sublime kerry annihilate dublin in croke park rout

carl o\'malley at croke parkkerry 1-24 dublin 1-7: the kingdom. is there anything they can\'t do? not much on the evidence they provided today, through a display of sheer class that ended in a 17-point win over dublin - their 10th consecutive victory in an all-ireland quarter-final and arguably their most convincing.kerry have no time for predictions and are no respecters of form. by their standards they stumbled through the qualifiers and came to headquarters in disarray, their opponents having once again swept all aside in leinster. but the back door\'s been good to kerry and it looks to have served them well again.colm cooper found his range with a first minute goal and scored 1-7 in total. darragh Ó sé was given a standing ovation by the faithful when being replaced on the hour. his was a masterful midfield performance.in truth, though, nobody stood out, bar the forlorn 15 men in blue who, once again, buckled on the big stage.they were hit with a sucker punch early on when cooper signalled his intent with a cheekily taken goal after being fed through by mike mccarthy. abandoned by the dublin full-back line, with his back to goal, he anticipated stephen cluxton\'s presence, dropped the shoulder and turned to slot it beyond david henry who had rushed back to the line to cover.it was green and gold everywhere. cluxton\'s kicks were being mopped up by Ó sé, seamus scanlon and declan o\'sullivan, while tommy walsh\'s central presence early on gave the dubs a further headache. declan o\'sullivan was next to point and darren followed.a five-point advantage inside four minutes and urgent action was needed. alan brogan was well aware of that and after using jason sherlock’s run down the right, he went alone and struck one goalwards off the outside of his right boot, only to see diarmuid murphy tip it on to the crossbar and away to safety.barry cahill then got dublin\'s first in the ninth minute but they wouldn\'t score for another 20.tom o\'sullivan marauded through a gaping hole in the dublin defence, past a sleepy henry and popped one over. galvin followed suit before gooch added a free.pat gilroy needed something- and quick. it came in the shape of ciarán whelan, who replaced darren magee to shore up the midfield.early signs were good as he snatched cluxton\'s kick out to roars of approval, then fed it to bernard brogan who repeated his brother\'s trick of hitting the crossbar.the raheny man made little difference though as declan o\'sullivan strolled through the centre. with bryan cullen absent and denis bastick with one eye on cooper, he added another.cooper twice drew the entire dublin full-back line in for tomas Ó sé to point two and by the time alan and bernard brogan scored their first points, the kingdom were 10 points to the good and four more were added before the break.dublin were out early for the second half and first on the scoresheet through bernard brogan and then alan, the only two in blue who seemed able to hit the target.kerry took 11 minutes to score but during that time the ball rarely left the dublin half, as the gooch dropped one short, darren o\'sullivan misfired and tadhg kennelly, on for walsh after just 18 minutes, wasted an easy opportunity.kennelly was taking a grip of things and was a constant threat in to the dublin rearguard, setting up scores at will and taking two of his own.seamus scanlon was first to benefit from his awareness to get kerry ticking over again. gooch followed suit with another free before cluxton, left exposed again when alan hubbard got caught in the middle of cooper and declan o\'sullivan, brilliantly denied the latter a goal.substitute paul o\'connor then spurned a glorious chance for to hit the net, again, thanks to cluxton\'s awareness.dublin, 16 points in arrears, didn\'t just need a goal, the needed three or four. one came in practically their only cohesive move of the game when diarmuid connolly fed bernard brogan who offloaded for conal keaney to fire home.there were half-chances for another two but both brogans shot harmlessly wide, as did whelan, badly, after he moved into a more advanced position.kerry gleefully picked them off at the other end, kennelly starting the trouble, with gooch and substitute paul o\'connor finishing it off.a glorious day out in the capital for the kingdom. yet another to forget for the dubs.dublin: s cluxton; d henry, d bastick, p andrews; p griffin (capt), b cullen (c o\'sullivan 28), b cahill (0-1); r mcconnell, d magee (c whelan 15); p flynn, d connolly (s ryan 63), b brogan (0-3); a brogan (0-3), c keaney (1-0), j sherlock (p burke 24).kerry: d murphy; m Ó sé, t griffin, t o\'sullivan (0-1); t Ó sé (0-2), m mccarthy, k young (a o\'mahony 61); d Ó sé (m quirke 61), s scanlon (0-1); p galvin (0-2), declan o\'sullivan (0-3), d walsh (0-1) (p o\'connor 49 (0-2); c cooper (1-7), t walsh (kennelly 30 (0-2), darren o\'sullivan (capt) (0-3) (s o\'sullivan 60).

kerry 2-08 meath 1-07

... darran o'sullivan slipped as he kicked, but still managed to beat paddy o'rourke with the penalty awarded for anthony moyles' foul on colm cooper ... kerry fared little better, and while cooper and darran o'sullivan slotted over points, they also struggled to inject any fluency into their game ... kerry: d murphy, m ó sé, t griffin, t o'sullivan, t ó sé, m mccarthy, k young, d ó sé, s scanlon, p galvin, t kennelly (0-02), d walsh, c cooper (0-03, 2f), declan o'sullivan, darren o'sullivan (1-01, 1-00 pen) ... subs: t walsh (1-02) for d walsh (28), a o'mahony for young (50), m quirke for d ó sé (60), p o'connor for cooper (60), b sheehan for declan o'sullivan (66) meath: p o'rourke, c o'connor, a moyles, e harrington, s kenny, c mcguinness, c king, n crawford, b meade, p byrne, j sheridan (0-01), s bray, d bray, b farrell (0-02, 1f), c ward (1-04, 0-02f, 0-02 sideline)

kerry call on kennelly

... kennelly comes in at centre forward in a move that sees declan o’sullivan move into full forward alongside darran o’sullivan and colm cooper ... kerry (sfc v meath): d murphy; m Ó sé, t griffin; t o’sullivan, t Ó sé, m mccarth; k young, d Ó sé, s scanlon; p galvin, t kennelly, d walsh, c cooper, d o’sullivan, d o'sullivan

oconnor hails kingdoms refusal to let summer end

... rumours of discontent in the kingdom camp have been rife throughout the summer, culminating in the benching of colm cooper and tomás Ó sé for the final qualifier game against antrim for breaching team disciplinary procedures ... reports during the week that kerry were firing in training were borne out by their whirlwind start this afternoon, with cooper firing home to the dublin net inside the first minute, while points flowed freely from all angles and areas of the pitch

kerry and dublin get test of character

... after a week of speculation, colm cooper and tomás Ó sé were indeed omitted from the starting line-up, but were introduced over the course of the match

laboured kerry deny spirited antrim

... the frustrations paved way for colm cooper to come off the bench after the half hour mark ... substitutes : c cooper (0-4, 4f) for s o’sullivan (30), t o se for o’mahony (43), d walsh for kennelly (43), p o’connor (0-2, 2f) for darran o’sullivan (56), m quirke for scanlon (58)antrim : j finucane, c brady, a mcclean, k o’boyle, t scullion (1-0), j crozier, j loughrey, m mccann (0-4, 3f), a gallagher, t o’neill, c close (0-1), n mckeever, p cunningham (0-3, 2f), k niblock, t mccann (0-2)

longford 0-11 kerry 1-12

... longford 0-11 kerry 1-12 - as it happened tommy walsh hit an 11th-minute goal, and five colm cooper points helped kerry to a 1-10 to 0-4 interval lead ... donnacha walsh and colm cooper both collected lay-offs from kieran donaghy to shoot points, and by the 27th minute jack o\'connor\'s men had strolled into a 1-10 to 0-2 lead, and were already well on their way to the third round of the qualifiers ... subs: d barden (0-3 for kavanagh (23), p dowd for dennigan (31), p foy for farrell (44), a maher for smith (72) kerry: d murphy, k young, t griffin, t o\'sullivan, t ó sé (0-1), m ó sé, a o\'shea, d ó sé, s scanlon, d walsh (0-1), d o\'sullivan (0-1), s o\'sullivan (0-2, 2f), c cooper (0-5, 2f), k donaghy, t walsh (1-2)

donaghys departure almost costs kerry

... donaghy was targeted with the long ball from the off and repeatedly secured possession for colm cooper and co, though it was tommy walsh’s ninth minute goal that really set kerry on their way after each side had registered a point each ... seán o’sullivan, cooper, donncha walsh and declan o’sullivan then pointed as kerry threatened to run riot ... paul barden replied for longford but cooper and donaghy combined again for another gooch point

oconnor names kerry side to face longford

...    diarmuid murphy (dingle), killian young (renard), tommy griffin (dingle), tom o’sullivan (rathmore), tomás Ó sé (an ghaeltacht), marc Ó sé (an ghaeltacht), aidan o’shea (glenbeigh/glencar), darragh Ó sé (an ghaeltacht), seamus scanlon (currow), donnacha walsh (cromane) (captain), declan o’sullivan (piarsaigh na dromada), seán o’sullivan (cromane), colm cooper (dr

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 ... his efficient shut-down job on cooper helped the rebels to a 1-17 to 0-12 triumph ... “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