kerry 2-15 galway 1-11

galway's plan to make this game a dress rehearsal of the allianz nfl division one final fell by the wayside as the kingdom ran out seven-point winners in tralee. there was little between the sides in the first half and the kingdom led by just one point - 0-05 to 0-04 - at the break. kerry killed the game off quickly upon the resumption as goals from tommy walsh and kieran donaghy put them in the driving seat. padraic joyce grabbed a late consolation goal for the visitors. there were no signs early on of the comprehensive victory that was to follow. only two points were scored in the opening 13 minutes. declan o'sullivan opened the hosts' account in the sixth minute before micheál meehan brought galway level. 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. the 'twin towers' of donaghy and walsh grabbed a lot of headlines last summer and their two-goal salvo inside the first five minutes of the second half will have their partnership back on the agenda as we head towards the championship. and that's all galway have to look forward to now as their league campaign finished today. manager liam sammon will no doubt be frustrated as a draw would have been enough to see them reach the decider. kerry, meanwhile, look forward to their chance to avenge last year's league final defeat by derry.

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 2-13 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