SUNDAY 18 JULY
Leinster SFC semi-finals
Kildare v Westmeath, Croke Park, 2pm
Dublin v Meath, Croke Park, 4.30pm
ONLINE
Live blog on RTÉ Sport Online and the RTÉ News app.
TV
The Sunday Game, RTÉ2 on Sunday night at 9.30pm, will have highlights of all the weekend's action. You can watch the games live on GAAGO.
RADIO
Live commentary on RTÉ Radio 1's Sunday Sport.
WEATHER
Sunday will be dry with good sunny spells for most with some drizzle possible near coasts. Very warm or hot with highs of 23 to 27 degrees. Winds will be light and mainly northerly in direction, but sea breezes will develop.
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In a sign that things are getting somewhat back to normality, there will be 18,000 allowed in to Croke Park for this double-header. They'll be hoping for competitive affairs.
Westmeath overcame a half-time deficit to run out handsome 16-point winners over Laois in Tullamore two weeks ago, with Lorcan Dolan's 1-03 helping the Lake County to prevail.
Their Division 2 North Allianz League campaign yielded three defeats from three so manager Jack Cooney will take heart from the reaction he got from the squad.
Kildare, meanwhile, topped their South division, with two wins from three and they were good value for a five-point win over Offaly in the quarter-finals, despite allowing the Faithful back into contention late on.
At that point they were down to 13 players and that lack of killer instinct will have given manager Jack O’Connor lots to work on.
The last time these sides met in the Championship was in 2016, a clash which Westmeath won on their way to the final.
The following year was the last time that Kildare reached the decider.
The most recent competitive clash was a league outing in 2020, a five-point win for the Lilywhites.
Perennial champions Dublin arrive off the back of an away quarter-final win over Wexford, 0-15 to 0-07.
Given the early-round hammerings that the Dubs have dished out over recent years, it was somewhat of a surprise that they didn't score higher.
News filtered out during the week that defender Eric Lowndes has left the panel, while goalkeeper Stephen Cluxton is still not back with the squad.
Meath accounted for Longford by 4-22 to 0-12 in their quarter-final and it’s hard to know if such a stroll aids them for what’s to come from a team, whatever their behind-the-scenes issues, going for an 11th provincial title in a row.
Speaking on RTÉ'S Morning Ireland, Tomás Ó Sé said: "Meath hammered Longford. They ran through them but they're not going to run through Dublin.
"I think Dublin need to ramp it up, but I think they will, and I expect it to be a comfortable victory for them."
Follow all the championship matches this weekend with our live blogs on RTÉ.ie/sport and the RTÉ News app.
Watch Kerry v Westmeath and Dublin v Kilkenny live on RTÉ2 or RTÉ Player from 4.45pm Saturday, and Donegal v Tyrone followed by Tipperary v Limerick, live on RTÉ2 or RTÉ Player from 1.15pm Sunday.
Watch highlights of all the weekend's action on The Sunday Game at 9.30pm on RTÉ One.
Listen to live and exclusive national radio commentaries on RTÉ Radio 1's Saturday and Sunday Sport.
