Aghabullogue boss Ray Keane not fazed by strong An Ghaeltacht side

Aghabullogue manager Ray Keane isn’t fazed by coming up against An Ghaeltacht this weekend.

The Muskerry side are underdogs going into their AIB Munster Club IFC final against their fancied Kerry opposition. The decider is being played at Mick Neville Park in Rathkeale tomorrow (4pm).

“This is just another game but like what we've always done since we’ve come in is that we have taken it one game at a time,” Keane says.

“Obviously we want to go up to Limerick and win whilst at the same time realising the challenge that's there. But like if I didn’t think we weren’t going up to Limerick to win I don't think we'd be going at all because what would be the point? You have to have belief in yourself.

“We’re just looking forward to hopefully giving it a good go and seeing where it takes us.

“To be fair to An Ghaeltacht and leaving aside I suppose the grading system and the difference in all of that, one thing you'll say about them is that they're all footballers anyway. Most of their players would have probably touched the Kerry inter-county scene at some stage."

Aghabullogue come into the Munster final on the back of their four-point win over Limerick side Askeaton-Ballysteen-Kilcornan at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh a fortnight ago.

“Semi-finals are there to be won, no one ever really remembers them. That's the reality of them. We won by four points and left an awful lot behind us.

“That's just going to happen every now and again. We have a group of lads that give it everything to be fair, honest as you'll get.

“We know though that we'll need a huge improvement and more to get to An Ghaeltacht’s level.

“If you would have said to me when we as a management team came in last year that we were winning a county let alone be heading for a Munster final, I would have said that you were off your head. 

"You have to try and milk everything you can out of winning and this is the next obstacle in the way so let's go at it and see where it takes us.” 

Keane is confident his team can put in a performance as they chase a first provincial football title for the club after losing the Munster Junior football final in 2004.

“The lads are young and they're giddy at times and you know there's a spirit there. You know that they will just go at it and it's great because once you can harness them in the right direction they'll give you everything.

“If they give us everything above in Rathkeale, we'll see where that'll take us.”