After last weeks dramatic draw, Kerry and Cork will both be hoping to go one better as they face each other in the first of the All Ireland football semi-finals taking place on Sunday.  Once again Kerry are firm favourites, but news today that Cork’s Donnacha O’Connor is available for selection after having his 4 week suspension for punching slapping Kerry defender Aidan O’Mahony overturned shall come as welcome news to Cork supporters.  O’Connor had a fine game before his exit last week, scoring 4 points along the way, and his re-entry onto the Cork team sheet will no doubt play on the minds of those who backed Kerry before this announcement was made.  Kerry on the other hand have not been so lucky and Darragh Ó Sé shall remain suspended for the game, with Eoin Brosnan being the man most likely to replace him.  Apart from this change both sides are expected to name the same 30 players that produced that epic battle 4 days ago.  Sunshine and light winds are forecast for Sunday, which will probably favour Kerry’s style of play, and with Cork perhaps being fortunate in grabbing 2 late goals last time and Kerry having so many wides, it really is hard to look past a Kerry victory. 

In the other tie taking place on Sunday, Wexford take on Tyrone in another game which promises to be an absolute cracker.  Both sides have already upset the form books on their prospective journeys to the semi-finals and it is the Wexford team who will go into the game retaining their underdog status.  Don’t let this fact fool you into thinking that this will be an easy tie for Tyrone, as Jason Ryan’s men have already shown that they have character by the truckload by bouncing straight back after being so badly humiliated by Dublin in the Leinster final.  It should be a high scoring game and one that I think Wexford will be able to cover the handicap in.