Kerry landed their first Cadbury's U21 FC title since 2002 at Ardfinnan thanks to a gritty 0-15 to 2-7 win over a game Tipperary side. Impressive Tipp wing back Brian Fox scored a brilliant 10th minute goal but the visitors recovered to go in on level terms, 0-7 to 1-4, at half-time. Tipp keeper Matthew O'Donnell produced a superb double save in the 13th minute and another seven minutes before half-time to keep a mis-firing Kerry at bay. With the breeze at their backs, four unanswered points after half-time gave Kerry some breathing space but Sean Carey then goaled for Tipp with 12 minutes remaining to make it a two point game, 2-5 to 0-13. Kerry senior Tommy Walsh crucially pointed for his side though as Tipp agonisingly fell short of causing a major upset. Kerry - T Mac an tSaoir; C O'Mahony, K Young, S Enright; Aidan O'Sullivan, M Moloney, E Murphy; D Moran, Alan O'Sullivan 0-2; K O'Leary 0-1, M O'Donoghue 0-3, B Looney; P Curran 0-3, T Walsh 0-1, P O'Connor 0-4. Subs: K Brennan 0-1 for Looney, J Buckley for O'Donoghue, J Doolan for Curran. Tipperary - M O'Donnell 0-1; J Coghlan, C McDonald, D Buckley; C Alyward, P Codd, B Fox 1-1; G Hannigan, P Donnellan; C Dillon, B Jones 0-1, C McGrath 0-1; R Ryan, S Carey 1-2, D Darcy 0-1. Subs: D Keogh for Ryan, T Dalton for Dillon. Ref - M Condon (Waterford). Tweet

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