Kerry captain Gavin White says they will look to stick to their county’s traditional style of football while trying to “nullify Donegal's threats” in Sunday’s All-Ireland SFC final.

The Kingdom are looking to land what would be their county’s 39th Sam Maguire Cup success at Croke Park this weekend against the Ulster champions who are back on football’s biggest stage for the first time since 2014.

David Clifford’s sensational form to date sees Munster champions heading towards the decider as slight favourites with the bookmakers and, speaking to media this week in the build-up, White also pointed to the importance of starting 15,  “the background cast” that come in and managerial backroom team within the set-up.

"I suppose just winning primary possession and playing Kerry football like we've always done. Kicking through the lines as much as we can and just taking it every play as it comes," the Kingdom’s skipper is quoted saying by RTE Sport.

"Obviously, there's other bits and pieces that comes with the opposition that are ahead of us in Armagh and Tyrone and Donegal will bring different challenges to us as well.

"We'll try to play Kerry football as best we can and hopefully we can nullify Donegal's threats as well.

"David is very experienced at this stage. I think he's going to play in his fifth All-Ireland final, so he's very experienced, and his leadership for the younger lads inside the camp is also very, very important. He's been phenomenal for us all year, like other players as well.

"It's 15 that take the pitch at the start of the game and then obviously you have a serious background cast that come into this along with the backroom management and all that. They're huge part in it.

"Obviously David takes all the plaudits, and well-deserved, he’s a phenomenal player, but we try to support, and every player tries to play as best they can on the day."

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