Kerry keep control to blow away Tyrone in All-Ireland semi-final
Kerry were long gone by that stage, getting out of the sun and into the welcome shade of the dressing room as soon as the final whistle sounded. There was a time when a victory over Tyrone would have sparked a far more emotional outburst but the longer time moves on, the less truck Kerry have with that sorrowful history and the more driven they are to rewrite a new narrative in this storied relationship.
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