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RTÉ GAA Podcast: Whelan and Fitzmaurice preview semis

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Eamonn Fitzmaurice and Ciaran Whelan join Mikey Stafford and Rory O'Neill for the unenviable task of calling the All-Ireland football semi-finals.Have the semi-finals been properly promoted or is marketing and media coverage another victim of the condensed inter-county season?

Kerry haven't even had a chance to wheel out a few injured players to be interviewed.Galway's late, late meltdowns are a concern for Whelo but Eamonn is sure Padraic Joyce has been working hard on rectifying them.Derry have been dictating their games despite low point totals, will Galway try and flip things by keeping a couple of forwards close to goal at all times?Kerry and Dublin renew championship rivalries for the first time since 2019.

The build-up has been dominated by talk of injuries to Con O'Callaghan and James McCarthy, with the former absolutely integral to how Dublin attack.At the other end, Whelo wonders about Dublin's defence keeping a handle on Kerry's stacked attack.

But what of Ciaran Kilkenny and Tadhg Morley?If Dublin play six forwards then Morley may have to mark Kilkenny rather than play his holding role.

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