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Ciarán Whelan has identified the key match ups Dublin need to get right in defence if they hope to beat Kerry in the All-Ireland semi-final.

Paudie Clifford was very influential, so who goes on [Paul] Geaney then? “It is a tough one for Dublin. Dublin have to curtail their influence, if Kerry bring their A game in the forwards, Dublin could struggle defensively.” Former Dublin footballer Ciarán Whelan was speaking on RTE’s GAA podcast and ran through the key match ups that the Dubs will need to get right on Sunday.

In the last semi-final between Dublin and Kerry in 2016, 82,000 packed into Croke Park for a classic match. Their two most recent meetings in the 2019 All- ...

The limit for the All-Ireland finals was 40,000. There has never been a such a low-key build-up to one of the showcase fixtures in Irish sport. On the other hand, a one-day return journey from Kerry to Dublin by car is a tough and taxing ordeal. The core Dublin fanbase remains as loyal as ever. In 2020 the All-Ireland series was played in winter behind closed doors. Still, the next 48 hours will be a nervy time for the GAA.

Tally is a real deep thinker and his instinctive approach is always defence. Munster GAA Senior Football Championship Semi-Final, Pairc Ui Rinn, Cork 7 ...

It was driven out of an insatiable desire to win the ball back. Jim McGuiness and Rory Gallagher put a lot more structure on it in Donegal, but that focus on the collective work was the same. He didn’t have a lot to work with in Down, but he did it with St Mary’s and won a Sigerson. The way Dublin will have to play to stop that Kerry team will take a lot away from the way Dublin need to play to win the game. A lot of us were young and able to get up and down the pitch. I think Kerry overall have more attacking weapons and the squad to go and win the game. Subconsciously, a lot of that style was down to the way we trained as a team. At the same time, the more I have watched Kerry, the more I have realised there are still vulnerabilities, but man for man I think they have more there than Dublin. If they do have someone, I don’t think they have the others to stop Seán O’Shea, Paul Geaney and Paudie Clifford. They were rusty in the All-Ireland quarter-final but I saw enough of them in the League and with that Mayo game under their belt, the collective work rate and energy they have will make them formidable. Kildare were the only team of any merit and they got it totally wrong tactically and were caught in the headlights. They have a few players back and are a little bit sharper but haven’t been tested any more than they were in the League.

There were concerns over the fitness of key forward David Clifford but he has been passed fit to play in Sunday's eagerly awaited encounter.

There were concerns over the fitness of key forward David Clifford but he has been passed fit to play. Barry had been a permanent fixture in the midfield department prior to the county’s last-eight clash and while the Na Gaeil man is understood to be back at full fitness, David Moran holds onto the number eight shirt he wore for the first time this season two weeks ago. Clifford appeared to be struggling for large parts of the eight-point win over Mayo at the quarter-final juncture after seeming to roll an ankle early in the game.

Kerry boss Jack O'Connor has named an unchanged starting fifteen for Sunday's All Ireland Senior Football Final with Dublin (throw-in 3.30pm).

26 Adrian Spillane (Templenoe) 23 Gavin Crowley (Templenoe) 18 Killian Spillane (Templenoe)

DUBLIN GAA fans are all saying the same thing after a training video was shared ahead of the All Ireland semi final against Kerry.The Dubs and the Kin.

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