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County Pulse · Senior Football · 2026

Kerry

Pulse rating

awaiting editorial read

Munster · NFL Division 1 (Runners-up) · Manager: Jack O'Connor Still in · Lost R1, dropping to Round 2B

editorial standfirst pending. The data below is verified and ready; this is where the county's story gets told.

Form →

NFL D1 R6

Mayo

W +16

NFL D1 R7

Armagh

Drew

NFL D1 Fina

Donegal

L -13

Muns SF

Clare

W +8

Muns F

Cork

W +8

AI R1

Donegal

L -10

22.7

Avg scored
(season)

20.4

Avg conceded
(season)

9 / 11

Games with a goal

Goals scored
(season)

Goals conceded
(season)

6-58

Top scorer
(David Clifford)

Where the scores come from

Goal = 3 · two-pointer = 2 · point = 1

Scoring source by game

Two-point breakdown, data being verified. Verifying the two-point arc tally per game requires manual checking against the official match reports. Until that's complete this block is intentionally blank rather than estimated.

The scoring engine

Season totals across 11 verified games

Top scorers

David Clifford

6-58 (76)

across 10 games

Seán O’Shea

0-23 (23)

across 3 games

Tony Brosnan

1-19 (22)

across 6 games

Dylan Geaney

2-13 (19)

across 6 games

Paudie Clifford

1-10 (13)

across 5 games

Keith Evans

1-08 (11)

across 6 games

Results in 2026

League and championship · chronological · 11 games

NFL D1 R12026-01-25

RoscommonFitzgerald Stadium, Killarney

2-18 – 1-2024 – 23 ↗

Win +1

NFL D1 R22026-02-01

DonegalBallyshannon

1-18 – 1-2221 – 25 ↗

Loss -4

NFL D1 R32026-02-14

GalwayAustin Stack Park

2-17 – 3-1423 – 23 ↗

Draw

NFL D1 R42026-02-21

DublinPáirc An Chrócaigh

1-16 – 1-1019 – 13 ↗

Win +6

NFL D1 R52026-03-01

MonaghanFitzgerald Stadium, Killarney

1-18 – 0-721 – 7 ↗

Win +14

NFL D1 R62026-03-14

MayoAustin Stack Park

2-29 – 0-1935 – 19 ↗

Win +16

NFL D1 R72026-03-22

ArmaghBOX-IT Athletic Grounds, Armagh

0-24 – 1-2124 – 24 ↗

Draw

NFL D1 Final2026-03-29

DonegalPáirc An Chrócaigh

2-10 – 3-2016 – 29 ↗

Loss -13

Munster SF2026-04-25

ClareZimmer Biomet Páirc Chíosóg, Ennis

2-19 – 1-1425 – 17 ↗

Win +8

Munster Final2026-05-10

CorkFitzgerald Stadium, Killarney

1-23 – 1-1526 – 18 ↗

Win +8

Sam Maguire R12026-05-23

DonegalFitzgerald Stadium, Killarney

0-16 – 2-2016 – 26 ↗

Loss -10

Squad & rotation

Across 11 games with verified line-up data

Players used (with lineup data)

Started every recorded game

Games with lineup data

Rotation matrix, started · benched · missed

NFLMunsterSam Maguire

PlayerR1R2R3R4R5R6R7FSFFR1Starts

Dylan Casey11/11

Jason Foley11/11

Shane Murphy11/11

Tadhg Morley10/11

David Clifford9/11

Armin Heinrich9/11

Keith Evans9/11

Micheál Burns7/11

Mike Breen7/11

Cillian Trant6/11

Evan Looney6/11

Dylan Geaney6/11

Tony Brosnan5/11

Joe O’Connor5/11

Graham O’Sullivan4/11

Tom O’Sullivan4/11

Liam Smith3/11

Paudie Clifford3/11

Paul Murphy3/11

Mark O’Shea3/11

Graham O'Sullivan3/11

Mark O'Shea3/11

Seán O’Shea3/11

Joe O'Connor2/11

Sean O’Brien2/11

Tomás Kennedy2/11

Diarmuid O’Connor2/11

Sean O'Shea2/11

Eddie Healy1/11

Killian Spillane1/11

Paul Geaney1/11

Seán O'Brien1/11

Armin Heinrrich1/11

Diarmuid O'Connor1/11

Paul Geaney ([HoganStand](https://hoganstand.com/County/Dublin/Article/Index/340283)1/11

Sean O’Shea1/11

Seanie O’Shea1/11

Seán O'Shea1/11

Seán O’Brien1/11

Séan O’Brien1/11

[Munster GAA](https://munster.gaa.ie/event/2026-munster-senior-football-championship-final/))1/11

Donagh O’Sullivan0/11

Micheal Burns0/11

Darragh Lyne0/11

Tom O'Sullivan0/11

Tomas Kennedy0/11

Brian Ó Beaglaoich0/11

Cathal Brosnan0/11

Charlie Keating0/11

Darragh Roche0/11

David Roche0/11

Donagh O'Sullivan0/11

Donagh O'Sullivan for K Evans (62) ([Munster GAA](https://munster.gaa.ie/event/2026-munster-senior-football-championship-final/))0/11

Eddie Healy for S O'Brien0/11

Gavin White0/11

Gavin White for A Heinrich0/11

Gavin White for D Casey0/11

Ruairi Murphy0/11

Ruairí Murphy0/11

Stephen O'Brien0/11

Tom Leo O'Sullivan0/11

Tom Leo O’Sullivan0/11

Tomás Kennedy for P Geaney0/11

Tony Brosnan for P Clifford0/11

Started Off the bench Not in squad Right column: starts / games played

Discipline

Cards across 2026

Red cards · 2

Player unidentified · Micheál Burns

Black cards · 2

David Clifford · Player unidentified

Yellow cards · 1

Player unidentified

Trajectory

'24 → '25 → '26

Trajectory, awaiting editorial read. Two-year arc, what changed, what's coming next. This block is left for Rory to write rather than auto-generated from past-season data we haven't verified to the same standard as 2026.