lynch and mullane claim monthly awards

anthony lynch’s man marking job on colm cooper in the munster football semi-finals has seen the cork defender earn the gpa’s player of the month award for june. waterford’s john mullane picked up the hurling equivalent. lynch was outstanding in both outings against kerry, particularly the replay at at páirc uí chaoimh where the great dr crokes marksman was held scoreless from play. his efficient shut-down job on cooper helped the rebels to a 1-17 to 0-12 triumph. lynch’s importance to conor counihan’s side was underlined last weekend as limerick made the most of his absence through injury to run cork close in the munster final. “to deliver one great performance marking a player of colm cooper’s ability is a great achievement,” commented martin mchugh, chairman of the football selection committee. “to do it twice in a week is the sign of a truly outstanding defender and as a result cork’s anthony lynch is a most worthy recipient.” mullane, meanwhile, was instrumental in waterford’s semi-final win over limerick. the waterford sharpshooter was irresistible in thurles as the won 0-25 to 0-18, with mullane grabbing six points from play and causing the limerick defence all sorts of problems. “john mullane delivered an outstanding display of both power and finesse in the munster semi-final replay against limerick,” said donal o’grady. “but what was most appealing to me in both the drawn game and the replay was mullane’s passion for his county and his hurling, something which should be celebrated.”

cork deserved replay winners

... add colm cooper to the list as well but that was down to excellent, textbook man marking by anthony lynch ... the kerry revival came right from the start of the second-half with darren o’sullivan pointing before his namesake declan, cooper and, to a huge roar of approval from the travelling support, darragh o’se registered consecutive points ... cooper knocked over two short-range frees but they were facing a superior team in fine tuned form ... : d murphy; m s, t o’sullivan, p reidy; t s, a o’mahony, k young; d s, t griffin; p galvin, declan o’sullivan, t kennelly; c cooper, t walsh, b sheehan

kerry revival forces replay

... when they did, colm cooper and tommy walsh failed to take early chances, but the latter eventually got them off the mark before donnacha walsh levelled the scores ... cooper stepped up to take the penalty, but again he shot badly wide and after the yellow-carded spillane was replaced by noel o’leary, donncha o’connor put three points between the teams with another free for cork ... paddy kelly then missed a golden opportunity to hit the net when he shot tamely past diarmuid murphy’s right hand post and cooper finally lost lynch to find his range with a quality point ... sheehan answered it with one from play and then a free, before cooper dug a point out of nowhere when being hounded by lynch and shields ... d murphy; m o’se, t o’sullivan, p reidy; t o’se, t griffin, a o’mahony; t kennelly (0-1), m quirke; darren o’sullivan, donnacha walsh (0-2), p galvin; c cooper (0-3, 1 free), tommy walsh (0-1), declan o’sullivan

nfl div 1 final preview: derry v kerry

... kerry are, however, still sweating over the availability of colm cooper (hamstring), tommy walsh (hamstring), micheál quirke (calf muscle), paul galvin (groin) and padraig reidy (back)

cooper a doubt for nfl showdown

... colm cooper is a doubt for kerry's nfl division 1 final clash with derry at croke park on sunday

kerry 2-15 galway 1-11

... two points in the closing stages of the first half, including a routine free for colm cooper, gave kerry edge after a cagey opening 35 minutes

kerry 2-13 donegal 0-11

... first half goals from colm cooper and tommy walsh paved the way for kerry to begin jack o'connor's second term as manager with an impressive nfl division 1 victory over donegal ... cooper (1-03) and walsh (1-02) led the scoring for the victors, while griffin and roper (0-03 each) and doherty (0-02) finished as donegal's top scorers