Kerry ladies manager Bourke: ‘We'll see can we bring it from the first whistle instead of the second the next day'
Kerry trailed Cork by six points at half time in their All-Ireland SFC Group 2 game, but turned it around to win by seven points. Keryr manager Mark Bourke said: 'The girls fixed it themselves'
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'May I have your attention, please? Will the real Slim Shady please stand up? I repeat. Will the real Slim Shady please stand up?'
It's doubtful that Eminem or his alter-ego, Slim Shady, has ever seen the Kerry ladies footballers, but if American rapper Marshall Bruce Mathers III was in Pairc Uí Chaoimh he might have been minded to ask, which Kerry team is the real deal?
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