Tomas O Se has tipped his Nemo Rangers team-mate Luke Connolly for a 'big year' in advance of this evening's Munster SFC final.

The five-time All-Ireland winner was impressed with the Rebel County, and corner-forward Connolly in particular, in their semi-final win over Tipperary.

"It's been brilliant to see Connolly flourish because he's a real confidence player," O Se writes in his Irish Independent column today.

"I could never understand how he wasn't getting a game under the previous Cork management. I mean, just watch him. He has this lovely ability to glide past defenders. It's almost an optical illusion in that he looks like someone only in second gear, but he's actually flying.

"Trust me, this guy's an exceptional talent, can kick off left or right and could be ready for a big year now."

His native county also caught the eye last time out against Clare and O Se expects Eamonn Fitzmaurice & Co to prevail in the latest chapter of this long standing rivalry.

"Cork won't be accommodating, that's guaranteed. Still, they've yet to prove categorically that they've made significant progress from last year, and that they're capable of taking a real scalp when it matters.

"For now, I just can't see it. Because give this Kerry team an inch, they'll take a mile. And that's what I see happening in the Pairc this evening.

"The Kingdom by six or seven."

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