Kerry’s ten steals the show for historic five in-a-row

1854 days and counting.

30 games, still going strong. Five All-Ireland championships in a row. The Kerry minors, still absolutely unflinching. Galway put it up to them this time around, the Tribesmen did their level best but when it came down to it, Kerry just romped up through the gears and left the Tribesmen for dust. With the game in the melting pot, Peter Keane's Kingdom put the foot down and Galway had no answer for them. It wasn't looking that way early on. The men in maroon burst out of the blocks like scalded cats in Croke Park. They were hungrier, they looked fitter and everything was sticking to Galway jerseys while Kerry floundered. The Connacht champions were all over Kerry in midfield and their number 8 and 9, Paul Kelly and Conor Raftery were feeding their inside line who always seemed to have the beating of their men. And when Tony Gill tucked one into the bottom corner after 25 minutes to put Galway seven points up, the drive for five looked extremely unlikely. https://twitter.com/officialgaa/status/1036230055683350528 But it was as if that was a wake-up call for the boys of Kerry. They scored four of the next five points and only went into the interval trailing by only four. Peter Keane worked wonders in the dressing room at half-time and Kerry took to Croke Park for the second half hour a completely different team. By minute 42, they were level. By minute 48, they were one up. Galway rallied, but Kerry were only getting going. And a couple of their leaders stood up. Killian Falvey was kicking them from all angles, the half forward had four white flags raised from open play by the end of the day. By the end of the day, he was a deserving winner of the man-of-the-match award. Indeed, the half forward line was Kerry's most potent line with Falvey's partner in crime Paul Walsh also doing plenty of damage. That man Walsh has it all, both feet, the nerve, the looks and the physicality. Kerry's Fellaini kicked a beauty early on and a crucial one down the home straight. https://twitter.com/officialgaa/status/1036246474105999361 And then they'd done it, they'd become the first team of all time to win five All-Irelands in a row. https://twitter.com/Kerry_Official/status/1036243432006733825 That man Walsh, Kerry's ten, had the whole country talking. He's definitely one to watch down the line. https://twitter.com/PaulFahy2/status/1036241946195447809 https://twitter.com/shirleynailer/status/1036243280504258560 https://twitter.com/colmstenson/status/1036243993863106561 https://twitter.com/oreillyliam25_o/status/1036242495649337344 https://twitter.com/seanmcelwain32/status/1036236510184521728