Kerry camogie manager full of praise for ‘excellent defence' in holding Carlow scoreless from play
John Madden the 'exhibition' of forward play from Amy O'Sullivan who scored 2-3 for the Kingdom in their All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie Championship Group 2 opener against Carlow
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Saturday's win for Kerry over Carlow was manager John Madden's first championship game with the Kingdom team, and it couldn't really have gone much better.
Madden has been around the block – primarily with several Clanmaurice teams – and while he was clearly pleased with Kerry's 2-18 to 0-3 demolition of Carlow, he wasn't getting carried away. Indeed, his analysis of the game is succinct and accurate.
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