Kelly to ease Ardfert stars back into the fold
Kerry boss Eamonn Kelly is not going to rush the return of the Ardfert contingent following their recent All Ireland heroics.
The new Kerry GAA home jersey, inspired by the iconic 1985 Kerry jersey, is inclusive, rich in storytelling, and strong in identity, according to Paul Galvin, who worked in conjunction with O'Neills sportswear on the new design.
Dan Kearney at Austin Stack Park, Tralee Listry are the 2017 Castleisland Mart Junior Club champions after a magnificent one point victory over Castlegregory in Austin Stacks Park last Sunday. The old cliché 'a game of two halves' is the most appropriate description for this game as there was very few in the crowd that could have predicted Listry's comeback in the second...
Paul Brennan Successfully defending their county title and moving joint-top of the County SFC title roll of honour with Austin Stacks on 12 will have given Dr Crokes plenty of satisfaction these last few days, but...
Damian Stack It was one of those nightmare days when nothing went right.
Paul Brennan A dejected William Harmon put a brave face on matters in the aftermath of a county final that seemed to have the South Kerry manager still catching his breath half an hour after the final whistle. Or maybe it was that the Milltown/Castlemaine club man has invested so much in this South Kerry team over the last few years that the pain of defeat made it hard to gather his thoughts and express them.
Damian Stack Templenoe look set to be without two of their top players for this weekend's County Intermediate Football Championship final against An Ghaeltacht (Sunday, Austin Stack Park, 3pm).
Paul Brennan It's a week when the Dr Crokes management will really earn their corn and it won't have a lot to do with a football in hand. Between last Sunday's county final win and next Sunday's Munster Club Championship quarter-final away to Clonmel Commercials it's all about managing. Players managing their bruised and tired bodies, and management bringing the emotions of winning the county title down before cranking them up again to peak for...
Last Sunday's county football final ticked a lot of positive boxes. Great county champions defended their title against a divisional team that laid down a challenge to Dr Crokes worthy of a county final. Collectively both teams showed admirable collegiality, while there was an abundance of brilliant individual performances that left the destination of the man of the match award in some doubt right up to the final whistle.
There's always one. One guy who puts his hand up. One guy who, when the fat is the in fire, stands tall. One guy who doesn't wilt. One guy who carries the fight and keeps the flame alive.
Damian Stack It's the sort of thing you could easily get used to. The finals, the success, after a while they come to feel like a way of life. The thing to remember, though, is that they weren't always. For a...
The safety net of already being qualified for the Munster Club Championship will have no bearing on how Dr Crokes approach Sunday's County SFC Final with South Kerry.
Timmy Sheehan, Austin Stack Park Replays don't always replicate the drawn encounter, but this particular contest lived up fully to all of the expectations and produced one of the best finals in recent years.
Paul Brennan In time honoured GAA tradition both sides are more than happy to talk up the other team. Dr Crokes know they are justifiable favourites to retain their county title on Sunday but will invite all talk of South Kerry being the team most capable of dethroning them.
For neutrals it's probably the most attractive pairing that they could have wished for. Club versus divisional. Rural pitted against urban. Two teams that between them have won 10 of the last 13 titles.
Jason O'Connor, Austin Stack Park, Tralee While pre-match expectations of an East Kerry win might have come through, it was not for the want of a mighty effort by St Brendans to upset the odds as the defending champions just about managed...
Beale secured a quarter-final spot when they had the upper hand on last year's finalists, St Senans, in Ballybunion on Sunday.
