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Mike O’Halloran can’t see anything other than a Kerry win this weekend as the team to face Wicklow in the All-Ireland Under 21B final…
The Kerry U21B hurling panel. Photo by Mike O’Halloran
The Kerry U21 hurling team take on Wicklow in the final of The All Ireland Under 21 B Hurling on Saturday at 1pm in Thurles and from my point of view I can see nothing other than a comprehensive win for the Kerry boys.
They demolished Meath in the last round and saw off Donegal with ease in their first game. Wicklow had good wins against Roscommon and Kildare, overcoming the latter by two points.
The quality of forwards that Kerry can call on is the basis of my confidence in predicting an easy win for the Kingdom.
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Led by Shane Conway, who will be one of the standout hurlers on display on Saturday and that includes players from Kilkenny and Limerick, if there was a scouting system and a transfer market operating in the GAA he would surely command a huge fee for his signature.
It would be fitting if Lixnaw man Darragh Shanahan was to raise the Richie McElligott Cup as Richie was one one of the all-time stars of Lixnaw.
He played with his club county and represented Munster in The Railway Cup alongside Christy Ring and Jimmy Doyle. There’ll be bonfires in Lixnaw on Saturday night.
The Kerry Under 21 Hurling team to play Wicklow in the All Ireland Under 21 “B” Championship Final in Semple Stadium Thurles on Saturday at 1pm is as follows:
1 Stephen Murphy Causeway
2 Stevie O’Sullivan Abbeydorney
3 Daragh Shanahan (C) Lixnaw
4 Billy Lyons Causeway
5 Eoin Ross Ballyduff
6 Jason Diggins Causeway
7 John Buckley Lixnaw
8 Barry O’Sullivan Dingle
9 Tomás O’Connor Crotta O’Neills
10 Brandon Barrett Causeway
11 Michael O’Leary Abbeydorney
12 Jordan Brick Kilmoyley
13 Maurice O’Connor Kilmoyley
14 Shane Conway Lixnaw
15 Jack Goulding Ballyduff
Fir Ionaid:
16 Robert Silles Lixnaw
17 Adrian O’Mahony Crotta O’Neills
18 Ronan Donovan Abbeydorney
19 Liam Mullins Lixnaw
20 Robert Collins Kilmoyley
21 Jack Lenihan Dr Crokes
22 Daniel O’Carroll Ballyduff
23 Darragh Ryan Crotta O’Neills
The 1954 Lixnaw championship winning team including Richie McElligott.
