Kilcullen in Intermediate semi

Kilcullen face Raheens in the semi-final of the Joe Fox Tool + Plant Hire Intermediate Championship on Saturday. Throw-in is at 3pm. The Rags have done brilliantly to put a poor league season behind them, to regroup and advance to this stage of the championship. Spirits are high in the camp and hopefully the whole parish will get behind the team, and make their way to St.Conleth's Park in Newbridge on Saturday to show their support.

Raheens will provide a stern test, as they defeated a strongly fancied Johnstownbridge outfit in the Quarter Final. Former Laois forward Shane Cooke has been the main man for them so far in the championship. Of course, there are strong links between Raheens and Kilcullen through Kilcullen club stalwart John O'Brien, who was on the Raheens team who were the first Kildare side to win a Leinster club championship in 1982. John's son Kevin is on the current Kilcullen team.

The game on Saturday is part of an attractive double header, with the Senior Semi-Final between Suncroft and Moorefield taking place at 4.30pm. This should be an excellent contest with a large contingent of the Kildare panel involved on either side.

Conor Gleeson.