The Kerryman (South Kerry Edition)

Minute by minute

- – Damian Stack

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

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