Kildare out to buck trend and shock Dublin

ON paper, tomorrow’s TG4 Leinster Ladies SFC final between Dublin and Kildare at Dr Cullen Park is a formality.

The Dubs are title holders and during an impressive league campaign defeated All-Ireland champions Cork, while also whipping tomorrow’s opponents by 13 points. Kildare lost all their games bar one during the spring – recording a draw with Clare, who were blitzed subsequently by Dublin by 29 points.

It doesn’t make for pretty reading but a lot has changed for the Lilywhites since. A number of players have returned to the fold, while two-time All Star Brianne Leahy no longer has to worry about the commute to Scotland, where she studies.