Cork fail to make wind count in first half as Kerry ease to 11-point win

Cork: 0-20 (0-3-14) 

Kerry: 1-28 (1-7-14) 

A valiant performance from Cork, but it wasn’t enough as they once again suffered another loss to Kerry.

John Cleary’s side gave it as good as they got in this All-Ireland SFC Group 2 Round 2 encounter at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday evening, but they just came up against a better opponent. It’s now the Leesiders 13th loss in the trot to the Kingdom in all grades.

Cork did lead by three points at the interval albeit wind assisted, but Kerry were able to show their quality in the second half with their ability to kick two-pointers going a long way to securing the win. They were deadly accurate. 

The Rebels discipline did leave them down at important junctures too and…

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