Jack O'Connor content Kerry are future proofing while taking care of the present 

On and on goes the list of Kerry players superbly negating the many not present.

Kerry manager Jack O'Connor. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

We’ll get to the injuries momentarily. Let’s instead start with those moved up the pecking order by the many absentees and those who’ve climbed back up the pecking order after time spent among the absentees.

Keith Evans was making only his second championship start. You certainly wouldn’t have guessed such from his confident and popping-up-everywhere contribution.