Kerry 0-9 Aidan McAnespies 1-16
It was a much anticipated encounter between Kerry who put in
some excellent performances so far this year, and Aidan McAnespies, a perennial
challenger. McAnespies added Cathal
Shine to the middle of the field, and the Roscommon man added some serious beef
to the middle of the field. After a
close first half, McAnespies pulled away in the second to win with ease in the
end.
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| Jamie Doolan tries to avoid being the meat in the sandwich. |
McAnespies led by a point at the end of the first half. After Kerry had waited for their opponents to
take the field, the game started right away as the Kingdom had already lined
out. Kerry had some early chances at
goal, one that hit the post from Darragh O'Brien, but McAnespies weathered the
early storm and eventually took control of the game. Kerry's cause was not helped by a hamstring
injury to David Clifford, and the capable wing back had to leave the field of
play. There followed 4 unanswered points
as McAnespies dominated the middle of the field with Shine and Stephen Sherry. Jamie Doolan was on form in the corner and
accounted for 3 of the 7 first half points for his side. Luke Kelly, Cian Tobin, and Conor Daly
accounted for the balance between them.
Kerry drew close towards the end of the half with a handful of Darragh
O'Brien points, and one fine score from substitute Colin Campion . At the break McAnespies led by a score of 0-7
to 0-6.
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| Niall Sheehy and Stephen Sherry jump for the kickout. |
Macs took a firm grip of the game early in the second
half. Stephen Sherry came into his own
in the middle of the field, and traffic was mostly in the direction of the
Kerry goal. A mixture of power and guile
led to an opening 15 minutes where McAnespies tallied a goal and 7 points to
Kerry's 2 points. The goal came from a
pass by Burke to substitute Darryl Brolly, and Brolly propelled his side into a
7 point lead. Kerry made wholesale
substitutions but pulling the game back was beyond their capabilities at that
point. Collie Donnelly made his comeback
from an injury sustained early in the year and chipped in with a point. McAnespies looking like they will have to be
taken very seriously for the rest of this season.
Kerry: P. Bailey, S.
Driscoll, D. Larkin, E. Mullan, S. Cunningham, D. Clifford, I.
Whelan, A. Hickey, D. Clabby, S. O'Callaghan, J. Fitzpatrick, N. Sheehy (0-1),
D. O'Brien. Sub: C. Campion (0-1). Macs: P.
Coakley, E. Delmar, E. Rigney, C. Daly (0-1), C. McClean, N. Gallen, C. Shine,
S. Sherry, L. Kelly (0-3), D. Lally (0-1), C. Tobin (0-1), J. Doolan (0-3), F.
Burke (0-1). Subs: D. Brolly (1-1), C. O'Neill (0-1), C.
Donnelly (0-1).
By Rory O'Donnell
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