Monaghan and Derry avenge All-Ireland semi-final defeats

Shane McGuigan kicked a last-gasp free as Derry marked their return to Division One with a thrilling 2-8 to 0-15 win over Kerry in Tralee.

Ulster champions Derry led 0-8 to 0-4 at the break before a strong Kerry fightback in the second half.

The Kingdom scored goals through Conor Geaney and Dylan Casey.

But McGuigan notched his seventh point from a free deep in injury time to give Mickey Harte a win in his first league outing as Derry boss.

In Derry's first top-flight game since 2015, Harte named a strong team with Glen trio Conor Glass, Ethan Doherty and Ciaran McFaul starting just a week after their All-Ireland-winning exploits with Glen.

In testing conditions in Tralee, Derry established early control with captain Glass opening the scoring after just three minutes.

McGuigan scored four of Derry's eight points in the first half with Chrissy McKiague, Conor Doherty and Brendan Rogers also on the scoresheet.

With the Clifford brothers David and Paudie absent for Kerry, Sean O'Shea kicked three of the Kingdom's four points in the opening half.

Four-points from Shane McGuigan, and one each from Chrissy McKaigue, Conor Doherty and Brendan Rogers meant that Derry never trailed Kerry throughout the opening half.

Derry appeared to be cruising early in the second half, stretching their lead out to six points, before McFaul picked up a black card for pulling down Gavin White.

Kerry fought back impressively with Geaney taking advantage of Derry keeper Odhran Lynch straying from his line to raise a green flag, before Casey's goal levelled the game with seven minutes left.

From there, the Kingdom dominated for long spells but spurned three goal chances before McGuigan slotted a late free after substitute Cormac Murphy had been felled to give Derry a measure of revenge for last year's All-Ireland semi-final loss.