Kerry hurling boss Fintan O’Connor says he hopes it will be fourth time lucky when his side meet Antrim in this Sunday’s Joe Donagh Cup final.
The Kingdom have already lost out to the Saffrons on three occasions this year - twice in the league and once already in the McDonagh Cup – and O’Connor knows they’ll have a battle on their hands this weekend at headquarters.
“Antrim are a really good team, there's no point saying any different. In fairness, the league final was probably the closest game we've had with them,” he told GAA.ie.
“I think Antrim were probably disappointed after that game and would have felt the score-line flattered us even though they won the game. I think in Corrigan Park the last day it was over nearly after 20 minutes.
“Look, they're a very good team, but we're not going up to Croke Park just for a look around. We'll hope to take a little bit out of those games and come up with something a little bit different the next day and pose questions we haven't posed already.
“There's no point in hiding the fact that this is a massive day for everyone in Kerry hurling and a massive day for all the lads. Everyone is hugely proud of them getting there, but they want to go up and perform now on Sunday.”
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