Sean Hayes hailed Cork's battling qualities after they pipped Kerry in last night's Munster U21 football final.

Cian Dorgan's injury-time point gave the Rebels a dramatic 3-9 to 1-14 victory after Kerry had drawn level through sub Tony Brosnan.

"Kerry came back, went ahead, we came back and won. You couldn't fault the effort of the lads," the Cork manager is quoted in the Irish Examiner.

"Cian got a big score to win it. He is a good scorer and he has proven that with Ballincollig. When we didn't have the ball, we did very well. I know we conceded 1-14, but we defended well. Kerry are a good team. They have won minor for the last two years. It was good to come out on top.

"We saw Limerick run at them and it was definitely a kind of weakness. We could have possibly got another goal. We lost the advantage we had at half-time in the second half. We kept going, though, and once we got the ball to our forwards inside, we were always a danger."

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