Sportsfile

ST BRENDAN'S and East Kerry were involved in a thrilling Kerry MFC semi-final Thursday night in Tralee before the Tralee-based amalgamation edged into a final against defending champions St Kieran's, 2-14 to 0-18.

East Kerry went out on their shields though having forced an equaliser late in normal time when Joey McCarthy landed an equalising point from a close in free to level it up at 1-11 to 0-14.