The Kerryman (North Kerry)

Minute by minute

- FIRST HALF SECOND HALF – Damian Stack

0- Less than a minute into the game Galway are on the scoreboard through the impressive Ryan Monaghan

3- The Kingdom craft an outside chance of a goal, Paul Walsh takes it on and it’s out for a ‘45, which captain Paul O’Shea converts

4- Darragh Rahilly assists Dan McCarthy for Kerry’s first point from play of the afternoon

7- Michael Lenihan assists Walsh for a point from play

9- A brilliant start for Kerry continues when O’Shea points a long range free into the Hill 16 end 10 - The Galway fightback beings with a brilliant point from play by Matthew Cooley

14 - Galway make it a one-point game through Eoghan Tinney

15 - Galway cut the Kerry defence open. Cooley and Aidan Halloran combine to set up Tinny for a goal chance, but Marc Kelliher is equal to it in the Kerry net

16 - Daniel Cox is fouled in front of the Kerry posts and Cooley converts to level the game at 0-4 each

19 - Tomo Culhane (on briefly as a first half blood sub) assists Conor Raftery for a point from play. Galway lead 20 - Cooley converts a free

21 - Cooley converts a free

24 - Galway get the goal they’ve been threatenin­g with Tinney assisting Cox for a shot at goal. Dan Murphy effects a block, but Tony Gill is on hand to send the rebound to the back of the net

25 - Galway are rampant now and a Liam Judge point sends them seven clear – 0-4 to 1-8 / Kerry respond at just the right time through Killian Falvey

27 - Darragh Rahilly fists a point

29 - Galway nearly get in for a second goal, but Kelliher is equal to Cathal Sweeny’s effort / Galway recycle and Raftery points

30 (+1) - Paul Walsh kicks a massive point and seconds later Patrick D’Arcy assists Falvey for his second of the game as Kerry turned over the Galway kick-out. At four points the half-timed deficit is now manageable for the Kingdom in the second half Half-time - Kerry 0-8 Galway 1-9 35 - After missing a few early chances in the half Kerry strike for first blood through Lenihan who takes an assist from Walsh

36 - Galway create yet another goal scoring chance, Cooley is denied and Halloran sends wide shortly after

37 - Walsh converts a free for Kerry from wide on the Hogan Stand side into the Canal End

38 - Oisín McCormack replaces Seán Horkan

39 - Walsh assists Dylan Geaney for a beautiful point. Kerry are now just a point behind, 0-11 to 1-9

41 - Kerry are level when Darragh Rahilly points following an assist from Darragh Lyne / Ruaidhrí Ó Beaglaoich replaces Patrick D’Arcy 42 - Kerry lead thanks to a second Geaney point

43 - Galway finally get on the scoreboard in the second half through a Cooley free

44 - Tomo Culhane replaces Daniel Cox

45 - Cuhlane makes another instant impact off the bench, this time with a point from play

46 - Rahilly wins the kick-out and points directly from it / Oisín Gormley replaces Aidan Halloran

47 - Falvey assists Ó Beaglaoich for a point

50 - Conor Halbard replaces the injured Cathal Sweeney

53 - Paul Kelly hits a monster point over the bar from about forty five metres out, level game 0-15 to 1-12 / Kieran O’Donoghue replaces David Mangan

54 - Ó Beaglaoich points a second from play / Cian Hernon replaces Liam Judge / Jack Kennelly replaces Michael Lenihan

55 - Culhane scores his second of the day

59 - Darragh Lyne assists Walsh for a point / Killian Flavey soon has a second

60 - Kerry get a third point in less than two minutes when Walsh assists Ó Beaglaoich. They lead by three, 0-19 to 1-13 / Oisín Gormley gets a point for Galway to narrow the gap a little

60 (+2) - Jack O’Connor replaces Paul Walsh

60 (+3) - Éanna McCormack replaces Matthew Cooley

60 (+5) - A free from Jack O’Connor makes certain of victory 60 (+6) - A Falvey point is the icing on top

Full-time - Kerry 0-21 Galway 1-14

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