5 All-Ireland winners named among strong Kerry side for minor semi-final against Kildare tomorrow
Peter Keane has named his Kerry side ahead of tomorrow afternoon's All-Ireland MFC semi-final showdown with Kildare in Croke Park.
The Kingdom boss has opted to make two changes to the team that easily dispatched Derry with 11 points to spare in the quarter-final last time out, with Diarmuid O'Connor coming in at wing-forward and Brian Friel getting the nod at corner-forward. Bryan Sweeney and Ferdia O'Brien are the two to miss out from the win over the Oak Leaf men a month ago.
There is place for five players who were part of the All-Ireland winning side in 2015, with both Billy Courtney and Sean O'Shea starting last year's decider, while Daniel O'Brien, Mike Breen and Graham O'Sullivan all came on as subs that day.
Kerry are trying to make it three All-Ireland MFC titles in a row, and would become the first team since Cork in the late sixties to do so if they win it this year.
Kerry team to play Kildare:
- Billy Courtney
- David Naughton
- Niall Collins
- Graham O'Sullivan
- Michael Potts
- Daniel O’Brien
- Micheal Foley
- Mike Breen
- Mark Ryan
- Dara Moynihan
- Sean O’Shea
- Diarmuid O'Connor
- David Clifford
- David Shaw
- Brian Friel.
Subs: Sean O Luing, Bryan Sweeney, Kieran Dwyer, Ferdia O'Brien, Micheal Reidy, Caolim Teahan, Stefan Okunbar, Niall Donohue, Cormac Linnane.