FORMER Kerry great, Darragh Ó Sé is saying Cork have it in them to beat Kerry in the Munster final this Sunday in his weekly column in The Irish Times.

The six time All-Ireland medal winner says Cork are in the perfect position coming into the game having failed to impress in their outings against Waterford and Tipperary.

“They’ve been hosed by everyone,” he writes. “They’ve been ignored inside their own county and talked down by everyone outside Cork. They’ve been told over and over again that they’re gone.

I’m just looking at this as a player. Wouldn’t you love to be in that position? Going to Killarney with nobody expecting a thing from you. Kerry full sure they’re going to make a show of you. One of the best things you can have in your locker is knowing you are better than the opposition thinks you are. By the time they find out, it can be too late.”

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Darragh gave Down’s win over Monaghan and the Wexford hurlers victory over Kilkenny as examples of players defying the odds.

“Cork are six-point underdogs against Kerry, who they took to a replay the last time they met in 2015. Don’t try telling me this is out of the question. I have too many years spent playing in or going to Cork-Kerry matches to know it isn’t,” he writes.

“Cork always have a hope when they play Kerry. Always. Kerry are the rightful favourites. But I can see Cork winning by a couple of points.”

Darragh outlines his reasons in full for thinking Cork can cause an upset in his column which can be read by clicking here, including his recollections of the 2002 final when Cork upset the odds.