McGuigan lays into Kerry

THEY won’t be meeting in an All-Ireland final this year but the Kerry and Tyrone rivalry returned to centre stage at a quiet Croke Park in unexpected fashion yesterday.

The occasion was Tyrone legend Frank McGuigan’s inauguration into the MBNA Kick Fáda Hall of Fame and, naturally enough, talk turned to the inductee’s native county and to the championship season in general.

McGuigan was a marksman of some distinction in his playing days and he had no hesitation in shooting from the lip on this occasion, giving it both barrels to Kerry in general and Pat Spillane in particular.