Kerry 1-11 Cork 1-9KERRY STRIPPED Cork of their Munster junior football championship title to win it for the 38th time at Páirc Uí Chaoimh last evening.

They led by six points at one stage before a David Goold penalty 11 minutes from the end brought them back into the contest, but Alan O'Sullivan's late point clinched victory.

Kerry led by 1-4 to 0-3 at half-time, the goal scored by O'Sullivan in the 20th minute from a John Paul Brosnan pass.

KERRY: S Óg Ó Ciardubhain; K Quirke, W Sullivan, C O'Mahony; F Griffin, P Corridan, J King; A Maher (0-2), A Garnet; A O'Sullivan (1-2), JP Brosnan, M O'Donoghue (0-1 free); P Curran (0-2, one 45), N Fleming (0-1), C Daly (0-2). Subs: M Murphy (0-1) for Garnet inj (25 mins), D Doyle for Griffin (54 mins), N Óg Horgan for O'Donoghue (57 mins).

CORK: P White; M Prout, G Healy, P Gayer; R O'Sullivan, S Fox, S Levis; E Lyons, N O'Riordan; S Kiely (0-1), C Keane (0-1), P O'Flynn; D Goold (1-6, goal from pen, four points frees), BJ O'Sullivan (0-1), C O'Driscoll. Subs: D O'Donovan for O'Riordan (50 mins), J O'Donovan for O'Sullivan (58 mins).

Referee: M McGann (Clare).