Jack O'Connor gives positive injury update on Paudie Clifford after missing Kerry's win over Roscommon in All-Ireland
PAUDIE CLIFFORD is closing in on a return from injury according to Jack O'Connor.
The Kerry star missed Saturday's
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Paudie Clifford missed Kerry's win over Roscommon with injury
Credit: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile
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Jack O'Connor revealed he should be back to face Cork on May 31
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But Clifford should be back in time for the May 31 showdown with Cork at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.
The boss revealed: 'He's nearly right but is not 100 per cent. He should be in the frame for the next game.
'He looks like he'll train fully this week.'
The Kingdom ran out easy winners over the Rossies without Clifford.
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The win stretched Kerry's unbeaten Championship streak against the Connacht side to 82 years — and it was never in doubt.
Kerry kicked six of the last seven points of the opening half, with Joe O'Connor bursting through with a brace of them.
Seánie O'Shea then racked up a pair of two- pointers from placed balls, with Diarmuid O'Connor adding his second score as the half finished without a Kerry forward scoring from play.
Daire Cregg and Ben O'Carroll replied for Roscommon as the Kingdom led by five at the break.
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But the fresh legs of sub Tony Brosnan pushed Kerry on in the second period as they outscored Roscommon 3-7 to 0-11.
And their goals came via David Clifford, Paul Geaney and Gavin White playing into the wind.
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The Rossies were left disappointed by their second-half no-show.
Coach Mark Doran said: 'We had six shots into the goalkeeper's hands in the second half. That's criminal.
'But we'd be reasonably happy with the performance. There is a gap between the top three or four and the rest.'
KERRY
visit Cork on May 31, while
ROSCOMMON
host
MEATH
on the same day.
SCORERS — Kerry
: S O'Shea 0-7, 2 tpf, 1f, D Clifford 1-3, 2 tpf, P Geaney 1-1, 0-1m, G White 1-0, D O'Connor 0-2, J O'Connor 0-2, T Brosnan 0-1, S Ryan 0-1 '45, B Ó Beaglaoich 0-1.
Roscommon
: R Daly 0-3, 1tp, C Cox 0-3, 1tp, 1f, D Murtagh 0-3, 1 tp, B O'Carroll 0-2, C Murtagh 0-2, 1f, B Stack 0-1, E Nolan 0-1, K Doyle 0-1, D Cregg 0-1.
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