Christy O'Connor breaks down the stats from the Munster football final

In the end, Kerry scored 20 of 26 chances for a conversion rate of 77%; Cork nailed just 13 of 28, for a conversion rate of just 46%. Yet even when Cork had that momentum after the goal, their conversion rate from there to the end was 44%; conversely, Kerry nailed seven of their last eight shots.

The Cork full-back line was in huge trouble early on but that pressure eased when Cork got a foothold around the middle, and the same volume of ball being kicked into the Kerry full-forward line slowed down, or the huge tracts of space Kerry’s runners were exploiting, was shut down from Cork players drifting back the field.

It may have seemed surprising to haul Hurley off late on but Gavin Crowley was sitting as a sweeper in front of Hurley by then and Cork knew that the running game was their best option to get at Kerry.
