Darragh Ó Sé: If there’s any bit of fight in this Cork team they can put it up to Kerry via IrishTimesSport
I would have watched Cork up close over those last number of years, at underage level, through my involvement with Kerry. And I have seen the depth and quality of talent that they have coming through, at minor, at under-20. And for whatever reason that talent is not being transitioned to senior level. That’s hugely disappointing for any county.
Cork managed to beat Kerry in the 2020 Munster semi-final, thanks to a late goal in that pandemic winter. Then they lost the Munster final to Tipperary. A year later, Kerry beat Cork by 22 points. Last year the margin was 12. Of their last 10 meetings, Kerry have won nine, Cork one. Looking back to 2009, when Cork beat Kerry in Munster, and subsequently went on to win the All-Ireland in 2010, there was always a belief in that Cork team, they’d a lot of leaders, all over the field, about that time. The likes of Anthony Lynch, Graham Canty, Noel O’Leary, Nicholas Murphy, Donncha O’Connor, Daniel Goulding and Ciarán Sheehan.
Cork kicked some good scores against Louth last weekend and just about held on. Louth are not an easy team to play away from Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Even though it was in Navan, it was effectively a home game for Louth, so I wouldn’t knock that win. It’s a very similar situation for Kildare against Dublin. Like Cork, Kildare have had a lot of underage success, consistently beating Dublin, and are the reigning All-Ireland under-20 champions. At some stage, that underage success needs to be transitioned to the senior stage.
Kildare came close to Dublin in Leinster, and I stand by my prediction that Dublin are still favourites for the championship, followed by Galway, with Mayo third. But again, like Cork, a moral victory is no use to Glenn Ryan. To achieve anything this year, they need a big scalp, a meaningful win. They have their chance on Saturday too.
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