Eoin Brosnan insists Kerry aren't taking Tipperary's challenge lightly.

The Kingdom are the hottest of favourites to dispatch the Premier County from the Munster SFC for a third successive year, but Brosnan isn't leaving anything to chance.

"Their pedigree, at underage level, is better than Kerry's in the last few years. We treat every game professionally and we are treating Sunday the same way," the Dr Crokes clubman said.

"They didn't have a great league but Kerry's experience with them means that we will give them all the respect they deserve. Two years ago I remember watching the game up in Thurles and it was only in the last 10 minutes did Kerry pull away from then.

"Coming out of Croke Park last month against Mayo that the team was disappointed because that was one chance of silverware gone. We have two left. The one on the horizon at the moment is the provincial championship and we certainly want to go, if at all possible, the direct route."

The centre back admits the Kerry dressing room will be a strange place without Tom O'Sullivan - who recently announced his retirement - this afternoon.

"Any fella who has been around a long time becomes a part of the furniture and there is no doubt that he will be missed," he continued.

"He was a popular guy. He had this laid-back way about him meaning you always had a bit of concern but when the whistle went at the start of a game there was no better man for the 70 minutes. Since last year Tom and Tommy Griffin have both departed but as everyone saw during the league there were a lot of new players tried out who have been fantastic." Tweet

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