SQUARE BALL

COMPILED BY MARK GALLAGHER AND PHILIP LANIGAN

DAVID Clifford’s wonderful display for Kerry minors on Wednesday night – the gifted forward managed to out-score the entire Cork team – was a seen as a mixed blessing down in the Kingdom. Kerry people fear that news of Clifford’s further exploits is bound to reach Australian shores. The sensational progress of Mark O’Connor, the former Kerry AllIreland winning minor captain, who has made the Geelong first team this weekend after only a couple of months in the reserves is likely to enhance the chase for Clifford (left).