Cork enjoyed a 3-6 to 0-10 victory over Kerry in their Munster MFC quarter-final replay at Austin Stack Park, Tralee yesterday evening.

Goals were the key for the Rebels while corner forward Michael Cahalane produced a man of the match performance. The Bandon youngster was responsible for 2-5 of his sides tally.

With the breeze in their favour, Kerry opened up 0-4 to 0-0 lead after six minutes of play thanks to scores from Conor Keane, Tomás Ó Sé, Eanná Ó Conchúir and Jack Savage.

Cahalane got Cork up and running with a well taken score before his rasping shot at goal rebounded off the woodwork and into the Kerry net. This left the sides level.

Cork led at the interval - 2-4 to 0-5. Cahalane's second goal on 24 minutes pushed the Rebels clear.

The game was effectively over as a contest within a minute of the restart when Kevin O'Neill put the ball beyond 'keeper Shane Ryan for Cork's third goal.

Kevin Shanahan had a goal chance for Kerry but his effort went wide. This was the Kingdom's only real chance of the second half.

Cork - A Casey, M McSweeney, D Quinn, K Flahive; S White, S Cronin, K O'Neill (1-0); R Harkin (0-1), C Kingston; R O'Sullivan, K O'Connor, K Cremin; M Cahalane (2-5, 3f), A Moynihan, J Bushe. Subs: D O'Driscoll for O'Sullivan, K Histon for Quinn, R Cahalane for Moynihan, P O'Brien for O'Neill, C O'Driscoll for M Cahalane.

Kerry - S Ryan; S T Dillon, C Ó Lúing, P Ó Conchúir; M Flaherty, G Horan, B Sugrue; É Ó Conchúir (0-1), K Shanahan; T Ó Sé (0-1), J Savage (0-6, 5f), D Foran; C Keane (0-2), C Jordan, K Spillane. Subs: M Burns for Spillane, F Clifford for Dillon, P Carroll for Foran, S O'Connor for Ó Conchúir.

Referee - D Grogan. Tweet

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