HE kicked three of them himself so John Doyle knows full well Kildare will have to greatly reduce their wide count of 17 against Wicklow to beat Meath on Sunday week.

WHEN Kieran McGeeney first set foot in St Conleth’s Park as Kildare manager, he already knew that Johnny Doyle was a kindred spirit.

LIKE a cornered animal, Offaly have long been renowned as a team that is at its most dangerous when their backs were to the wall.

Top-scoring forward and captain John Doyle is back in training with Kildare ahead of Sunday week's Leinster SFC quarter-final with Offaly.