Kerry's young stars get a resounding thumbs-up from team-mate Killian Young.

At just 25, Renard clubman Young was one of the veterans of the side that beat Dublin in Croke Park on Saturday night, but he was mightily impressed by the maturity of rookies like Peter Crowley, Shane Enright, Brian Maguire, James O'Donoghue and Barry John Keane - all of whom are in their early 20s:

"There's pressure in the county with success at minor and U21 level lacking, but in fairness to Kerry we're still bringing a few fellas through and I think the boys are showing great attitude and I think they matured a lot over the winter.

"I presume the training last year is standing to them and they seem bigger and stronger from the winter.

"I thought they did a fantastic job against Dublin; it didn't look like they were playing their first game.

"Their communication was brilliant, there were a couple of forwards who were doing a lot of rotating and switching.

"The boys were well able to react and change and stuff like that. I think the younger fellas are maturing well." Tweet

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