Dr Crokes (Kerry)1-14

Kilmurry-Ibrickane (Clare) 0-8

Daithi Casey netted a second half penalty as Dr Crokes enjoyed a comfortable Munster club SFC quarter-final victory over Kilmurry-Ibrickane in Quilty.

Apart from the first quarter, the Kerry champions were totally dominant as they set up a semi-final meeting with the Tipperary champions in a fortnight's time. The home side looked weary after their Clare SFC final replay win over Cratloe last weekend with Shane Hickey their only scorer from play.

Hickey and Ian McInerney had Kilmurry-Ibrickane 0-2 to 0-1 in front early on, but Pat O'Shea's charges gradually took control as points from Casey, Brian Looney, Kieran O'Leary, Eoin Brosnan and Gavin O'Shea helped them to a 0-7 to 0-4 interval lead.

Despite losing Johnny Buckey to injury and full back Michael Moloney to a black card in the first half, Crokes extended their advantage to 1-7 to 0-5 when Casey tucked away a 34th minute penalty after Martin McMahon was penalised for a foot block on Kieran O'Leary. Colm Cooper, who had a quiet first half by his standards, clipped over three second half points as the Killarney outfit eased home.

Dr Crokes - S Murphy; J Payne, M Moloney, F Fitzgerald; G White, A O'Sullivan, D O'Leary; E Brosnan (0-1), J Buckley; A O'Donovan, G O'Shea (0-1), B Looney (0-1); C Cooper (0-3, 2f), D Casey (1-2, 1-0pen), K O'Leary (0-2). Subs: M Burns (0-1) for J Buckley, L Quinn for M Moloney, T Brosnan (0-2) for G O'Shea, J Kiely (0-1) for B Looney, M Milner for K O'Leary, PJ Lawlor for C Cooper.

Kilmurry-Ibrickane - I McInerney (0-3f); M Killeen, D Hickey, M McMahon; D Sexton, C Morrissey, D Callinan; K King, E Coughlan; M McCarthy, M Hogan, S Hickey (0-1); M O'Dwyer, P O'Dwyer, Keelan Sexton (0-3, 2f). Subs: S Moloney for M O'Dwyer, J McNamara for D Callinan, N Hickey (0-1) for M Hogan, Keith Sexton for M McCarthy, K Killeen for S Hickey, T O'Connor for E Coughlan.

Referee - K Murphy.

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