Kerry 2-17 Limerick IT 0-5:KERRY CRUISED into a semi-final meeting with Cork, in Tralee next Sunday, at Austin Stack Park yesterday.

Kerry welcomed Tomás Ó Sé back to dominate at centre back but Jack O’Connor summed the game up afterwards when he said nothing could be gleaned from a game that was so one sided.

Kerry led 0-4 to 0-2 after 15 minutes through Alan O’Sullivan, Gary Sayers and David Geaney (two) frees. A superb effort from Lyne saw Kerry race 0-8 to 0-2 clear by the 30th minute, and then it was game over in the 32nd minute when David Geaney’s 45 was punched to the net by his cousin Paul. Kerry led 1-10 to 0-3 and points from Alan O’Sullivan and Darran O’Sullivan extended the lead. Two Paul Geaney points after brilliant approach play by Kieran Donaghy were followed in the 48th minute by a David Geaney goal that put Kerry 2-14 to 0-3 up.

KERRY: T Mac An tSaoir; K O’Dwyer, P Reidy, S Enright; J Lyne (0-2), T Ó Sé, E Hickson; S Scanlon, A O’Sullivan (0-2); G Sayers (0-1), Darran OSullivan (0-2, one free), B O’Grady (0-1); D Geaney (1-6, 0-4 frees), K Donaghy, P Geaney (1-3). Subs: N OMahony for G Sayers (half-time), D Moran for S Scanlon (47 mins), C O’Mahony for T Ó Sé (47 mins), D OSullivan for S Enright (47 mins), M ODonoghue for K Donaghy (52 mins).

LIMERICK IT: P Dwyer; S Bolton, N Brady, P Dalton; N Gaughan, E Leamy, P Sheehan; E Cummins, C Talty; D McNamara, D Clohessy, E O’Connor (0-1, free); D Heffernan, G Collins (0-3, one free), G O’Gorman (0-1). Subs: T McCarthy for D Clohessy (43 mins), S Lenihan for E Leamy (45 mins), S Hayes for D Heffernan (50 mins), D Murtagh for P Dalton (55 mins).

Referee: B Tyrell (Tipperary).