All-Ireland Under-20 football championship final: Kerry 0-21 Tyrone 1-10All-Ireland wins are never less than special but ones like this, delivered against the head and against an old enemy, are particularly sweet.Nobody was showing this Kerry team much love back in mid-April when they lost to Cork in the Munster round-robin.At that stage, Tomás Ó Sé was in his fourth season as manager and had yet to land the big one, suffering an All-Ireland final defeat to Tyrone in 2024 and a semi-final defeat to the same county in 2025.The group dug in impressively to regain the Munster title, and to reach this national final, but more difficulties landed at their door early on at Croke Park.With 19 minutes on the clock, Tyrone led by 1-7 to 0-2. Fast-forward to the 26th minute and the Ulster champions were 1-8 to 0-4 up.So how is it that Kerry went on to win by eight points, forcing a remarkable 16-point swing on the scoreboard to take a first title since 2008?A lot of it came down to Evan Boyle, their totem midfielder who plucked ball after ball out of the sky, providing the platform for Kerry to initially get back into the contest and then to dominate it.Dalata Hotel Group GAA Football All-Ireland U20 Championship Final, Croke Park, Dublin 30/5/2026
Kerry dig deep to pull off remarkable turnaround win over Tyrone in All-Ireland Under-20 decider
Tomás Ó Sé’s side completed a 16-point swing on the scoreboard to take a first title since 2008
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