Peter Keane has dismissed suggestions that the Kerry minors are being motivated by the prospect of completing an unprecedented four-in-a-row of All-Ireland titles.

Keane noted after yesterday's comfortable win over Cavan how many of his players will be going in search of their first Celtic Cross against either Dublin or Derry next month.

"I think there's a lot of talk about how ever many games they've won or how ever many titles we're going for, that's all irrelevant because you have young fellas out there this year who are minors and they have no minor medal," the Kerry manager is quoted as saying in the Irish Examiner.

"That's all they want, one minor medal. They're not concerned about what some fella did three or four years ago, when they were only 13 or 14 years of age. They're only worried about now and that's the key thing for all those young lads."

Keane felt Kerry's Croke Park's experience stood to them against opponents who were appearing in their first All-Ireland MFC semi-final in 43 years.

"That really is not a factor earlier in the Munster championship or even in the quarter-final, but I think it was a factor today, that some of our players had been around here before with the Sem (St. Brendan's) and with us too as minors," he added.

 

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