U20: Kildare in control against Wexford

Kildare U20s defeated Wexford this evening in Wexford Park and their eight point winning margin should be enough to see them advance, despite losing their opening game to Westmeath last week.

Westmeath will play Wexford next week but it seems the Lilies will  make it through to the quarter-finals regardless of that result.

Kildare led 0-14 to 0-3 after 41 minutes but Wexford hit back with three points on the trot as the Kildare momentum was halted with a number of substitutes being introduced. However the result was never in doubt.

Kildare, playing with a stiffish wind, led at the break 0-9 to 0-3 without being overly impressive it has to be said, well on top but aside from their nine points total they also hit seven wides, both from open play and frees.

They did get a bit of a scare before the break when a high looping ball looked to be going wide but hit the top of the post fell into the hands of Brendan Tobin but his close-in shot was smothered by Kildare keeper Eoin Sheehan.

Final resuslt: Kildare 0-16 Wexford 0-8.

Scorers: Kildare, Shane Farrell 0-6 (3 frees), Niall Dolan 0-2, Ryan Sinkey 0-3 (1 free), Oising O'Sullivan 0-2, Adam Fanning 0-1, Colm Dalton 0-1, Fionn Cooke 0-1.

Wexford, Adam Harris 0-4 (4 frees), Morgan Ellis 0-1, Dylan Cooke Leonard 0-1, Liam Doyle 0-1, Sean Hughes 0-1.

KILDARE: Eoin Sheehan (Johnstownbridge); Harry O'Neill (Clane), Ryan Burke (Caragh), Tim Ryan (Naas); Fionn Ó Gioláin (Maynooth), James McGrath (Athy), Jack McKevitt (Naas); Daire Guerin (Naas), Shane Farrell (Kilcock); Colm Dalton (Sallins), Niall Dolan (Raheens), Ciaran Flanagan (Maynooth); Adam Fanning (Clane), Ryan Sinkey (Naas), Oisin O'Sullivan (Clane). Subs: Eoin Cully (Carbury) for Ciaran Flanagan (41 minutes); Kevin Cummins (Naas) for Oisin O'Sullivan (47minutes); James Harris (Castlemitchell) for Jack McKevitt (49 minutes); Fionn Cooke (Raheens) for Adam Fanning (53 minutes); Sean Hanafin (Naas) for Colm Dalton (57 minutes).

WEXFORD: Robert Tubritt; Darragh Furlong, Brian Cushe, Conor Kelly; Jack Higgins, Ben Martin, Ruairí Martin; Rian Fitzpatrick, Liam Doyle cpt.; Cian Hughes, Adam Harris, Morgan Ellis; Brendan Tobin, Alan Mahoney, Dylan Cooke-Leonard. Subs: Bill Peare for Brendan Tobin (38 minutes); Daniel Roche for Darragh Furlong (42 minutes); Conor Jones for Ben Martin (42 minutes); Sean Hughes for Dylan Cooke Leonard (52 minutes).

REFEREE: Stephen Fagan, Wickdlow.