Croker Return
Kerry return to Croke Park on Saturday night for the first time since their stunning All-Ireland Final victory over Donegal back at the end of July. Jack O’Connor’s men take on Dublin, who are under the new management of Ger Brennan, for what should be a mouth-watering Round 4 Allianz Football League clash.
The latest news from the Kerry camp is that Jason Foley is a big doubt for Saturday’s game after picking up an injury and having to leave the field late in the drawn game with Galway in Tralee last weekend.
Mike Breen, Killian Spillane and Sean O’Brien also missed that game through injury and they remain on the doubtful list for the Dublin game. Tomás Kennedy was another absentee last weekend.
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Two Kerry clubs promoted
On a weekend on which Ireland achieved a victory over a very stubborn Italy, the domestic programme rolled further along with Tralee defeating Chorca Dhuibhne to secure promotion back to Division II next season having dropped to the basement two seasons ago.
The division has been won in style by a well set-up Killarney team that had won at O’Dowd Park earlier in the season but Abbeyfeale now move in the opposite direction after what has been a season of particular struggle. The West Limerick side has gone through some harsh times in recent seasons but this has been a particularly cruel one. The club will be optimistic about bouncing back next season.
The alliance with Newcastle West at underage levels, playing as Desmond, is going well and there are hopes that this will lay a foundation of new players in the coming season. Abbey’ will be anxious to escape back out of Division III next season as relegated clubs have a tendency to languish there.
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