Kerry manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice says his side have been waiting a championship re-match with Dublin since last September's All-Ireland final defeat.

The Munster champions take on Jim Gavin's side at Croke Park on Sunday with both teams vying for a return to the big stage next month and Fitzmaurice admits that he envisaged rematch with the men from the capital this summer.

"I think it's always been on the horizon for us," he told GAA.ie. "But you have to be very careful. And you have to treat all the other games with the upmost of care.

"And we were professional in the three games we've played previously. Obviously there was that carrot on the horizon for us, that if we could….our first aim, when we get to the Championship always is to win the Munster Championship, which we did.

"And we knew then at that stage if we kept winning, the likelihood is that Dublin were going to keep winning and we'd be playing them in an All-Ireland semi-final.

"It's the game we wanted. It's the game we've been waiting for since last September. We have it now."

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