KERRY won their first Leinster Championship game in style this afternoon by 2-19 to 0-17 at Austin Stack Park, as the Carlow men’s challenge faded in the second half.
But they didn’t have it all their own way early on as they only led by two points at half-time (1-6 to 0-7) and Carlow should have been a lot closer only for hitting 13 wides in the period.
Their poor shooting proved costly and Kerry were rampant in the second half – Shane Nolan used soccer skills to side foot the sliotar home on 42 minutes to leave them cruising.
Earlier John Egan had scored a goal on the 13th minute to put Kerry three points up and they never relinquished the lead from that moment, despite Carlow coming back and dominating possession for a time, but couldn’t translate it into enough scores.
Kerry came out with all guns blazing in the second-half and when Shane Nolan scored that goal it was all over. Kerry had great performances all over the field, with their defence outstanding in the second half, Egan was dangerous as ever, while young guns Jack Goulding and Jordan Conway – who came on in the second half – also shone.
Westmeath are next at the same venue next Saturday at 3pm, so let’s hope the Kerry public come out and support this skilful and hard-working team again. Scroll down for more action photos…