Lorcan O'Dell delivers as Dublin bridge 40-year Tralee drought

Dublin overturned an 11-point half-time deficit to snatch victory from Kerry in another memorable battle between these great rivals at Austin Stack Park in Tralee.

Two late two-pointers from substitute Lorcan O'Dell - coupled with a tour de force performance from Sean Bugler in the second half - helped deliver only Dublin's fourth ever league win in the Kingdom.

Kerry played with a strong wind in the first half and were on the scoreboard early through Micheál Burns, back in the Kerry team for the first time in a year, and Graham O’Sullivan doubled the home side’s lead two minutes later.

Dublin were laboured in their attacks, trying and failing to get into scoring range, while Kerry made hay as the wind blew.

By the 26th minute the Kingdom were 0-11 to 0-3 ahead, with Sean O’Shea nailing two two-pointers, and Brian Ó Beaglaoich raising a third orange flag, Burns and Paul Geaney following up with white flags.

Bugler had converted a 13-metre free to get Dublin on the scoreboard in the 10th minute and Eoghan O’Donnell and then Greg McEneaney added two more from play by the 25th minute, but there was an inevitability that a Kerry goal was coming as the Kingdom exploited the wind at the their backs and a hesitant Dublin defence in front of them.

Debutant Darragh Lyne was played through by Paul Geaney, but hit the post under pressure. Two minutes later – on the half hour mark – the goal arrived.

The long ball strategy pays off for Kerry, Paul Geaney find the net from a Brian Ó Beaglaoich ball that was short.