Galway hurling star left out of U20 team to face Wexford
GALWAY senior hurler Aaron Niland has been left out of the Tribesmen’s U20 hurling squad to face Wexford this evening in the Leinster semi-final.
Niland has been named on the extended squad, while senior hurling panelists Jason Rabbitte and Cullen Killeen have been named on the Galway bench. It is a set to be a quick turnaround for Niland, Rabbitte and Killeen, all three players will be in action on Saturday when Galway take on Dublin in the Leinster SHC.
Both Niland and Rabbitte sat out Galway’s nine point win over Kildare in round three of the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship last weekend.
“The schedule for the next couple of weeks is really tough on them. It’s just about managing that over the next few weeks and seeing how that unfolds,”said Galway senior hurling manager Micheal Donoghue.
Sean Murphy who is also part of the senior and u20 sqaud is recovering from a shoulder injury. Galway remain unbeaten throughout the Leinster U20 hurling championship have secured victories over Wexford, Kildare and Kilkenny.
Gavin Keary’s side are hoping to guide Galway into their first Leinster final since 2021. The Leinster U20 semi-final gets underway this evening at 7:30pm in O’Moore Park, Portlaoise and the game will be shown live on the TG4 YouTube channel.
Kilkenny and Dublin meet at the same time in Parnell Park in the other Leinster U20 hurling championship semi-final.
GALWAY: C Callanan, T Blake, M Fallon, E O’Reilly, J Donnellan, D Campbell, G Maher; M Burke, S Moran; L Kennedy, D Counihan, J Shaughnessy; B Callanan, V Morgan, C Leen.
SUBS: A Canning, D Quirke, G King, C Maloney, H Holmes, C Killeen, R Cahalan, J Rabbitte, D Burke, C Burke and P Conole.