Kildare U20s defeat Kerry in Kerins Cup
Fine display from Brian Flanagan's charges
Kildare defeated Kerry in the opening game of the 2023 U20 Development tournament for the John Kerins Cup at Fitzgerlad Stadium on Saturay afternoon.
Two first half goals from Naas star Sean Hanafin, operating at mid-field, proved to be the decisive scores of the game.
Kildare, managed by Brian Flanagan, led at the break 2-4 to 0-7.
Kerry, managed by Tomás Sé, improved considereably in the second half, with half-time substitutes making an impact and took the lead on 40 minutes, 0-13 to 2-6.
Kildare were on top around the middle where Sean Hanafin and Luke Killian doing exceptionally well, The Lilies took over with Clane's Adam Fanning firing overe the last two points of the game, that saw Kildare win 2-12 to 0-15.
Scorers: Kildare, Sean Hanafin 2-1, Eoin Cully, Shane Farrell, Conor Dalton, Aalan Fanning 0-2 each, Ryan Burke, Niall Dolan, Luuk Killian 0-1 each.
Scorers for Kerry: A O’Shea 0-7 (0-4fs), C Horan 0-2, D Roche, K Evans, C Foley, A Heinrich, K Dennehy, T O’Donnell 0-1 each.
KILDARE: Cormac Barker (Kilcullen); Harry O'Neill (Clane), Tomas Von Johnstownbridge (JTB), Tim Ryan Naas; Fionn O'Giollain (Maynooth), James McGrath (Athy), Ryan Burke (Caragh); Sean Hanafin (Naas), Luke Killian (Sallins); Callum Bolton (Sarsfields), Shane Farrell (Kilcock), Ciaran Flanagan (Maynooth); Kevin Cummins (Naas), Colm Dalton (Sallins), Eoin Cully Carbury (Carbury). Subs: Alan Fanning (Clane) for Kevin Cummins (half time); Niall Dolan (Raheens) for Ciaran Flanagan (half-time); Jack McKevitt (Naas) for Fionn Ó Giolláin (40 minutes); James Harris (Castlemitchell) for Eoin Cully (45 minutes); Fionn Cooke (Raheens).
KERRY: S Broderick; D Fleming, C Browne, E Healy; K O’Sullivan, A Heinrich, A Segal; C Burke), R Stack; C Horan, F O’Sullivan, K Evans; E Hassett, A O’Shea, D Roche. Subs: T O’Donnell for Stack (ht), C Foley for F O’Sullivan (ht), K Dennehy for Hassett (ht), W Shine for Roche (45), C O’Donoghue for K O’Sullivan (45), J Nagle for Segal (51), C O’Connell for O’Shea (51), D O’Connor for Fleming (59).
Referee: A Long (Cork).