Cian O'Neill didn't mince his words after Kildare had victory snatched from their grasp by what was effectively a third string Dublin team in today's O'Byrne Cup semi-final.

Leading by three points with 15 minutes to go, the Lilywhites conceded five unanswered points in the closing stages as Paul Clarke's rookies came away from Newbridge with a 0-16 to 2-8 win.

"We're disgusted," the manager fumed in the Irish Times. 

"It's not even disappointment. We're disgusted to lose a match like that that we should have been controlling. It doesn't matter who the opposition was or that it was a semi-final. For me it should be about what our processes are going forward.

"I didn't feel it had anything to do with the opposition or the quality of the opposition. I just think it's something that has been happening to Kildare teams for quite a while. It's this thing of playing in fits and spurts."

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