Kerry, the Munster and All-Ireland champions of last season, cruised to victory over Limerick in the Munster under-21 football championship at Kilmallock.

After only five minutes Aodhan McGearailt had Kerry's first goal, and at the end of the first quarter they led by 1-5 to nil. Limerick's first point came after 16 minutes from Noel Mulvihill, but after 28 minutes Noel Kennelly had Kerry's second goal, and when they led by 2-6 to 0-3 at half-time the game was as good as over as a contest.

Limerick failed to score from play throughout the hour and Kerry's third goal was scored by substitute Sean O'Sullivan.

SCORERS: Kerry - A McGearailt 1-4, N Kennelly 1-2, S O'Sullivan 1-1, T Kenny and I Twiss 0-2 each, M Gallagher 0-1. Limer- ick: N Mulvihill 0-4, S Reidy 0-2.