Kerry manager Peter Keane is pleased with the passion and work-rate that his team showed in their opening League win over Tyrone.
They earned a 0-11 to 0-7 victory in Fitzgerald Stadium, a first League win for the new boss.
"I think we played with a bit of passion and we worked very hard," Keane told RTÉ Sport.
"I suppose the most pleasing part of it is that we came out of it having only conceded seven points.
"All our home games are very very difficult ones, all the games are difficult but the home ones in particular where people expect you to win your home games.
"It’s very pleasing to have won a home game especially when you are playing against a Tyrone team that have been competitive and only won the McKenna cup last weekend and a few short months ago and did very well in that All-Ireland final.
"It was pleasing from that perspective that we won but at the end of the day it’s two points at the start of the League we are on the road again next week so that is the next thing to look forward to."
The four new football rules were in operation over the weekend, the offensive/defensive mark, the 20m kickout, the mandatory forward sideline kick outside the 20m and the sin-bin
Tyrone were penalised on several occasions for offences as they struggled to get to grips with the changes.
However Kerry were much more comfortable with their application despite the challenges some players face in playing under old and new rules simultaneously.
"You have guys playing Sigerson Cup in the middle of the week and they are playing old rules then they are coming back in.
"It’s chopping and changing look from our perspective these are the rules that are there and I’m happy enough with that."
The first half was a low scoring affair, with Tyrone registering just one point as they trailed 0-05 to 0-01 at the interval, but the Kingdom boss felt they could have been further in front at that stage.
"Scores were hard to come by. We had played against the wind and conditions weren’t great we had a couple of opportunities for goals that we didn’t take.
"We would have like if we had taken them we could have sailed off a bit more comfortable at half time, we didn’t and fellas kept at it and they kept working."
