Kerry v Tipperary Sunday 3:30pm

[twohands!!!]

The Kerry Senior Football Team to play Tipperary in the Munster Football Championship semi final in Thurles on Sunday contains just 7 of the team that started the All Ireland Final against Donegal last year.

All Stars, Paul Murphy and David Moran, miss the game due to injury while Brian Kelly, Aidan O'Mahony, Fionn Fitzgerald, Stephen O'Brien, James O'Donoghue and Donnchadh Walsh are all named in the substitutes list for Sunday's game.

Of the six subs that saw action against Donegal last September, Shane Enright, Michael Geaney, Bryan Sheehan and Barry John Keane are all included in the starting fifteen this time round while Kieran O'Leary is injured and Declan O'Sullivan has since retired. 

Jonathan Lyne of Killarney Legion makes his full Championship debut while Colm Cooper is named at centre forward for his 77th championship game and returns to championship action for the first time since the 2013 All Ireland semi final against Dublin.

The team, captained by Kieran Donaghy is as follows:

1. Brendan Kealy  Kilcummin

2. Marc Ó Sé An Ghaeltacht

3. Mark Griffin   St Michaels/Foilmore

4. Shane Enright   Tarbert

5. Jonathan Lyne  Killarney Legion

6. Peter Crowley Laune Rangers

7. Killian Young   Renard

8. Anthony Maher  Duagh

9. Bryan Sheehan St Marys

10. Michael Geaney Dingle

11. Colm Cooper Dr Crokes

12. Johnny Buckley  Dr Crokes

13. Paul Geaney Dingle

14. Kieran Donaghy (C) Austin Stacks

15. Barry John Keane  Kerins O'Rahillys

Fir Ionaid:

16. Brian Kelly Killarney Legion

17. James O'Donoghue Killarney Legion

18. Stephen O'Brien  Kenmare

19. Aidan O'Mahony Rathmore

20. Darran O'Sullivan Glenbeigh-Glencar

21. Fionn Fitzgerald   Dr Crokes 

22. Tommy Walsh  Kerins O'Rahillys

23. Alan Fitzgerald  Castlegregory

24. Donnchadh Walsh Cromane

25. Jack Sherwood Firies

26. Pa Kilkenny   Glenbeigh/Glencar 

Bainisteóir: Eamonn Fitzmaurice (Finuge) 

Róghnóirí: Diarmuid Murphy (Dingle), Mikey Sheehy (Austin Stacks), Cian O'Neill (Moorefield, Kildare) 

Additional Information:

Injuries Update

The following players are not available for selection due to injury:

David Moran (Shoulder Injury)

Paul Murphy (Shoulder Injury)

Paul Galvin (Quad Injury)

Kieran O'Leary (Recovering from surgery on Achilles Tendon Injury)

http://www.kerrygaa.ie/news/360920/Kerry_Senior_Football_Team_v_Tipperary_Munster_Semi_Final

[Syferus]

This one could be the sleeper game of the weekend if Tipperary can get a good start.

[theticklemister]

Come on Tip and Colm Cooper; I don't know how that works together but t mon the both of them.

Has there ever been a better sub bench assembled?

[Canalman]

Come on Tip and Colm Cooper; I don't know how that works together but t mon the both of them.

Has there ever been a better sub bench assembled?

Agreed about that subs bench not to mention the injured players. More Allstars amongst them than some counties have ever got  combined .

Even Kerry will find it hard  to "doom and gloom / "woe is us" " their way out of  this given the panel they have.

Tbh, can see them winning the AI in a stroll. However, I get the impression they want another crack at Dublin big time.

[rosnarun]

Thats some panel of players
tough on Tipp to have to play them 1st day out . it must definetly hold back their development , they could be the second best team in the country and still get a stuffing sunday

[AZOffaly]

This is Tipps second day out. You have to play them eventually, and sometimes it's better to get teams like this good and early. If Tipp are to get to where they want to be, they need to start beating teams like Kerry. You have to start someday, so why not now? And if it doesn't work out, at least if you've had a right cut at them, you can face the qualifiers with confidence.

[Jinxy]

Lads, Kerry aren't that good.

[Ball Hopper]

Tipperary will beat a higher ranked team this summer.  Maybe not Kerry, or maybe Kerry. But be very aware that these boys are moving upward and quickly.  Similar to Limerick a decade ago, they will be very close to a Munster title in the near future.

Be sure that Kerry and Cork are well aware of the rising challenge. Kerry might be too much this weekend, but Tipp are going in one direction...up.  Quarter final appearance might happen this year.

[macdanger2]

Are Tipp being a little over hyped on the back of their underage success?? Remember that they failed to get out of D3 this year with Fermanagh ahead of them. They're probably a team for the future but they've shown nothing really to say it'll be this year.

[AZOffaly]

Are Tipp being a little over hyped on the back of their underage success?? Remember that they failed to get out of D3 this year with Fermanagh ahead of them. They're probably a team for the future but they've shown nothing really to say it'll be this year.

Yes, I think so. I think they are a team for the future, but they have to start closing the gap, starting Sunday. They should have beaten Cork last year, and got good scalps against the likes if Laois up in Portlaoise. But it's still a work in progress. What you don't want to see on Sunday is a regression.

That means they have to go out with the intention and belief they can win this game. If they go out to just keep it close, it will be too easy for Kerry and they'll be no closer to actually beating them, and I am convinced that day is coming.

[Dinny Breen]

Róghnóirí: Diarmuid Murphy (Dingle), Mikey Sheehy (Austin Stacks), Cian O'Neill (Moorefield, Kildare) 

What's the feeling in Kerry towards O'Neill? Has some record in fairness.

[giveballaghback]

Its great to see the gooch back in harness, greatest footballer of the modern era.

[twohands!!!]

Are Tipp being a little over hyped on the back of their underage success?? Remember that they failed to get out of D3 this year with Fermanagh ahead of them. They're probably a team for the future but they've shown nothing really to say it'll be this year.

In last year's championship Cork only beat them in injury time in a game which everyone said Cork were very fortunate to win.
Then in the qualifiers they beat Longford by 19 points (not quiet Dublin '15 level but still a fair hammering)
They beat Laois scoring 3-17 despite conceding 4 goals.
Eventually went out of the championship to Galway - who then conceded 4 goals to again.

Oh yeah already in the championship they beat Waterford 1-24 to 0-5 so they are clearly in decent form - 1-21 of that total came from play and they had 10 different scorers.

A key aspect of their league campaign was they lost to Fermanagh and Armagh, who got promoted, as a result of conceding goals to them. There was also the fact that the Tipp U21s got to the U21 final which I'm sure didn't help their league campaign.

If they end up in the qualifiers I could easily see them taking a couple of scalps. A huge advantage is that they have a team that is composed of a serious number of players who have the ability to take scores at intercounty level - they're not relying on just one star player. If they could tighten up at the back (especially as regards conceding goals) a bit they could make serious progress.

[ardtole]

tipp 1-2 kerry 0-1 after ten mins

[twohands!!!]

tipp 1-2 kerry 1-3 after 17 mins