Kerry retained their Bank of Ireland All-Ireland SFC crown with an emphatic 3-13 to 1-09 victory over Munster rivals Cork in a disappointingly one-sided affair in front of 82,196 at Croke Park today.
Kerry XV: Diarmuid Murphy, Marc Ó Sé, Tom O'Sullivan, Pádraig Reidy, Tomás Ó Sé (0-01), Aidan O'Mahony (0-01), Killian Young, Darragh Ó Sé, Seamus Scanlon (0-01), Paul Galvin (0-01), Declan O'Sullivan (capt) (0-01), Eoin Brosnan, Colm Cooper (1-05), Kieran Donaghy (2-00), Bryan Sheehan (0-02).
Substitutes: S O’Sullivan (0-01) for Galvin, Darren O’Sullivan for Brosnan, T Griffin for Young, M Lyons for Reidy, MF Russell for Sheehan.
Cork XV: Alan Quirke; Michael Shields, Graham Canty, Kieran O'Connor; Noel O'Leary, Ger Spillane, John Miskella; Nicholas Murphy, Derek Kavanagh (capt); Conor McCarthy, Pearse O'Neill, Kevin McMahon; James Masters (0-03), Michael Cussen (0-01), Donncha O'Connor (0-04).
Substitutes: D Goulding (1-01) for J Masters, A Lynch for J Miskella, F Goold for K McMahon, K O’Sullivan for C McCarthy.
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