Kerry defeat Cork…in hurling

This is not a drill.

It may have been a dead rubber, and it may have been a severely depleted Cork outfit but the Kingdom's senior hurlers and their manager Fintan O'Connor won't give a damn.

"We've done a nice bit of work pre-Christmas. It's nice not to be behind, we felt we were behind some of the other counties last year," said O'Connor to Radio Kerry recently.

They sure weren't behind in Austin Stack Park in Kerry on Sunday. The men in green and gold got off to a flying start in this Round 3 Munster Senior hurling League clash, scoring the first two points of the game. https://twitter.com/IsMiseSinead_x/status/952551006398709761 From there, they never looked back, as a strong, experienced Kerry team took advantage of what was quite the opposite from their neighbours Cork. The home side blitzed their way to a 1-13 to 0-6 lead by half-time, and things weren't set to change after the interval. https://twitter.com/StageandSport/status/952552835257962496 Call us ignorant, but the only household name in the Cork line-up was their captain, last year's new kid on the block, Luke Meade. A number of player's from last year's under-21 team made their debuts for the Rebels, but it didn't go as planned for John Meyler's youngsters, with three of them called ashore at the break. https://twitter.com/OfficialCorkGAA/status/952555433062887425 Kerry picked up where they left off, stretching their lead to 13 points at one stage of the first half. In the end, they won by 10 on a scoreline of 1-23 to 1-13. Shane Nolan was typically class in the full forward line, and he was ably assisted by Shane Conway, Sean Weir and Padraig Boyle. In truth, everyone of them did themselves and their county proud. Meanwhile, in the Walsh Cup semi-final, Wexford recovered from a three point deficit at half-time to defeat Dublin by in Parnell Park. A second half goal from lively corner forward Cathal Dunbar turned the tie in the Yellow Bellies' favour. They will now progress to face Kilkenny in the final next weekend. https://twitter.com/DubMatchTracker/status/952563919310278657 Limerick defeated neighbours Clare in the Munster Senior Hurling League final by 0-15 to 0-9, with Aaron Gillane and Seamus Flanagan again devastating up top for the Treaty County.