Kerry enjoy home comforts and get back to winning ways

Kerry got back to winning ways with a four-point win over Tyrone at a sun-drenched Fitzgerald Stadium in Killarney on Sunday afternoon.

Kerry, who made four changes from their 10-point defeat at the hands of Dublin last week, took a five-point lead into the half time break – 0-11 to 0-06 – before Jack O'Connor’s men held out for victory despite a late Ciarán Daly goal five minutes from time.

The impressive as ever Footballer of the Year, David Clifford top-scored for the winners with 0-08, six of which were frees, as David, along with his brother Paudie and Sean O’Shea combined to score 0-15 of Kerry’s 0-18-point tally. Tyrone saw Darren McCurry, Darragh Canavan, and Ciarán Daly all score 1-06 between them.

Kerry got off to the best possible start, Sean O’Brien, who’d replaced Damien Bourke at right half-back, slotted over inside the opening minute, before Ciarán Daly levelled the sides for the first of four times in the opening 35 minutes.

The best goal chance of the opening half came with just 10 minutes on the clock. After Kerry overturned a Tyrone attack in the middle of the field, David Clifford burst through the stretched Tyrone midfield with ease, finding Gavin White in space, before Niall Morgan did superbly well to scramble back into the Tyrone goal to deny Sean O’Shea a certain goal.

Two minutes later, Darren McCurry scored the point of the game. The Edendork clubman's superb curling effort put two between the sides – 0-3 to 0-1 – in favour of the visiting Ulster side.

After a skirmish between players from both sides in front of the main stand, after which Peter Harte, Kerry captain Paudie Clifford, and Dara Moynihan were each shown a yellow card, Jack O’Connor’s side broke free and both sides were level for the