Minute by minute

2- Ruairi Deane fields Sean White’s high delivery over Paul Murphy and centres the ball for Jamie O’Sullivan to palm in a goal from a couple of metres out

4- David Clifford takes a pass from O’Brien and points off his right foot 5- David Moran wins a Cork kickout, picks out Stephen O’Brien from a quick ‘mark’ and the Kenmare carries the ball 25 metres before blasting his shot past Mark White 8- Cliffird sideline ball to Geaney who scores off outside of his right 9- Deane makes a run down the left wing and pops a pass into the small square where Mark Collins slaps the ball past Shane Murphy for Cork’s second goal

9- Luke Connolly fires over an excellent point off the outside of his left foot from the left hand side of the field

14 - James O’Donoghue points from a David Clifford assist 16 - Sean O’Shea gathers a loose ball around midfield and strokes over a point from 45 metres out BLACK - Cork Championship debutant Sam Ryan is black carded for pulling down Clifford

18 - O’Donoghue points the free Clifford won off Ryan’s foul 21 - Paul Geaney gets inside Kevin Crowley on the endline and fists over a point

22 - Gavin White sets up Paul Murphy in space to kick his second point

23 - Jack Barry wins a free that 25 - Micheal Burns assists for Clifford to kick a point BLACK - Stephen O’Brien is black carded for needlessly pulling down James Loughrey as he gathered a Cork kickout

BLACK - Ruairi Deane is very harshly black carded for what seemed an accidental collision with Jason Foley as the Cork man played the ball

34 - Paul Geaney points from a tight angle after Clifford recycled the ball

Half-time: Cork 2-1 Kerry 1-11

36 - Kevin McCarthy puts the ball

37 - Sean O’Shea converts a ‘45’ after David Clifford’s goal-bound shot was deflected just wide of the goalpost Cork

46 - Luke Connolly points a free after Iam Maguire was fouled. It was Cork’s first score in 37 minutes

Cork

52 - James O’Donoghue points from a Darran O’Sullivan assist

Cork

54 - Geaney points from another Darran O’Sullivan assist

Cork

57 - Gavin White fists over a point after Kevin McCarthy set him up

Cork

65 - Paul Geaney fists over a point Cork

67 - Cork substitute Peter Kelleher kicks his team’s third point

Cork

69 - Kevin McCarthy does the hard work to get near the Cork goal before setting up Paul Geaney who rolls the ball past White for his second and Kerry’s third goal

Cork

70 - Mark Collins kicks a point Cork

73 - Barry John Keane fists over the game’s final score

Cork

Full-time: Cork 2-1 Kerry 1-11