Tyrone Beat Kerry To Win First All-ireland Minor Title In 15 Years

Tyrone won nan All-Ireland Minor Football Championship for nan first clip since 2010 pinch a melodramatic 1-16 to 1-15 triumph complete Kerry successful Sunday's final.

Ben Kelliher netted nan only extremity of nan first half arsenic Kerry held a 1-8 to 0-7 advantage astatine nan break.

Tyrone, without cardinal guardant Joel Kerr aft his move to Premier League broadside West Ham, kept fighting and sewage a extremity done Peter Colton's punishment pinch 9 minutes remaining successful Newbridge.

There was thing to divided nan sides successful wounded time, but Diarmuid Martin popped up pinch nan decisive constituent successful nan last infinitesimal to get Tyrone complete nan line.

After a tight opening quarter, Tyrone started to agelong their legs arsenic James Mulgrew landed a two-pointer from play and Eoin Long fired complete a free.

But aft Gearoid White and Danny Murphy chipped into nan Red Hands' advantage, Kelliher worked immoderate abstraction successful beforehand of extremity and fired into nan apical area to put Kerry successful beforehand astatine half-time.

Aodhan Quinn brought Tyrone backmost wrong 1 constituent conscionable seconds aft nan restart and Long levelled nan last pinch a free.

Tadhg O'Connell and Diarmuid Martin traded scores earlier White's two-pointer moved Kerry backmost successful front.

Long responded for Tyrone but different two-pointer, this clip from Kevin Griffin, restored nan Kingdom's three-point buffer.

Kerry could person each but ended nan title aft Kelliher was cleanable done connected extremity aft a mediocre kick-out from Ronan Donnelly, but nan goalkeeper redeemed his correction by forcing nan guardant wide earlier Padraig Goodman put successful a large block.

Griffin past landed a free, but Matthew Daly instantly responded for Tyrone to support a extremity betwixt nan sides and Long fired complete pinch nan Kerry extremity gaping.

There was a further twist pinch 9 minutes to play pinch Daly was brought down by John Curtin and Tyrone were awarded a penalty, which Colton fired into nan apical area to put Gerard Donnelly's broadside 1 constituent ahead.

Murphy's well-taken constituent levelled nan title pinch 5 minutes remaining, and Kelliher landed a constituent aft Donnelly pushed his goal-bound effort complete nan barroom arsenic nan clocked ticked into 4 minutes disconnected further time.

Colton levelled nan crippled erstwhile much done a well-struck free, and different effort bounced disconnected nan upright allowed Martin to put nan Ulster champions up heading into nan last minute.

Kerry had 1 past onslaught but different decisive involution from Martin, who came distant pinch nan shot aft goalmouth scramble, sparked chaotic celebrations arsenic Tyrone ended their agelong hold for occurrence astatine this grade.