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and Micheál Foley appears to be hard working in its nature, O’Brien certainly wasn’t afraid to get in and try and win the dirty balls when required, while Foley got ambitious towards the end in looking for scores.

Mike Breen appears to be solid at midfield alongside Mark Ryan with another one of last year’s All-Ireland winners in Graham O’Sullivan probably the pick of the full-back line based on last Sunday’s evidence.

The sentimental element last Sunday was probably the return to competitive action of Beale’s Cormac Linnane, a full year after a cruciate injury that saw him miss out on the subsequent 2015 All-Ireland success but he didn’t look like he lost any of his sharpness in his role in giving David Clifford the quick one-two for the game’s defining score.

Dara Moynihan also continues to be a solid presence in the Kerry half-forward line as Peter Keane has now used 26 players in the three games thus far in the campaign.

With the onset of the County Minor Championship (getting underway tonight, Wednesday) it will be interesting to see if any other players make their way into the Kerry Minor management’s plans but the August Bank Holiday weekend will be the next port of call for the side.

An investigative trip for the management to Clones for the Ulster Final will have to be undertaken in the meantime to get the low-down on two counties with links to Kerry’s recent Minor revival.

Donegal were the side the Kingdom defeated in the 2014 All-Ireland Minor final while Derry were overcome in last year’s All-Ireland semi-final.

With a Midlands venue likely for Kerry’s All-Ireland quarter-final it will represent a different challenge to the Minors, but on the basis of last Sunday they certainly don’t seem to panic too much when the pressure comes on.

In summary, one could say that if Kerry continue going the way they are in the forward line and shore up a few things in defence then they should be able to progress on to Croke Park and an All-Ireland semi-final.