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The 42
04-05-2025
- Sport
- The 42
Clifford hits two quickfire goals as Kerry power past Clare to land Munster title
Kerry 4-20 Clare 0-21 DAVID CLIFFORD NETTED twice inside seven minutes as Kerry cantered to a fifth Munster title in a row with their third consecutive final victory over Clare. 1⃣5⃣ Championship goals now for David Clifford as he nets early for @Kerry_Official against @GaaClare in the @MunsterGAA Football Final 🏆 #KERvCLA — The GAA (@officialgaa) May 4, 2025 Further goals from Micheál Burns and Barry Dan O'Sullivan before the half-time whistle extended the interval lead to 15, before a flat second half played out in front of a 13,181 crowd at Fitzgerald Stadium. It's Kerry's seventh time stringing together five or more provincial titles in succession as they accounted for their 86th overall. Kerry now enter Group 2 of the All-Ireland SFC, which begins at home to Roscommon in a fortnight before a trip to Cork and a game against the Leinster runners-up at a neutral venue. A view of the parade. Laszlo Geczo / INPHO Laszlo Geczo / INPHO / INPHO Clare head for Group 3, starting at home to Down, then away to Monaghan, and finally facing the Leinster champions at a neutral venue. Jack O'Connor made six changes due to an injury list that included Shane Ryan, Paul Murphy, Graham O'Sullivan, and Diarmuid O'Connor, on top of Paudie Clifford's suspension. On the plus side, they welcomed back Seán O'Shea, Tom O'Sullivan, and Mike Breen. The Dr Crokes trio of Shane Murphy, Tony Brosnan, and Burns were also drafted in to start. O'Connor's Kingdom predecessor Peter Keane had Ikem Ugwueru back to fitness but Ciarán Downes missed out. Advertisement Kerry's two-point shooting had been questioned. O'Shea provided an answer within 30 seconds by splitting the posts from outside the arc. In the fourth minute, they bagged a first goal. Barry Dan O'Sullivan claimed the kick-out and Brosnan dispatched a gorgeous floated crossfield pass for David Clifford to mark. The dangerman played on, rounding Cillian Brennan and rolling a delayed finish to the corner. They sliced Clare open again within three minutes. Tom O'Sullivan sent in the direct ball to Paul Geaney, who played on with advantage. Barry Dan O'Sullivan teed up Burns, who was denied by Eamon Tubridy's save, but Clifford volleyed home the rebound for 2-2 to 0-1. Wasteful Clare had nine first-half misses, including a speculative Eoin Cleary shot on goal saved by Murphy. They briefly stemmed the bleeding with Aaron Griffin and Keelan Sexton points. But when Emmet McMahon was black-carded for an apparent trip on Paul Geaney, the lead swelled from seven to 14 over the subsequent 10 minutes. O'Shea knocked over the two-point free before Dylan Geaney's sharp turn and visionary handpass fed Burns to finish in the 23rd minute. Within seconds, Clifford cracked the crossbar with his hat-trick attempt and Gavin White's follow-up was blocked by Brennan. Kerry's David Clifford and Cillian Brennan of Clare. Laszlo Geczo / INPHO Laszlo Geczo / INPHO / INPHO Clare had only themselves to blame for the fourth goal as Paul Geaney picked off Cillian Rouine's handpass. The full-forward exchanged a one-two with Clifford before unselfishly squaring for Barry Dan O'Sullivan to dive in with the final touch. Noel Mooney served up a penalty for Clare, when calling White for a foul on Sexton, but the Na Fianna forward blazed wildly over the crossbar. The half-time gap stood at 15, 4-10 to 0-7. McMahon punished back-to-back infringements of the new rules with two-point frees before Clifford responded in kind with Kerry's third orange flag. Clare created a couple of goal chances but Murphy saved from Sexton and Manus Doherty fired over. As the game drifted to its conclusion, Kerry handed championship debuts to Mark O'Shea, Keith Evans, and Evan Looney off the bench. They almost added a fifth goal beyond the hooter but Doherty blocked on the line from Tadhg Morley. Scorers for Kerry: David Clifford 2-5 (1 2pt, 0-1 free), Seán O'Shea 0-8 (1 2pt, 1 2pt free, 0-3 frees), Barry Dan O'Sullivan 1-1, Micheál Burns 1-0, Paul Geaney 0-4 (1 free), Dylan Geaney 0-2. Scorers for Clare: Emmet McMahon 0-8 (2 2pt frees, 2 frees), Mark McInerney 0-6 (2 frees, 1 45), Brian McNamara 0-2, Keelan Sexton 0-2 (1 penalty), Manus Doherty 0-1, Daniel Walsh 0-1, Aaron Griffin 0-1. Kerry: 1. Shane Murphy (Dr Crokes) 4. Tom O'Sullivan (Dingle), 2. Dylan Casey (Austin Stacks), 3. Jason Foley (Ballydonoghue) 5. Brian Ó Beaglaoich (An Ghaeltacht), 6. Mike Breen (Beaufort), 7. Gavin White (Dr Crokes, captain) 8. Joe O'Connor (Austin Stacks), 9. Barry Dan O'Sullivan (Dingle) 10. Tony Brosnan (Dr Crokes), 11. Seán O'Shea (Kenmare Shamrocks), 12. Micheál Burns (Dr Crokes) 13. David Clifford (Fossa), 14. Paul Geaney (Dingle), 15. Dylan Geaney (Dingle) Subs: 17. Tadhg Morley (Templenoe) for Foley (27-32, temporary) 20. Ruairí Murphy (Listry) for Brosnan (52) 19. Killian Spillane (Templenoe) for O'Shea (52) 17. Morley for Breen (54) 21. Mark O'Shea (Dr Crokes) for BD O'Sullivan (56) 26. Keith Evans (Keel) for Burns (59) 25. Evan Looney (Dr Crokes) for Ó Beaglaoich (64-f-t, temporary) Clare: 1. Eamon Tubridy (Doonbeg) Related Reads 201 not out: How Aidan O'Shea has kept the Mayo faith over 17 seasons The Galway rising defensive star, the Mayo attacking leader - Connacht final key duel The key talking points after All-Ireland senior football group stage draw 2. Manus Doherty (Éire Óg Ennis), 4. Ronan Lanigan (Éire Óg Ennis), 3. Cillian Brennan (Clondegad, captain) 7. Alan Sweeney (St Breckan's), 5. Cillian Rouine (Ennistymon), 6. Ikem Ugwueru (Éire Óg Ennis) 8. Brian McNamara (Cooraclare), 11. Emmet McMahon (Kildysart) 12. Dermot Coughlan (Kilmurry-Ibrickane), 10. Aaron Griffin (Lissycasey), 9. Daniel Walsh (Kilmurry-Ibrickane) 13. Keelan Sexton (Na Fianna), 14. Eoin Cleary (St Joseph's Miltown-Malbay), 15. Mark McInerney (Éire Óg Ennis) Subs: 18. Conor Meaney (Lissycasey) for Sweeney (54) 19. Shane Griffin (Lissycasey) for Walsh (54) 23. Evan Cahill (Kilmurry-Ibrickane) for Sexton (59) 22. Rory McMahon (Kildysart) for Rouine (63) 21. Darragh Burns for Cleary (68) Referee: Noel Mooney (Cavan). * Check out the latest episode of The42′s GAA Weekly podcast here
The Journal
04-05-2025
- Sport
- The Journal
Clifford hits two quickfire goals as Kerry power past Clare to land Munster title
Stephen Barry Reports from Fitzgerald Stadium Kerry 4-20 Clare 0-21 DAVID CLIFFORD NETTED twice inside seven minutes as Kerry cantered to a fifth Munster title in a row with their third consecutive final victory over Clare. 1⃣5⃣ Championship goals now for David Clifford as he nets early for @Kerry_Official against @GaaClare in the @MunsterGAA Football Final 🏆 #KERvCLA — The GAA (@officialgaa) May 4, 2025 Further goals from Micheál Burns and Barry Dan O'Sullivan before the half-time whistle extended the interval lead to 15, before a flat second half played out in front of a 13,181 crowd at Fitzgerald Stadium. Advertisement It's Kerry's seventh time stringing together five or more provincial titles in succession as they accounted for their 86th overall. Kerry now enter Group 2 of the All-Ireland SFC, which begins at home to Roscommon in a fortnight before a trip to Cork and a game against the Leinster runners-up at a neutral venue. Clare head for Group 3, starting at home to Down, then away to Monaghan, and finally facing the Leinster champions at a neutral venue. The 42 Subscribers can read the full match report here (€) The 42′s award-winning team produces original content that you won't find anywhere else: on GAA, League of Ireland, women's sport and boxing, as well as our game-changing rugby coverage, all with an Irish eye. Readers like you are keeping these stories free for everyone... A mix of advertising and supporting contributions helps keep paywalls away from valuable information like this article. Over 5,000 readers like you have already stepped up and support us with a monthly payment or a once-off donation. Learn More Support The Journal
Irish Examiner
04-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Four-goal Kerry cruise by Clare to win fifth consecutive Munster title
Munster SFC final: Kerry 4-3-14 Clare 0-2-17 Munster chairman Tim Murphy, writing in the match programme, said the 'exhilarating' nature of the recent Cork-Kerry semi-final was 'a badly needed boost' for the often maligned and often non-competitive Munster football championship. There was no second boost here. There was nothing remotely exhilarating about this Munster final. A stroll-in-the-sun 86th Munster crown for Kerry. A third consecutive Munster final win over Clare. The winning margin back out to double digits after Clare had the temerity to come within seven 12 months ago. The absence of Shane Ryan, Paul Murphy, Diarmuid O'Connor, Graham O'Sullivan, and the suspended Paudie Clifford was neither lamented nor felt. Among those drafted in their stead was a first championship start in four years for Micheál Burns. He finished a first half goal and finished the first half itself by preventing an Eoin Cleary goal at the far end. Kerry's so-called problem department in the middle of the field looked no problem at all. Barry Dan scored 1-1, Joe O'Connor again broke kickouts and broke perfectly timed onto attacks. No surprise sprung by Peter Keane against his own. No getting one over on the man he was deposed for in the fractious autumn of 2021. Briefly glancing ahead, the reality for the Kingdom is that unless Cork unsettle them for a second time at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on the Bank Holiday weekend, Kerry will once again land into the last eight of the championship significantly less examined than their fellow Sam Maguire frontrunners. Their All-Ireland series will throw-in at home to Roscommon in a fortnight. Just 👑 David Clifford, doing what he does, his first 2⃣ Pointer to increase the lead of @Kerry_Official over @GaaClare in the @MunsterGAA Football Final 🏆 #KERvCLA — The GAA (@officialgaa) May 4, 2025 The competitiveness and suspense of this provincial decider had been unforgivingly removed by the sixth minute. Kerry already had two goals on the board. The gap was already seven-strong. The gap stayed traveling, unbroken, in one direction. The gap peaked on 33 minutes. Aaron Griffin was short with a point attempt for the Banner. It was their second short attempt of the half. Kerry countered. Tom O'Sullivan executed a delicious pass to Sean O'Shea. The latter was fouled and converted the consequent free. O'Shea, starting his first game since the league defeat at home to Dublin in mid-February, opened their account with a rare two-pointer inside 22 seconds. Goal number one of their first-half quartet arrived on four minutes. Tony Brosnan with the perfect pass, David Clifford with a shot that really should have been kept out by the goalline-stationed Clare corner-back Manus Doherty. Tom O'Sullivan's was the risk-reward pass that set in train their second. Paul Geaney made the catch, Burns had the shot, which was well-saved by Eamon Tubridy, the ball eventually finding the comfort of the net from Clifford's rebound boot. Two minutes later, Tubridy's mistake in possession gifted Sean O'Shea his second point of a first-half 0-7. 2-3 to 0-1. Clare were not helping themselves. Emmet McMahon committed an utterly stupid black card foul on 16 minutes after Paul Geaney had been stripped of possession. But instead of a Clare turnover won, O'Shea kicked his second two-pointer of the afternoon and Kerry enjoyed numerical advantage for the ensuing 10 minutes. It was a 10-minute period where Kerry doubled their goal count to bring green flags raised for 2025 to 21. Clare nailed only five of their 13 scoring opportunities in the opening half. And still it was not their ugliest feature. Their passiveness was scarcely believable at times. On 23 minutes, Shane Murphy was at his ease in getting off a short kickout. Fair enough that a 14-man Clare wanted to keep matters compact. But if you're not going to press the opposition restart, you have to at least press the opposition when they probe. What instead materialised was Micheál Burns, played through by Brosnan, walking in goal number three. The crossbar and desperate last-ditch defending denied David Clifford and Gavin White a fourth major almost immediately after. The wait for that fourth was neither long nor nervous. Another Clare mistake. Cillian Rouine intercepted by Paul Geaney. Geaney with the final assist to the onrushing and falling Barry Dan O'Sullivan. 4-7 to 0-5. 26 minutes gone. An exhilarating semi-final, an evisceration of a final. The second half was a non-event. Clare outgunned their hosts 0-14 to 0-10. Emmet McMahon raised orange flags and Mark McInerney white. There should be nothing read into that. Kerry had long taken care of the bigger picture. A most uncompetitive picture. Scorers for Kerry: S O'Shea (0-8, tp free, tp, 0-3 frees); D Clifford (1-5, tp, 0-1 free); BD O'Sullivan (1-1); P Geaney (0-4, 0-1 free); M Burns (1-0); D Geaney (0-2). Scorers for Clare: E McMahon (0-8, 2tp frees, 0-3 frees); M McInerney (0-6, 0-2 frees, 0-1 '45); K Sexton (0-1 pen), B McNamara (0-2 each); M Doherty, D Walsh, A Griffin (0-1 each). KERRY: S Murphy; D Casey, J Foley, T O'Sullivan; B Ó Beaglaoich, M Breen, G White; J O'Connor, BD O'Sullivan; T Brosnan, S O'Shea, M Burns; D Clifford, P Geaney, D Geaney. Subs: T Morley for Foley (27-32 inj); R Murphy for Brosnan, K Spillane for O'Shea (both 52); T Morley for Breen (54); M O'Shea for BD O'Sullivan (55); K Evans for Burns (59); E Looney for Ó Beaglaoich (64, temporary); CLARE: E Tubridy; M Doherty, R Lanigan, C Brennan; A Sweeney, C Rouine, I Ugweuru; B McNamara, D Walsh; A Griffin, E McMahon, D Coughlan; M McInerney, K Sexton, E Cleary. Subs: C Meaney for Sweeney, S Griffin for Walsh (both 54); E Cahill for Sexton (58); R McMahon for Rouine (62). Referee: N Mooney (Cavan).
