What a game!
Kerry are the All-Ireland SFC champions, beating Donegal in today’s final, 1-26 to 0-19.
The Kingdom ran riot in the first half, shooting into the canal end, and scored four two-pointers to Donegal’s zero, giving them a seven-point lead.
Donegal threatened to mount a comeback in the second half, getting to within four points, but it was too big a mountain to overcome.
After the game, fans took to social media, baffled as to why Donegal attempted so few two-pointers, particularly when there was still plenty of time to mount a comeback and the opportunities were there.
Has nobody told Donegal about 2 pointers?
— Name cannot be blank (@jiggerypokery80) July 27, 2025
Donegal boss on two-pointers
After their the league meeting between the side’s, back in February, McGuinness gave his thoughts on the two-point rule.
He said: “Galway showed that last weekend, put on a clinic in terms of long-range points.
“It is a very important part of the game. I am not sure how much you can coach it. You do need natural kickers.
“I think fatigue plays a part. When we couldn’t get across, those opportunities opened up for Kerry to kick scores.
“There are going to be games this year where teams get bloody noses, there are going to be teams killed at the death.
“Fatigue and long kickouts and two-pointers put far more chance into the game.
“You could have a brilliant 60 minutes and not get anything out of the game.
“At the moment, I think it is almost impossible to defend. The game is just crazy transitional.
“It is off kickout, it is off turnovers, it is one-v-one combat in the attacking half, plus the goalkeeper.
“So the balance, it is 35/65 I would say that teams can get you stopped and can get you slowed and can get contact.
“Finbarr Roarty made a brilliant block, a massively important block in terms of us getting a result down here, but there wasn’t much more.
“We were getting our shots off, they were getting their shots off.
“Could it get boring? Last weekend, we were watching the scores come in and to my mind the football scores trumped the hurling scores, so that might answer the question.”
