Austin Stacks Advance to Kerry SFC Final
Paddy Lane and Joe O’Connor combined for 1-10 as Austin Stacks defeated Rathmore by 1-16 to 1-9 at Fitzgerald.
The scores of Jordan Kissane, Lane, and O’Connor saw the Tralee men leading by 0-8 to 0-4 at half-time. More points from Kissane and O’Connor had them six ahead within four minutes of the restart.
Rathmore trimmed their deficit through Fionn Murphy, but Lane's point from play made it 0-14 to 0-8 with 11 minutes to go. O’Connor then burst through and scored a goal in the 53rd minute to secure his team's place in the final.
Austin Stacks saw off Rathmore by 1-16 to 1-9 to advance to the Kerry senior football championship final for the first time since 2021.
Author's summary: Austin Stacks reach Kerry SFC final.