Match Summary

MATCH REPORT: https://kildare-nationalist.ie/2023/03/21/kildare-u20s-stumble-at-first-title-defence/

KILDARE: Cormac Barker; Harry O’Neill, Ryan Burke, Jack McKevitt; James Harris, James McGrath, Fionn Ó Giolláin; Luke Killian, Seán Hanafin; Callum Bolton 0-1, Colm Dalton, Shane Farrell 0-5 (5fs); Kevin Cummins 0-1 (f), Niall Dolan, Adam Fanning 0-2 (1m). Subs: Ryan Sinkey 0-1 for Hanafin 36, Oisín O’Sullivan for Dolan 43, Tomas von Engelbrechten for Ó Giolláin 51, Eoin Cully for Cummins 56.

WESTMEATH: Mikey Lynam; Liam Daly, Sam Smith, Daragh Lowry; Daniel Scahill, Tom Kelleher 0-1, Jack Geoghegan; Dylan Murtagh, Ben Killian; Podge Quinn, Danny McCartan, Matthew Whittaker 1-3; Brian Cooney 1-1, Senan Baker 0-3 (3fs), Shane Hanley 0-1. Subs: Shane Corcoran 0-1 for Quinn 51, Peter Pierson for Hanley 59, Tadhg Baker for Whittaker 62.

Referee: Andrew Smith (Meath)