Heartbreak for Kildare minors in All-Ireland semi-final
Three point defeat after brave effort from The Lilies
It was heartbreak forKildare at Breffni Park, Cavan this evening losing out to Tyrone in the electric Ireland All-Ireland semi-final losing in the end by just three points.
Kildare chasing the game late on carved out a couple of goal chances but some great defending by the Tyrone keeper and their defence as a whole denied them.
It was Tyrone who burst out of the traps with full forward Matthew F Daly firing over a brilliant two-pointer after one minute but The Lilies responded with Eoghan Lyons picking up a pass from Aidan Tobin to open Kildare’s account.
Logan O’Connor extended the Tyrone lead before Kildare hit back following a great move that ended with Jack Reilly firing to the net, after the Kill man’s initial effort was saved by the keeper.
Aidan Tobin added a point and Kildare led 1-2 to 0-3 with 11 minutes on the board.
Tyrone did gain a bit of possession hitting two points while Kildare hit four wides on the trot. However on 23 minutes Tommy Konstantin’s boys hit a golden spell hitting four points on the trot and it could have been more after Logan Tennyson had a goal attempt save by Ronan O’Neill but still Kildare led 1-6 to 1-4 after 25 minutes.
Back came Tyrone with a point and then a second two-pointer of the half, this time from Brian Óg McGuckin; Jack Reilly leveled but Tyrone got one more before the break from Matthew J Daly to go into the dressing rooms leading 1-8 to 1-7.
The second half was tight, Tyrone went two up but The Lilies hit back to take the lead with points from Jack Reilly (what a game), however Tyrone came back to level at 1-11 each on 44 minutes.
The rains came, the floodlights came on and Tyrone went two clear on 53 minutes.
Logan Tennyson reduced it to one but again The The Red Hand added two more points to put three between them on 61 minutes.
Kildare threw everything at it in the final minutes but they just could not get that levelling goal as Tyrone held on to win and advance to the final on a score line of Tyrone 1-15 to 1-12.
Scorers: Tyrone, Conan Canavan 1-0, Brian Óg McGuckin 0-4 (1 two-pointer), Matthew F Daly 0-6 (1 two-pointer), Lagan O’Connor 0-1, Matthew J Daly 0-2, Aodhan Corry 0-1, Finbar Quinn 0-1.
Kildare, Jack Reilly 1-8 (1 two-pointer), Greg Kelly 0-1, Eoghan Lyons 0-1, Aidan Tobin 0-1, Logan Tennyson 0-1.
TYRONE: Ronan O’Neill; Tiernan McCarron, James Maguire, Aidan Farley; Matthew J. Daly, Aodhan Corry, Conor Fyffe; Tomás Gallen, Charlie Meenan; Logan O’Connor, Brian Óg McGuckin, Ruairí O’Neill; Conan Canavan, Matthew F. Daly, Vincent Gormley. Subs: Conall Shevlin for Conor Fyffe (half-time); Ciarán McKeown for Conan Canavan (50 minutes); Caolan McKee for Brian Óg McGuckin (58 minutes).
KILDARE: Joe Crotty (St Kevin’s); Eoin Markey (Kill), Ryan Crawford (Kilcock), Liam Mescal (Eadestown); Fionn Lawlor (St Laurence’s), Jack Doran (Clane), Luke Shanahan (Sallins); Charlie Doran cpt (Clane), Pádaí Ryan (Round Towers); Aodhán Bergin (Grangenolvin), Aidan Tobin (Allenwood), Eoghan Lyons (Clane); Jack Reilly (Kill), Greg Kelly (Castledermot), Cian Kehoe (Castledermot). Subs: Logan Tennyson (St Kevin’s) for Aodhán Bergin (21 minutes); Oisín McAfee (Raheens) for Ryan Crawford (36 minutes); Jamie Flood (Maynooth) for Aidan Tobin (46 minutes); Rory Cooke (Raheens) for Jack Doran (51 minutes); Fiachra Martin (Maynooth) for Cian Keogh (58 minutes).
REFEREE: Christopher Ryan, Galway.