Sean O’Shea claims Kerry revelled in the role of underdogs against Armagh.

The Kenmare sharpshooter top-scored with 0-12 as the Kingdom put their recent indifferent form behind them to blitz the All-Ireland champions in the second half and set up a mouth-watering All-Ireland SFC semi-final against Tyrone.

"We were written off. People weren't giving us a hope, even down home (in Kerry),” O’Shea said after receiving the Player of the Match award.

"But we've a really tight group. Nobody knows what goes inside there in our dressing room. As fellas we love each other. We're a really tight group and I think that showed there today.

"We'd asked the Kerry crowd to get behind us today and they really did help us out there during that second half."

He added: “"People have probably talked about our squad and said that we don't have strength in depth. We showed today that we do. Look at Evan Looney coming in for Tom O'Sullivan after 10 or 15 minutes.

"In only his third or fourth Championship game, I thought he took to it like a duck to water. Nothing fazed him.”

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