Kerry are Munster junior football champions for the 43rd time, having beaten Cork by 0-14 to 0-13 in the final at Austin Stack Park.

Captain Paul O'Donoghue was on target seven times for the winners, who led by 0-12 to 0-7 four minutes into the second half and had to withstand a spirited Rebel revival before clinching the title for a third year running.

The defending All-Ireland champions led by four at the short whistle, 0-10 to 0-6, with St Mary's clubman O'Donoghue registering half of their first-half haul.

Michael Vaughan supplied three of the Leesiders' scores before the break and three more in the second half - his point followed by one from Eoghan Buckley had the gap back to two with a quarter of the match left, 0-12 to 0-10.

Sean Michéal Ó Conchúir and O'Donoghue ('45') ensured that three separated the teams going into the last six minutes but late Cork points from Vaughan and Mark Sugrue meant we witnessed a typically exciting Kerry V Cork finale.

Kerry - D O'Shea; D Brosnan, J Foley, C O Luing; P Clifford (0-1), A Barry, L Bastible; A Spillane (0-2), M O'Donnell; B O Seanachain, P O'Donoghue (0-7, 5f, 1'45), D Foran; S M O Conchuir (0-2), K Hurley (0-1), N O'Shea (0-1). Subs: F Clifford for D Brosnan, L O'Donoghue for P Clifford, K O'Sullivan for M O'Donnell, R Wharton for D Foran, S O'Sullivan for K Hurley, A Barry for S O'Sullivan.

Cork - A Casey; D Colfer, P Murphy, J Mullins; D O'Neill, B Daly, K Histon; J Corkery, C Brosnan; M Vaughan (0-6), K O'Hanlon (0-1), R Harkin; M Sugrue (0-3, 2f), G O'Connor, D Harrington. Subs: E Buckley (0-3) for D Harrington, C Moynihan for J Corkery, TJ Brosnan for D O'Neill, P Condon for G O'Connor, S O'Leary for C Brosnan, N McCarthy for P Murphy.

Referee - D Grogan.

Paul O Donoghue with the Munster Junior Championship Cup pic.twitter.com/RMiMNE5G1w

- Kerry GAA (@Kerry_Official) June 29, 2016

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