HE BROUGHT HIS Kerry senior career to a close last October but Marc Ó Sé could be part of another Munster title win tomorrow.
The Kerry defensive great is now immersed in coaching and he is manager for the first time in the Munster Colleges Corn Uí Mhuirí final, his Tralee CBS team in action against St Brendan’s Killarney in Austin Stack Park at 4.30pm.
Tralee CBS eventually prevailed after a thrilling three-game saga at the semi-final stage against Coláiste Chríost Rí of Cork.
They’re now contesting their first final at this level since 2008 when they lost out to St Brendan’s and a first victory since 2007, when Tralee CBS went on to contest a Hogan Cup final that they lost to Omagh CBS.
Ó Sé was part of the backroom team in 2008 but this is the first final that the five-time All-Ireland senior winner is manager for.
Tralee CBS can call on players with big game experience as Kieran Dwyer and Tomas O’Connor were part of the Kerry All-Ireland minor winning setup from last September.
But they face a really difficult task against the reigning Corn Uí Mhuirí and Hogan Cup champions, who are managed by Gary McGrath.
The holders saw off St Flannan’s by 2-17 to 1-11 at the semi-final stage and boast 2016 Kerry All-Ireland minor winners in Dara Moynihan, David Shaw, Billy Courtney and Michael Potts.
Tomorrow’s game will be live streamed on the Munster Post-Primary Schools website.
The42 is on Instagram! Tap the button below on your phone to follow us!
Unbelievable how they are unable to transfer any of their incredible success at Minor Level to Senior level, their record at Minor level is off the wall. This is a county that had never won a Minor Championship until 1983, now I think that is their 14th title, where do all these players disappear to?
@The Firestarter: Beertown
@The Firestarter: straight into all Ireland semi final for majority of those years. Not battle hardened?
@The Firestarter: The seniors have been in 6 all Ireland finals since the turn of the millennium so the players haven’t disappeared. Mayo footballers have zero all Irelands in that time but no one would argue that they haven’t been one of the best football teams in the country over the last 20 years.
Well done to our young lads . Making history again .
@Finnster:Just wondering how ye made history again with minors?
@Declan Lacey: Well 3 in a row was history previously for Galway Minor hurling when they became only one of two counties in Ireland the other being Cork back in the 70′s to achieve it.
Also on a side note as the new U20 All Ireland football championship is not that old I think Galway are also the only county to hold it and the minor Hurling Championship at the same time as they defeated Dublin in the final.
@Declan Lacey: read the article , the clues are there
@Declan Lacey:
Probably the most successful minor hurling team of each decade by number of All-Ireland Minor Hurling titles
2000s: 4 for Galway (2000-04-05-09)
2010s: 5 for Galway (2011-15-17-18-19)
Jesus the ref did his best for kilkenny to win it. Great win tonight
Congrats to a fine young Galway team. A lot of senior teams would want take note of that game today. All skills of game on show and no diving or pussyfooting about.
@Mervyn Queally: none of that Limerick Bish bash bosh stuff
@Mervyn Queally: have to agree, he gave a penalty to Kilkenny rightly so , shortly afterwards a Galway forward was taken down in the same fashion, nothing given. With a couple of minutes left a Galway forward was taken out, if the tackle was made in rugby it would be yellow or red card. The referee threw in the ball.
Great achievement! well done to the the tribesmen braves.
1 senior all Ireland since 88, what goes wrong in the west. Serious talent.
@Kevin Shortall: is that a congratulations you were trying to say there in a Kilkenny kind of way
@Kevin Shortall: 3 since 86 though and lost 6 all-ireland finals since then. Not bad for a traditionally football county.