Dr Crokes 5-13
West Kerry 0-14
Jason O’Connor reports from Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney
ALL-IRELAND SENIOR CLUB Champions Dr Crokes secured their place in another Kerry SFC Final with relative ease as old rivals South Kerry will be the next challenge for the Killarney side come the October 22 decider.
A goal from team captain Daithi Casey in the ninth minute after work for Tony Brosnan and Gavin O’Shea in the build-up gave Crokes a 1-2 to 0-1 advantage. Eanna Ó Conchúir had left a good chance for West Kerry down at the other end two minutes earlier but there was never any real doubt about who would win.
Casey also rattled the crossbar in the 21st minute as Brian Looney and Micheal Burns pitched in with some good scores for the Killarney side. West Kerry lacked the cutting edge to break down their opponents as they went in trailing by 1-9 to 0-5 at half-time.
Colm Cooper was alert to the referee bringing a free forward for dissent three minutes after the restart and fired straight past Tomas Mac an tSaoir without hesitation to further extend Crokes’ advantage. They ran their bench to devastating effect in the second period as substitute Jordan Kiely netted two goals and fellow substitute Paul Clarke found the net as well in a convincing 14 point win.
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Dara Ó Sé and Sean M Ó Conchúir did their best for West Kerry in the second-half but they were always up against it as Dr Crokes’ position in the Munster Senior Club Championship is secured with this win regardless of the result of the County Final.
Scorers fr Dr Crokes: Jordan Kiely (2-0), Colm Cooper (1-3, 1-2f), Daithi Casey (1-1) Paul Clarke (1-0), Micheal Burns, Tony Brosnan and Brian Looney (0-2 each), Gavin White, Johnny Buckley and Shane Murphy (‘45) (0-1 each).
West Kerry: Dara Ó Sé (3f) and Sean M Ó Conchúir (2f) (0-5 each), Eanna Ó Conchúir (0-2), Jason Hickson & Alan Fitzgerald (0-1 each)
Dr Crokes:
1. Shane Murphy
2. John Payne
3. Fionn Fitzgerald
4. David O’Leary
17. Michael Moloney
6. Alan O’Sullivan
7. Gavin White
8. Johnny Buckley
9. Daithí Casey
10. Micheál Burns
11. Gavin O’Shea
12. Brian Looney
13. Colm Cooper
20. Luke Quinn
22. Tony Brosnan
Subs:
24. Paul Clarke for Brian Looney (39)
5. Shane Doolan for Fionn Fitzgerald (BC, 40)
18. Ambrose O’Donovan for Johnny Buckley (44)
23. Jason Lyne for Michael Moloney (BC, 50)
26. Jordan Kiely for Colm Cooper (53)
25. David Shaw for Alan O’Sullivan (58)
West Kerry:
1. Tomas Mac an tSaoir (An Gaeltacht)
2. Colm Ó Muircheartaigh (An Gaeltacht)
3. Cathal Ó Lúing (An Gaeltacht)
4. Cian Ó Murchú (An Gaeltacht)
5. PJ Mac Láimh (An Gaeltacht)
6. Padraig Óg Ó Sé (An Gaeltacht)
7. Brian Ó Beaglaoich (An Gaeltacht)
8. Roibeard Ó Sé (An Gaeltacht)
9. Alan Fitzgerald (Castlegregory)
10. Tomas Ó Sé (An Gaeltacht)
11. Dara Ó Sé (An Gaeltacht)
12. Jason Hickson (Annascaul)
13. Declan Ó Súilleabháin (Lispole)
14. Eanna Ó Conchúir (An Gaeltacht)
15. Seán Micheál Ó Conchúir (An Gaeltacht)
Subs:
23. Donnacha Higgins (Lispole) for Tomas Ó Sé (18)
20. Cathal Ferriter (Annascaul) for Ó Suilleabháin (36)
17. Andrew Finn (Castlegregory) for Ó Murchú (39)
18. Gearóid Ó Nuanáin (Lispole) for Ó Muircheartaigh (53)
19. Gearóid MacGearailt (Castlegregory) for Mac Láimh (55)
21. Timmy Moriarty (Castlegregory) for Seán M Ó Conchúir (58)
Referee: Brendan Griffin (Clounmacon)
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Good to see Eamon Dunphy was spot on with his assessment of Brazil during his rant at the end of the champions league final…
Piques trips don’t lie….
And then Neymar does that!!!
outrageous. great goal.Barca will be happy. the Luiz clearance was a massive turning point
game was well over when luiz cleared
Brazil are still a class team. I think they will go on and win the World Cup for a sixth time.
Not a hope, they are only good in all those “nobody cares” cups or world tours.
Titles or cups meant nothing tonight. That was a simple case of passion and “who’s the best”. What a game! Fook the begrudgers”
Some clearance from Luiz that was more impressive than Neymars goal
Trappatoni has to go!
This is Spain’s Bishop Brennan’s kick up the arse. They’ll be back.
Def not joe, Brazil seem to really want it. But great clearance by David Luiz, coulda been a draw.
After the passionate singing of the national anthem there was always only going to be one winner. Brazil were awesome at times. Great curtain raiser for WC 2014.
I hope now people stop saying Neymar is the most overrated player ever.
first time since 1985 spain lose 3-0
Shakira played a great game.
Richie sadlier sounds like gift grubs Shane lunch :D
scrappy goal.arbeloa having a nightmare. have money on Spain. not looking good at the moment
Tippy tappy taps out!
After watching that masterpiece by Brazil tonight do you all, well almost all, still think as you did last year here on thejournal.ie, the Euro is of a much higher standard than The World Cup? :) :) :)
Brazil were class tonight! David Luiz was like a man possesed! Can’t wait to see Neymar playing with Barca! The only thing I’ll say is Spain played 120 minutes against Italy,had a days less rest & that pitch wasn’t fixed up since the last match.
Best game any of you will ever see!!
That would be France v Germany in the 1982 World Cup. I haven’t googled anything, so I may have something slightly wrong.
Did you watch it at the tennis club Paul?
I didn’t see the match, just saw the goals. I did see Brazil’s games against Italy and another team and was unimpressed with the standard of football. I know football and politics are two completely different things but at a time when there is so much trouble, pain and anger in the country, a lot of which is centred around the costs of holding a world cup and having terrible health care, high taxes, poor education etc, I would have felt sorry for brazil if they lost the game because the country needs a lift and something to cheer about and there were a lot of sacrifices made for it. I was surprised to see the score of 3-0 and I wonder if Spain weren’t giving it 100 per cent for these reasons above. As I said I didn’t see the game so I’m not saying they didn’t deserve to win, I just wonder if the result would have been different if it was the world cup final at stake.
Here’s where your analysis fell down – “I didn’t see the match”. Spain looked tired and Brazil broke them. They could have won by 5
Haha fair enough
Just figured out why good comments get red thumbs including trolls……..!!
I always knew that my team would get back on track ;) also I think that they needed some time to reconnect again with the new players