O'Connor admits Kerry would prefer 'more testing game'

Kerry manager Jack O'Connor admitted he'd have preffered a "more testing game" after his side's 20-point victory over Tipperary in Fitzgerald Stadium this afternoon.

As expected, the All-Ireland champions sauntered into the Munster final after an extremely easy win over an out-of-sorts Tipp side, who recently fell into Division 4.

The home team won at their ease, despite David Clifford's off-colour performance, with Tony Brosnan and Seanie O'Shea carrying much of the scoring load, the former shining with five points from play after a first half penalty miss.

"Comprehensive enough win by our fellas, we kicked 25 points," O'Connor remarked to RTÉ Radio 1's Saturday Sport afterwards.

"Maybe a bit disappointed we didn't hit the net a couple of times but that's okay. We obviously had a chance in the first half and missed it from the penalty.

"I suppose we would have preferred a more testing game or whatever. But at the end of the day, we were trying to reach our own targets and we achieved that.

"I was happy enough with the way the forwards gelled. Tony Brosnan had a good day, kicked five points from play, that's great shooting. Tom O'Sullivan came up from corner back and kicked three. Look, happy enough but well aware there's bigger tests ahead.

"Any day you kick 25 points is a good day."

"I suppose we would have preferred a more testing game or whatever. But at the end of the day, we were trying to reach our own targets and we achieved that.

O'Connor surprised some by picking 12 of the side that won the 2022 All-Ireland final, though the Kerry boss insisted that his experimentation period is done for the year and that it'll be largely full-strength teams from now.

"The experimenting is over. That's what the league and McGrath Cup are