Kildare minor hurlers hit 50 points against Wicklow in Leinster Championship

Leinster Minor Hurling Championship

Kildare 9-23

Wicklow 0-5

Kildare minor hurlers hit 50 points against Wicklow to take home an easy victory in the Leinster Minor Hurling Championship. It was a comfortable day in truth and spectators would be rarely sympathetic to opposition but the pathetic fallacy of a hammering in the wind and rain in Hawkfield for Wicklow was tough to watch towards the end.

An opportunity for Kildare players to get scores and minutes and mission accomplished on that front.

Kildare, Charlie Carroll 1-8 (1-0 penalty, 0-6 frees, 0-1 65s), Tom Power 2-4, Mark Kiernan 3-0, Michael Owens 2-2, Tim Ryan 1-2, Noah Farrell 0-4 (0-2 frees), Shane Henry 0-2, Oisin Loughrane 0-1. 

Wicklow, Lorcan Byrne 0-5 (0-4 frees).

KILDARE: Fionn Kelly; Paul L'Estrange, Colm Gordan, Jamea Bedford; Ben Mulligan, Joe Dunne, Ronan O'Malley; Tim Ryan, Oran Byrne; Oisin Loughrane, Charlie Carroll, Noah Farrell; Michael Owens, Mark Kiernan, Tom Power.

Subs: Shane Henry on for Charlie Carroll (Half-time), Olan Hynes Kelly on for Tim Ryan (Half-time), Cillian Power on for James Bedford (Half-time), Cian Donovan on for Oran Byrne (41 minutes), Cormac Doolan on for Fionn Kelly (41 minutes).

WICKLOW: Cian Redmond; Tom Meyler, Emmett Ronan, Ken Cullen; Andy Corrigan, Darragh Shannon, Daniel Burns; Alec Bartec, Oscar Lane; Lorcan Byrne, David Peppard, Jack Caffeey; Max Kehoe, Ciaraán Traynor, Fionn Darcy.

Subs: Dylan Doherty on for Tom Meyler (19 minutes), Oisin O'Neill on for Fionn Darcy (43 minutes), Joshua Barry on for Jack Caffrey (45 minutes).

Referee: Rory Hanley