Super Saturday in Killarney

A hectic Saturday afternoon in Killarney this weekend will see two major fixtures across Upper Lewis Road in the town as both the Corn Uí Mhuirí Final and Kerry’s re-arranged Round 1 game in the Allianz League against Donegal both take place.  

The Corn Uí Mhuirí decider takes place first at 12pm with Mercy Mounthawk Tralee looking to win back-to-back titles as they face Roll of Honour leaders St Brendan’s College Killarney in Dr Crokes. 

There are some late injury concerns for the defending champions in the form of Paddy Lane and Ben Murphy carrying issues into the decider but manager Aidan O’Shea expects them to both be okay for Saturday. “Paddy (Lane) got injured on Tuesday night (last week) and we were a bit worried until we got an x-ray on Wednesday giving him the all clear but he still is injured with a bit of bruising on the bone so we are trying to offset it as much as possible in the build-up. Ben Murphy has a lower back issue coming out of the Bandon game so he hasn’t been able to train since,” he said at the media event last Friday.

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Shamrock Rovers U13s visit Kingdom for Blitz

Sunday was a busy day in Celtic Park, the sunshine added to the spectacle as the Kerry U13 Boys Invitational Blitz delivered a feast of action for the spectators at the home of Killarney Celtic.

Seven games were played in total over a six-hour period, the first for the KSBGL U13 side was against League Of Ireland heavyweights Shamrock Rovers. Rovers won the tie 2-0 in the end, with the other game of the group seeing Galway Football Association and Mallow Town FC drawing 0-0.

Game 2 for Kerry was against Mallow, but again that 2-0 scoreline remained in place for a second defeat. While Galway picked up a second point, holding Rovers to a 1-1 draw.

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