GAA Munster SFC: Kerry run out easy winners over Tipperary....

Kerry 2-18 Tipp 2-06

Kerry had a comfortable win over Tipperary at Semple Stadium in the first round of the Munster Senior Football Championship.

Brian Sheehan scored 2-4 for Kerry in the match.

Tipp's Philip Austin scored a goal in the 8th minute.

Half-Time: Kerry 0-08 Tipp 1-04

Kerry's Brian Sheehan scored a goal on the 47th minute.

Tipp's Barry Brogan scored a goal. The Tipp forward palmed the ball into the net in the 52nd minute.

Kerry's T. Griffin and Tipp's B. Brogan both received yellow cards on the 61st minute.

Brian Sheehan scored another goal for Kerry in the 66th minute.

Barry Brogan sent off in the 69th minute after receiving a second yellow card.

Kerry will now play Cork in the Munster SFC semi-final.

Kerry XV: B Kealy; M O'Sé, T Griffin, T O'Sullivan; T O'Sé, M McCarthy, K Young; S Scanlon, M Quirke; P Galvin, Declan O'Sullivan, D Walsh; C Cooper, K Donaghy, B Sheehan.

Tipperary XV: P Fitzgerald; P Codd, N Curran, C McDonald; C Aylward, R Costigan, C McGrath; K Mulryan, G Hannigan; P Acheson, P Austin, H Coghlan; S Carey, B Grogan, B Mulvihill.

Attendance: 4,965

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