Cavan appear in their first All-Ireland minor A Final since 1980 and Kerry, the 2023 B Championship winners.
Saturday will mark just a second All-Ireland U18 Final appearance for Cavan, who lost out to Kerry 44-years-ago. Whereas, the Kingdom are preparing for their fourth A Final.
Kerry can boast a 100% record in A Finals, having won in 1995, 1981 and 1980. The kingdom will be eager to continue that record.
They will, however, face stiff opposition from Cavan, who have won the last two All-Ireland U16 A titles and the Breffni County is showing very promising signs at underage level.
Cavan and Kerry are fresh from their respective semi-final victories over Kildare and Galway, who were winners last year. This final promises to be a cracker, in keeping with recent All-Ireland U-18 finals.
Cavan: A McDermott; A Kelly, B Smith, K Grigorenko; C McDonnell, A Peters, A Kennedy; E Brady (c), L Miney; E Sheridan, E Tolan, S Clarke; K Fegan, K O’Meara, K Mai Reilly.
Kerry: B Nic an tSíthigh; A O’Donoghue, É Ní Laighin (c), G Murphy; C Dwyer, S O’Donovan, S Colleran; K Enright, K Ryan; A Curtin, M.K. Smith, L O’Connor; K Doe, L McMahon, A O’Connor McCarthy.
Cavan v Kerry
Glenisk O'Connor Park, throw-in: 2pm
