Kerry and Cork will have focused on the mental aspect of preparations ahead of this weekend's Munster SFC final replay, according to Darragh Ó Sé.

Writing in The Irish Times, Ó Sé states: "Replays are all about the head. Kerry and Cork wouldn't have been able to do a whole pile of innovation between the drawn game and this weekend.

"With a game of that pace, you'd have a recovery session, probably one decent session last week and a half a decent session this week and that's about the size of it.

"You can't stick fellas down into a bunker and say we're going at this thing every night for two weeks. It's far more important to work on getting their heads right.

"Even though you're still technically no further down the road than you were before the drawn game, there's no point pretending that nothing has changed or that it's the same game as it was two weeks ago.

"This is a different challenge now. The terms of reference are more defined. Before the drawn game, you were still a bit in the dark over what the other team was going to throw at you. Now you know."

The former midfield maestro sides with his native county to finish off the job at the second attempt.

"My gut feeling is that Kerry will have done enough head work over the two weeks to come through this.

"This game is too important not to win because the summer could be over pretty quickly if they leave it behind them."

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