Kildare starting lineup confirmed for All-Ireland U20 semi-final

Euan Cowzer of Kildare celebrates scoring a point during the Dalata Hotel Group Leinster U20 Football Championship final match against Louth, Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile | SPORTSFILE

placeholder image — Euan Cowzer of Kildare celebrates scoring a point during the Dalata Hotel Group Leinster U20 Football Championship final match against Louth, Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile | SPORTSFILE

Niall Cronin and his management have announced the Kildare U20 Football Team to play Tyrone in the U20 All-Ireland Semi-Final

The Kildare starting lineup for tonight’s (Wednesday, May 13) Dalata Hotels All-Ireland U20 Football Championship semi-final has been confirmed. The Lilies face Tyrone in Kinspan Breffni, Cavan in a 7:30pm throw-in.

KILDARE: Charlie Carroll; Cian McKevitt, Liam Kelly, Senan Gallagher; Calum Keaveny, Finn Dowling, Ben Ryan; Evan Boyle, Ruaidhrí Lawlor; Daniel Colbert, Liam Kenny, Jimmy Lynch; Euan Cowzer, Colm Moran, Ronan Kelly.

Tyrone are aiming for three All-Ireland U20 Championships in a row and are looking to again demonstrate their strength at this level of football. Kildare, high of a feel-good final win in Leinster, last won this competition in 2023 under now senior boss Brian Flanagan.

Speaking after his side’s Leinster final win, Kildare manager Niall Cronin said: “We will have to get studying now on Tyrone fairly quick," Cronin said last week. "We play them early on in the year, the same day as the National League game, and, you know, there's no coincidence they come out of Ulster, and that's no easy task at any level in any year. There's a lot of work to be done in the next few evenings. It is a pity it's a seven-day turnaround but if you had offered me seven-day turnaround but you're playing Tyrone next week at Breffni Park at 8 o'clock this morning I'd have taken your hand and all off you. I'm not going to stand here and give out. It is what it is.

“We just have to play the hands we're dealt, and we've been dealt a few difficult hands this year with injuries and a few little things, and it's our sixth game in seven weeks now we've togged out for. It'll be seven and eight in then and it is what it is. Maybe a few years ago I might have been getting a bit more worked up about it, but there's not really a point. So it's time to focus on the job at hand now and see where it takes us.”