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Kerrygaaboston <kerrygaaboston>

	Kingdom come good against Armagh	132 days ago
	Courtesy of The Irish Emigrant... Armagh Notre Dame 2-4 v Kerry 3-13 With the season currently at the halfway stage and the league beginning to take shape, two teams under threat of being left behind faced each other hoping to make a positive step in their push for places in this year’s semi finals. Both Armagh and Kerry had been neck and neck in the table recently until Kerry’s fine win over high flying St. Christophers keeping them in contention for a run at the Senior Championship this magnified the importance of taking a win from the game. While Kerry have hit form, Notre Dame were less impressive in their last game and were looking to recreate the form which led them to victory over Cork in their only win this season. After conceding six goals in their last game, Armagh were anxious to keep things tighter in this fixture and were looking equally prolific with a three pointer from Neil Jordan after the first attack. Just like the week before, the early lead was short lived as a loose ball into the box was not dealt with and Kerry brought back the deficit with their first goal of the game. Agian, the Armagh net was under siege and Kerry found their third from the penalty spot after a long run from Kiely was halted illegally and the forward dispatched a shot calmly past the goalkeeper. Over the course of the first half both sides shared equal possession and Armagh did create more chance for scores but were struggling to take them under pressure from the Kingdom defense while the men of Kerry were far more accurate, hitting six in the first half, mostly from play and this made the half time score 2-6 to 1-3. The supreme fitness of a strong Kerry side began to shine threw as they found Armagh’s Achilles heel in that department. The Orchard County ran out of steam and succumbed to another goal midway through the second half when Crofy got on the end of a good move to run through and chip a delightful lob over the stranded goalkeeper. Armagh did find the net for their second but too little too late as Kerry’s ability to convert possession into scores told with a final scoreline of 3-13 to 2-4 to move the Munster side further up the table. Armagh ND: C. Molloy, A. Doyle, N. Lennon, , D. Burke, F. Meehan, B. Boylan, G. Gilsenan, N. Jordon, F. McClelland, M. Tiffney, D. Maguire, D. Gilsenan. Subs: M. Graham, D. Fields, A. McLoughlin, P. McArdle, S. McCorry, C. Moore, N. Kelly, S. Murphy, B. O’Donnell Kerry: J. Molloy, A Fenton, C O'Sullivan, F O'Sullivan, B Lombard, M. Godley, J. Moroney, G O'Keeffe, R. Crofit, S. Kiely, L. Shortan, B. Kennedy, R. O’Neill Subs: T. Dennehy, I.Byrne, R O'Dwyer
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