Holders Tyrone beat Kerry to reach All-Ireland U20 final
Defending champions Tyrone reached another All-Ireland Under-20 Football final with a 2-14 to 0-14 victory over Kerry in Sunday's semi-final in Portlaoise. In a repeat of last year's final, the Red Hands raced into a 1-5 to 0-2 lead after 17 minutes with the goal coming from senior panellist Eoin McElholm. While Kerry reduced the arrears to two points, Noah Grimes' superb finish high into the Kingdom net in the final minute of the half left Tyrone 2-8 to 0-8 up at O'Moore Park. From there, Tyrone were able to keep Kerry at arm's length as they marched into their third final in the past four seasons, having also won the title in 2022.Ruairi McCullagh, who scored 0-8 in the Ulster U20 final win over Donegal on 30 April, hit 0-9 for Tyrone while McElholm ended the game with 1-4. Paddy Lane top-scored for Kerry with 0-7. Having gotten the better of Tomas O Se's Kerry for the second year in a row, Paul Devlin's Tyrone can look forward to another All-Ireland decider against either Mayo our Louth, who contest their semi-final in Longford on Friday (19:00 BST).
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