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Sean McDonnell passes under pressure in the Cork-Meath Division 2 final. Photograph: James Crombie\/Inpho <\/p>\nDivision 1 final: Kerry 2-10 Donegal 3-20 (FT)<\/p>\n
Division 2 final: Meath 1-22 Cork 2-17 (FT)<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s Se\u00e1n Moran\u2019s final update of the day until his report comes in:<\/p>\n
“Donegal purged the memory of last year\u2019s All-Ireland with a 13-point win over Kerry at Croke Park to lift the Miche\u00e1l \u00d3 Muircheartaigh trophy and win a first league title since 2007.<\/p>\n
Jim McGuinness\u2019s team were overwhelmingly superior to the All-Ireland champions for whom it was a hugely disappointing performance. Trailing by eight at half-time, 1-2 to 0-13, Kerry briefly revived on the resumption but were buried by three Donegal goals in as many minutes from Conor O\u2019Donnell, Michael Murphy and Caolan McGonagle between the 42nd\u00a0and 45th.<\/p>\n
They led 3-13 to 1-4. They showed good discipline in continuing to press the matter and at one point led by 3-19 to 1-4. Kerry will now have plenty to reflect on as they prepare to defend their championship titles \u2013 their league crown is\u00a0\u00a0now gone.<\/p>\n
A late flourish of scores reduced the margin on a day when 13 points represented respectability of sorts.”<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s the pick of the goals today, Conor O\u2019Donnell\u2019s effort that started the rout for Donegal.<\/p>\n
Jarlath Burns presents the Micheal \u00d3 Muircheartaigh Cup to Shane O\u2019Donnell and Michael Langan as co-captains of Donegal. <\/p>\n
Full-time: Kerry 2-10 Donegal 3-20 <\/p>\n
Donegal are Division 1 champions. They were brilliant today, but Kerry were very poor it has to be said. <\/p>\n
69 Mins: Donegal are just keeping the ball, playing it through the hands, until Conor O\u2019Donnell has a go. That should be that. Kerry 2-10 Donegal 3-20<\/p>\n
66 Mins: Armin Heinrich adds another to his and Kerry\u2019s tallies. Kerry 2-10 Donegal 3-20<\/p>\n
65 Mins: GOAL for Kerry! David Clifford sends Mulreany the wrong way one-on-one. Then Mulreany makes a brilliant save to deny Kennedy a minute later! A late flash of life from the Kingdom. Kerry 2-9 Donegal 3-20<\/p>\n
62 Mins: Great score by Finnbarr Roarty, who is off the bench, doing a lot of work and then chipping it over. Tom O\u2019Sullivan gets one back for the Kingdom, and then Tom\u00e1s Kennedy fists one over too. Kerry 1-9 Donegal 3-20<\/p>\n
60 Mins: Paul Geaney cracks over a lovely two-pointer. Donegal are still all over them, but mostly keeping the ball. Kerry 1-7 Donegal 3-19<\/p>\n
56 Mins: Armin Henirich chps over a lovely score for Kerry. Kerry 1-5 Donegal 3-19<\/p>\n
54 Mins: Peadar Mogan punches the hole this time, finds Max Campbell, and the late replacement decides to fist it over rather than take on the one-on-one. Ryan McHugh adds a point right after. This is some showing. Paul Geaney is on for Dylan Geaney, while Michael Murphy is roared off for Finnbarr Roarty. How different Murphy\u2019s exit from the pitch could have been today. Kerry 1-4 Donegal 3-19<\/p>\n
52 Mins: A strange crossfield pass from Ryan McHugh finds Caolan McColgan in his own half, and he comes under pressure from Se\u00e1n O\u2019Shea. It\u2019s representative of today though that he skips past and then dusts the centre-forward and is fouled just inside Murphy\u2019s range. Another two-pointer. Kerry 1-4 Donegal 3-17<\/p>\n
50 Mins: Michael Langan turns Mark O\u2019Shea inside-out and sticks a point over. Kerry 1-4 Donegal 3-15<\/p>\n
46 Mins: Murphy points a free off the deck to build on the scoreline. Kerry 1-4 Donegal 3-14<\/p>\n
45 Mins: GOAL for Donegal! A handpass across the Kerry 45 to Jason Foley was cut out by Murphy who powered through and finished brilliantly into the far bottom corner.<\/p>\n
GOAL for Donegal! What is going on? Max Campbell absolutely burns his man, feeds McGonagle and although it looks like he was going for a point, it crept under the bar. Three goals in a row! Kerry 1-4 Donegal 3-13<\/p>\n
42 Mins: Donegal look pretty happy to keep hold of the ball so far this half, not really threatening the Kerry goal. <\/p>\n
GOAL for Donegal! Well, that\u2019s one way to prove me wrong! Langan breaks the line, slips it to Conor O\u2019Donnell, whose run was made with serious intent. He blasted the ball beyond Murphy with his left, a great finish. Kerry 1-4 Donegal 1-13<\/p>\n
38 Mins: Keith Evans gets a bit of space, and taps a point over off his right. Kerry look up for it so far. Kerry 1-4 Donegal 0-13<\/p>\n
36 Mins: Dylan Casey strikes the first score of the second half. Langan comes up the other end and snatches at his chance a little. A lovely long pass finds Clifford, who feeds O\u2019Shea for a two-pointer, but it\u2019s wide. Kerry 1-3 Donegal 0-13<\/p>\n
As the second half throw in, Se\u00e1n Moran gives a half-time update from Croker:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe first half ended with the dominant team kicking for a two-pointer. The difference this time was that unlike the All-Ireland final last July, the kick went wide and the side with the big lead was not Kerry.<\/p>\n
Neither did the All-Ireland champions get the same start but they did take the lead when after a long phase of possession play, David Clifford made his move to clip the first point in the fifth minute. They also had the encouragement of a goal, scored by Keith Evans, finished smartly after Joe O\u2019Connor\u2019s fisted pass sent him in behind the defence.<\/p>\n
That 13th minute goal came between two two-pointers, rifled over by Michael Langan to establish and restore Donegal\u2019s lead. Kerry went 20 minutes without scoring before adding a second point in the 33rd minute.<\/p>\n
In that time, in a further contrast with the All-Ireland, Donegal took over on the kick-outs and maintained a high-tempo running game, punctuated by well-taken scores, including a brace from Max Campbell, who was introduced at the start instead of 2025 Young Footballer of the Year Finbarr Roarty.<\/p>\n
Jack O\u2019Connor made two changes to his starting team , bringing in Liam Smith for Se\u00e1n O\u2019Brien and Tadhg Morley for Brian \u00d3 Beaglaoich.”<\/p>\n
The TG4 panel are all in agreement, Michael Murphy should have seen red for the Dylan Casey incident.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s Keith Evans\u2019 goal, the bright spark for Kerry in the first half. <\/p>\n
Half-time: Kerry 1-2 Donegal 0-13<\/p>\n
An abject Kerry performance so far, with the only saving grace being that the Canal End seems the tougher end to kick into today. <\/p>\n
33 Mins: Se\u00e1n O\u2019Shea finally registers Kerry\u2019s third score of the game, 22 minutes after their second. Kerry 1-2 Donegal 0-13<\/p>\n
32 Mins: Tom\u00e1s Kennedy is on for Liam Smith for Kerry. Clifford lets off a poor shot under pressure, but he has an advantage. The free is miles out, and he puts it wide. Kerry 1-1 Donegal 0-13<\/p>\n
30 Mins: Great save from Mulreany, as Joe O\u2019Connor went through on goal thanks to a lovely Keith Evans pass. Kerry 1-1 Donegal 0-13<\/p>\n
28 Mins: Max Campbell gets another score for Donegal. It\u2019s a hard job to step in to replace Finnbarr Roarty, but he\u2019s playing very well so far. Kerry 1-1 Donegal 0-13<\/p>\n
25 Mins: Conor O\u2019Donnell is the latest scorer for Donegal, after Peadar Mogan did the business moments before. Kerry can\u2019t get much of a foothold, and a shocking Se\u00e1n O\u2019Shea effort doesn\u2019t help things. Kerry 1-1 Donegal 0-12<\/p>\n
23 Mins: Two points in a row for Ryan McHugh, but the second could really have been a goal. A superb save from Shane Murphy sees it deflect over the bar. Kerry 1-1 Donegal 0-10<\/p>\n
21 Mins: The fairly sparse and quiet crowd are making some pretty confusing noise, with whistles being blown and hooters sounding. Thankfully, it\u2019s not distracting the players, as Max Campbell chips a great score over on his left foot. Kerry 1-1 Donegal 0-8<\/p>\n
17 Mins: The ball is moved in for Donegal in the play directly after that incident, and it\u2019s Murphy who gets a two-pointer from the advanced free. Kerry 1-1 Donegal 0-7<\/p>\n
15 Mins: Michael Langan continues his superb start with another two-pointer. This time he shakes off Graham O\u2019Sullivan and pops it over. <\/p>\n
Michael Murphy should be sent off for a punch to the face of Dylan Casey! He used the closed fist to dig Casey in the ribs while tackling, but the follow-up was worse, a punch to the jaw of the Kerry corner-back when the ball was well gone. Gough only gives him a yellow, obviously not having a perfect view of it Kerry 1-1 Donegal 0-5<\/p>\n
13 Mins: GOAL for Kerry! Keith Evans made a run like a train off the wing and Joe O\u2019Connor fed him. It was a lovely finish by the young corner-forward too, smashing it beyond Mulreany. Kerry 1-1 Donegal 0-3<\/p>\n
12 Mins: Michael Langan gets the game\u2019s first two-pointer, making it look easy. Kerry 0-1 Donegal 0-3<\/p>\n
10 Mins: Michael Langan gets Donegal\u2019s first score, a lovely clip-over from inside the arc. Kerry 0-1 Donegal 0-1 <\/p>\n
8 Mins: Michael Langan turns over Joe O\u2019Connor, but Donegal can\u2019t get out of their backline. Caolan McColgan is forced out over the endline by Mark O\u2019Shea, but that\u2019s a mercy, because he presented the ball directly to Clifford after it crossed the line. Then Mulreany gives Clifford a little shove in the goalmouth and he flops down like a fish into the net. O\u2019Shea misses the 45\u2032 anyway. Kerry 0-1 Donegal 0-0<\/p>\n
6 Mins: Eoghan B\u00e1n Gallagher puts a shot wide inside the \u2018D\u2019 and Jim McGuinness looks an unhappy man. Kerry 0-1 Donegal 0-0<\/p>\n
4 Mins: A poor miss by Michael Murphy allows Kerry to register the first score of the game through David Clifford a minute later. This is so much like the All-Ireland final so far. Kerry 0-1 Donegal 0-0<\/p>\n
2 Mins: A small bit delayed, but we\u2019re underway in Croke Park for the Division 1 final. Kerry are playing into the Canal End, and both sides are wearing their home strips. Kerry keep the ball patiently, before Clifford gets on it and has a go for a two-pointer. It\u2019s a bit of a Garryowen, but it drops for Graham O\u2019Sullivan, who\u2019s goalbound shot is cleared off the line by Mogan. Kerry 0-0 Donegal 0-0<\/p>\n
Kerry: Shane Murphy; Tadgh Morley, Jason Foley, Dylan Casey; Tom O\u2019Sullivan, Mike Breen, Armin Heinrich; Mark O\u2019Shea, Liam Smith; Joe O\u2019Connor, Se\u00e1n O\u2019Shea, Graham O\u2019Sullivan; Dylan Geaney, David Clifford, Keith Evans.<\/p>\n
Donegal: Gavin Mulreany; Caolan McColgan, Brendan McCole, Eoghan B\u00e1n Gallagher; Ryan McHugh, Caolan McGonagle, Max Campbell; Jason McGee, Hugh McFadden; Shane O\u2019Donnell, Michael Langan, Peadar Mogan; Conor O\u2019Donnell, Michael Murphy, Shane O\u2019Donnell.<\/p>\n
Attention turns now to the Division 1 final. Kerry and Donegal didn\u2019t serve up a classic final last year, but things could be different eight months on. Still, the question remains for Donegal – how can you stop David Clifford? The big man had a field day in the All-Ireland final in July despite the attentions of Brendan McCole.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s the absolute cracker that rattled the net for Meath in the second half. Jack O\u2019Connor, take a bow.<\/p>\n
Ruair\u00ed Kinsella is named the man of the match, with a tally of five points. Jack O\u2019Connor helped himself to 1-2, and crucially James Conlon kicked 0-4 off the bench when Meath needed a lift. <\/p>\n
GAA President Jarlath Burns highlights the quality of the goals from Jack O\u2019Connor and Chris \u00d3g Jones in his speech before the trophy lift. Spare a thought for poor Brian Hurley, whose goal must not have met those lofty standards.<\/p>\n
69 Mins: Meath try to bring up Brennan to waste some more time, but the ref is wise to it. Cork have 15 seconds to score. Never going to happen, because Meath can just foul away the time now. Conlon picks up a black card, but he did his job.<\/p>\n
Full-time: Meath 1-22 Cork 2-17. Meath are Division 2 champions! <\/p>\n
The end of that was terrible, but otherwise it was a fantastic game.<\/p>\n
68 Mins: Cork get a half-chance to go at the goal, but Brian O\u2019Driscoll is held up and turned over by the Meath backs. Now Meath just need to hold it for a minute and a half. Meath 1-22 Cork 2-17<\/p>\n
67 Mins: Sherlock nearly gives away the ball needlessly, but it\u2019s rescued back to spare his blushes. Cork are doing this craic of slowing it down and looking for the perfect time for the perfect shot. The minutes are counting down. Meath 1-22 Cork 2-17<\/p>\n
65 Mins: GOAL for Cork! Brian Hurley gets on the scoresheet, slotting it coolly beyond Brennan and leaving two in it. Meath 1-22 Cork 2-17<\/p>\n
63 Mins: Meath win a long kickout, work it to Conlon, and he adds another. He is some super sub. Meath 1-22 Cork 1-17<\/p>\n
61 Mins: Ciar\u00e1n Caulfield gets a fantastic score for Meath, and Sherlock hits back for Cork with a tapover. Meath 1-21 Cork 1-17<\/p>\n
59 Mins: Cork somehow get away with messing around with the ball inside their own 21\u2032 for a seeming eternity. Working it up quickly, that attack comes to nothing when Hurley\u2019s first two-point attempt drops just short. Meath win a nice handy free, and Frayne pops that one. They look much the stronger with 10 to go. Meath 1-20 Cork 1-16<\/p>\n
57 Mins: A Frayne free looks to be heading a half-mile wide, but comes around somehow and puts a goal between the sides. Meath 1-19 Cork 1-16<\/p>\n
55 Mins: Cork try to work a chance for ages, but Luke Fahy gets too eager and is blocked down when he shoots. Meath race up and it looks like the Rebels have dealt with that danger, but Sherlock of all people fumbles the ball and Conlon gets in for a score. He gets another right after that too. Meath 1-18 Cork 1-16<\/p>\n
52 Mins: A gorgeous score from James Conlon puts one between the teams, and then Cork get the short kickout wrong again, taking it inside the arc and giving Frayne a chance at a free. He takes it and we\u2019re level. Meath 1-16 Cork 1-16<\/p>\n
51 Mins: Some great tackling by Meath gives them a chance on goal, as Caulfield hands it off to Conlon who\u2019s just come on. The corner-forward decides to just pop it over, so Robbie Brennan and Meath decide they want their chance back for a two-point-free for an advantage played in the move. Conlon\u2019s score is scratched off and up comes Sean Brennan. Obviously unaware of sod\u2019s law, they emerge from that gamble with zero points. Meath 1-14 Cork 1-16<\/p>\n
50 Mins: There\u2019s a little bit of needle coming into the game now, with a few lads getting heavy knocks. Shanley is one, and there\u2019s a small bit of blood so he\u2019s replace for now by Kevin O\u2019Donovan. Meath 1-14 Cork 1-16<\/p>\n
47 Mins: Good score for Meath, nice and simple play, Ruair\u00ed Kinsella with the finish. Meath 1-14 Cork 1-16<\/p>\n
46 Mins: Another beauty from Steven Sherlock. What a showcase game from the Finbarr\u2019s man. Meath 1-13 Cork 1-16<\/p>\n
45 Mins: Steven Sherlock rounds his man and gets a score. Down the other end, another Cork kickout fails to reach the 21\u2032, but they just let this one roll out for a sideline. Meath 1-13 Cork 1-15<\/p>\n
43 Mins: Mark Cronin gets a cracker of a score to get him off the mark. Brian Hurley is on for Dara Sheedy. Meath 1-13 Cork 1-14<\/p>\n
42 Mins: WHAT A GOAL for Meath! Jack O\u2019Connor drives at the Crok backline and hammers a strike to the roof of the net. Level again now. Meath 1-13 Cork 1-13<\/p>\n
40 Mins: Mark Cronin plays an absolute hospital pass trying to recycle it, and Jack Flynn gets a paw on it before he\u2019s cleaned out. Meath can\u2019t get a quick attack going though and have to bring it around the houses. Eventually, Frayne has a go from outside the arc, but it drops short and is nearly poked into the net. It\u2019s a brilliant stop from Patrick Doyle to deny Caulfield. Brennan scores the 45\u2032. Meath 0-13 Cork 1-13<\/p>\n
38 Mins: Colm O\u2019Callaghan had a quiet enough first half, but he starts this one really well with a superb score. Meath 0-12 Cork 1-12<\/p>\n
37 Mins: Maybe I was wrong about that wind, as Jack O\u2019Connor smashes a two-pointer over for the Royals.<\/p>\n
GOAL for Cork! Chris \u00d3g Jones does it at the third time of asking, escaping the tackle of Seamus Lavin, rounding Brennan in the goal, and slotting it home. Meath 0-12 Cork 1-12<\/p>\n
35 Mins: Here we go for the second half. Nothing quite like hearing \u2018Let\u2019s Dance\u2019 ring around Croker on a sunny day. Meath 0-10 Cork 0-12<\/p>\n
Based on the first half, it\u2019s hard to imagine there\u2019s any wind for either side to exploit majorly in the second half, bar the usual Croke Park swirl up at the Hill. It should be another even, high-quality half of football.<\/p>\n
Sean McDonnell passes under pressure in the Cork-Meath Division 2 final. Photograph: James Crombie\/Inpho <\/p>\n
Steven Sherlock makes the game look easy.<\/p>\n
35 Mins: Jack O\u2019Connor does really well to break a line and race out of defence for Meath. They feed it to Jordan Morris racing through, but he\u2019s going too fast for his own good, entering a bit of speed wobble, and then firing it well wide.<\/p>\n
Half-time: Meath 0-10 Cork 0-12<\/p>\n
32 Mins: There was a great sequence of scrapping for the ball in the Cork full-back line there. There\u2019s been moments of great intensity, and moments of absolute magic, like Morris jinking right, then left and firing a superb score over here. Meath 0-10 Cork 0-12<\/p>\n
30 Mins: Another goal chance goes begging for Jones! This time he puts it wide on the near post after Ian Maguire did well to fetch a speculative high ball and feed the corner-forward. Meath 0-9 Cork 0-12<\/p>\n
29 Mins: Paul Walsh gets a lovely score, beating his man and popping it over off the left. Meath 0-9 Cork 0-12<\/p>\n
26 Mins: Mark Cronin hits a very speculative two-point effort that goes wide. The kickout contest between the giants on both sides is fascinating. Meath get a hold of the ball, and Morris takes off, feeding his other corner-forward Aaron Lynch, who fires a good score over. Meath look a bit more up for it again, winning the ball back at the next kickout too. Meath 0-9 Cork 0-11<\/p>\n
24 Mins: Chris \u00d3g Jones drives in behind the defence and pops a hand pass over. Then at the other end, McBride is bundled over and Meath get a handy-looking free, but Frayne puts it wide. Back up to the Hill, and Sherlock runs a perfect loop, and kicks another score. He\u2019s really firing. Meath 0-8 Cork 0-11<\/p>\n
21 Mins: Se\u00e1n Rafferty fails to hand the ball back for a sideline, and is punished with a handy free in for Cork. In the next play, Cork work it to Sherlock, this time outside the arc, and he obliges. Cork lead. Meath 0-8 Cork 0-9<\/p>\n
19 Mins: Sean Brennan trots up from goal and buries a two-point-free. At the other end, Sherlock gets a beaut of a score on the \u2018wrong side\u2019 for a right-footer, drawing it back in and over the bar. Meath 0-8 Cork 0-6<\/p>\n
16 Mins: Two-point misses at both ends, with Sherlock and Kinsella both registering wides. McDonnell and Jones link up again for Cork, and Jones does really well to score a point over his shoulder, scurrying away from goal and a rake of Meath defenders. Morris gets free then at the other end and pops one over. Meath 0-6 Cork 0-5<\/p>\n
12 Mins: Huge miss for Cork, Chris \u00d3g Jones\u2019 effort rolling just past the post! A great ball from Paul Walsh found Se\u00e1n McDonnell, and the big half-forward ran right at goal. It looked like the Royals\u2019 had stopped him, but somehow picked out Jones, the perfect man for the chance, but he couldn\u2019t hit the target. Meath 0-5 Cork 0-4<\/p>\n
10 Mins: Some great defensive work to turn O\u2019Callaghan over, but a really shoddy hand pass sees Meath lose possession again. Cork attack quickly, and this time Sherlock is not totally tied up, and fires his first score of the game. Meath 0-5 Cork 0-4<\/p>\n
8 Mins: Fryane is back on sporting a huge bandage. Cork\u2019s kickout doesn\u2019t reach the 21, giving Jordan Morris a free just inside the corner of the arc. He curls it over with the left absolutely beautifully. Meath 0-5 Cork 0-3<\/p>\n
6 Mins: A good score from Chris \u00d3g Jones. His marker sat off him and was duly punished, as the corner-forward clipped over the score. Colm O\u2019Callaghan adds another for the Rebels after Sean Brennan\u2019s kickout went awry. Meath 0-4 Cork 0-3<\/p>\n
4 Mins: Meath hit back with a two-pointer from Ruair\u00ed Kinsella, a cracker off the outside of the boot. Then he\u2019s left on his own again during the next play and repeats the feat stylishly. Keith Curtis is on for Eoghan Frayne who seems to be bleeding from his ear. Meath 0-4 Cork 0-1<\/p>\n
2 Mins: The first score of the game comes for the Rebels through Paul Walsh. A great bit of interplay beforehand, with Sherlock running on the loop, and doing really well to fend off two Meath tacklers. Meath 0-0 Cork 0-1<\/p>\n
1 Mins: We\u2019re off and running in the Division 2 final at Croke Park. Bryan Menton has the first shot of the game, skews it waywardly and is then bashed from behind for his troubles. Meath 0-0 Cork 0-0<\/p>\n
The lineups named for Meath-Cork are as follows:<\/p>\n
Meath: Sean Brennan; Seamus Lavin, Se\u00e1n Rafferty, Brian O\u2019Halloran; Donal Keogan, Se\u00e1n Coffey, Ciar\u00e1n Caulfield; Jack Flynn, Bryan Menton; Jack O\u2019Connor, Ruair\u00ed Kinsella, Cian McBride; Jordan Morris, Eoghan Frayne, Aaron Lynch.<\/p>\n
Cork: Patrick Doyle; Maurice Shanley, Daniel O\u2019Mahony, Se\u00e1n Meehan; Brian O\u2019Driscoll, Tommy Walsh, Luke Fahy; Colm O\u2019Callaghan, Ian Maguire; Paul Walsh, Mark Cronin, Se\u00e1n McDonnell; Chris \u00d3g Jones, Dara Sheedy, Steven Sherlock.<\/p>\n
Throw-in is around 10 minutes out (1.45pm). Meath have confirmed their lineup is as selected. Updates will be made if Cork make any late changes!<\/p>\n
TG4 just played a superb, if fairly violent, montage of Cork-Meath games down the years. That should get the juices flowing for those watching at home.<\/p>\n
Patrick McBrearty may be retired now, but the pain of last year\u2019s All-Ireland final loss has stayed with him. Paul Keane chatted to him ahead of the league finals about why he stepped away and how his former team mates will be approaching the rematch with Kerry.<\/p>\n
[\u2018I\u2019ve thought about it a lot\u2019: All-Ireland pain still raw for Patrick McBrearty<\/a>]<\/p>\n It was with great sadness that we learned of Michael Lyster\u2019s passing last week. Vincent Hogan remember\u2019s the broadcasting great, providing a personal insight into the iconic Sunday Game host.<\/p>\n [My friend Michael Lyster met life on his own terms<\/a>]<\/p>\n Former Armagh dynamo Stefan \u2018Soupy\u2019 Campbell tells Paul Keane that his former coach, and new Kerry mentor Kieran Donaghy, will be making improvements on the Kingdom\u2019s attacking threat. As if things weren\u2019t bad enough for everyone else already.<\/p>\n [Kieran Donaghy will make a big impact with Kerry\u2019s attack, says Campbell<\/a>]<\/p>\n Cork\u2019s Steven Sherlock has followed up a wonderful club campaign with St Finbarr\u2019s with a superb return to the intercounty scene. Always easy to spot on the pitch, thanks to the long, pulled-up socks, he\u2019s been at the peak of his powers, and credits the new rules with helping him bring back his best form.<\/p>\n
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Joe O’Connor celebrates his goal in last year’s Kerry vs Donegal All-Ireland final. Photograph: Ryan Byrne\/Inpho <\/p>\n