The Kerryman (South Kerry Edition)
Minute by minute
FIRST HALF
0- Gavin White fouls Gary Brennan and Eoin Cleary pops over the free to get Clare up and running
1- Pearse Lillis sallies up the pitch and scores a beautiful point to double the Banner’s advantage
2- Kerry have an outside chance of a goal when James O’Donoghue plays in David Clifford but the move breaks down / Stephen O’Brien assists Micheál Burns for Kerry’s first score
7- Paul Geaney assists Seán O’Shea for the Kenmare man’s first championship point
8- O’Shea slots over a free for the Kingdom to give them the lead for the first time
9- O’Shea points a for ty five
11- Micheál Burns assists David Clifford for another first championship score
12- James O’Donoghue assists O’Brien for a point
14- Brennan assists David Tubridy for a point for Clare
16- Burns assists Geaney for a point
19- Geaney scores a brilliant individual point as Kerry really begin to stretch their legs
20- O’Brien picks up a rebound after an O’Donoghue effort comes off the upright and points
21- O’Donoghue plays a one-two with Geaney and points his first of the day, all six starting forwards have now scored
23- O’Donoghue assists Burns for a point
25- O’Shea points another free 27- Jack Barry wins a great mark and thunders towards goal, with a goal a possibility he drives it over the bar to open out a ten point lead / O’Donoghue scores from play
29- O’Shea points a free from the ‘45 metre line
33- Burns assists Geaney for another point
34- Clare get a little bit of respite when Cleary points a free
35- Clare have a chance of a late goal, but Keelan Sexton pulls it wide
Half-time - Kerry 0-16 Clare 0-4
SECOND HALF
37- Jamie Malone points from play / O’Brien strikes back quickly for the Kingdom
38- Brennan assists Malone for another point as Clare seek to mount a recovery drive 41- Burns sets up Clifford for another half chance at a goal. Clifford is fouled and O’Donoghue points it 43Burns assists Geaney for a point / Barry assists O’Shea for a point 44- Gearóid O’Brien replaces
Kieran Malone 45- Mikey Geaney replaces Burns / Cleary points a free
48- O’Donoghue points a free
50- Tubridy slots over a free / Eimhín Cour tney replaces Tubridy 51- Barry John Keane replaces James O’Donoghue
52- Paul Murphy assists Barry John Keane for a rapidfire point
56- Anthony Maher replaces David Moran / Brian Ó Beaglaoich replaces Ronan Shanahan / Gavin Cooney replaces Keelan Sexton 57- Clifford points a free for Kerry
58- Barry John snaps up a wayward Clare kick-out and slots over for his second / Eanna O’Connor replaces Conal Ó hÁinféin
59- Darran O’Sullivan replaces David Clifford 60- Seán O’Shea points a free 63- Cleary points a free / Kieran Donaghy replaces Seán O’Shea 64- Darran O’Sullivan assists Paul Geaney for a point
65- Cleary scores a real beauty for the Banner
66- Conor Finucane replaces Cian O’Dea
68- Mikey Geaney assists Anthony Maher for a fisted score into the town end
70- Paul Geaney points a free 70+1- Maher assists Mikey Geaney for a point
70+2- Darran O’Sullivan slots a free
70+3- Barry John gets his hattrick with another point from play Full-time - Kerry 0-32 Clare 0-10