Kerry SFC quarter-final: Charlie Keating the hero as Dr Crokes win classic encounter with Austin Stacks

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Dr Crokes came through their Kerry SFC quarter-final against Austin Stacks, and the man who settled it never started the game. Charlie Keating came off the bench and shot 0-7 in 23 minutes of football, a return that decided a tie both sides fought hard to win. The Kerry championship produces tight last-eight ties almost by habit, given how deep club football runs in the county. Austin Stacks, a storied Tralee club, made their Killarney rivals work for every foothold before the game slipped away from them. Seven points from barely twenty minutes of action is the kind of figure that gets retold for the rest of the season. It is also the sort of impact substitute every manager talks about wanting and almost never receives. Dr Crokes march on, with Keating's cameo the detail everyone carries out of the evening.

Keating shot 0-7 off the bench in 23 minutes of football

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