Earley pencilled in for semi-final

Kildare player Dermot Earley faces a late fitness test ahead of the All-Ireland semi-final against Down on Sunday.

The midfielder has been carrying a long-term cruciate ligament injury and had to be taken off early in the quarter-final against Meath.

Otherwise, Kildare manager Kieran McGeeney has named an unchanged side from the one that defeated Meath.

KILDARE (SFC v Down): S McCormack; P Kelly, H McGrillen, A Mac Lochlainn; M O'Flaherty, E Bolton, B Flanagan; D Flynn, D Earley; J Kavanagh, P O'Neill, J Doyle; E O'Flaherty, A Smith, E Callaghan.