Kelly returns against DIT and bursting for action

KILDARE defender Peter Kelly is relishing his first game for the Lilywhites in 18 months as he returns from a cruciate injury tomorrow.

So keen is boss, Kieran McGeeney to get Kelly back into the fold that the Two Mile House clubman has negotiated a release from UCD duties so that he can return against DIT in the O’Byrne Cup tie at Newbridge (2pm).

Kelly last played for the county in the 2010 All-Ireland semi-final against Down. He earned an All Star for his performances in that campaign before joining a Kildare cruciate injury list that includes Dermot Earley, Mikey Conway, Rob Kelly, Hugh Lynch, Ken Donnelly and Willie Heffernan. That caused him to miss another roller-coaster season for the Lilies.