Morgan O'Flaherty says Kildare have to prove that they can beat the best.

While the Short Grass County have regularly made it through to the business end of the championship under Kieran McGeeney, O'Flaherty points out that they need to prove their class by taking a big scalp - preferably that of Dublin in Sunday's Leinster semi-final at Croke Park!

"We've made the quarter-final in each of Kieran's years but in only one of them years we reached the semis so that itself probably says we're a top seven or eight team but we haven't reached that next level," the versatile Lilywhite points out in The Irish Sun.

"Dublin, over the last few years, they've proved that they have been a top three or four team. That's the level we're trying to get to so it's a matter, on these days, the bigger days, that we have to come up and play our cards and show that we are capable of reaching that level.

"Each year brings a different test and challenge and we know whoever you go out and face during the summer you can't take for granted. Every team is training as hard as each other and we're looking forward, trying to make that step to get back into a Leinster final.

"I've only played in one and been involved for one. It's all about silverware at the end of the day.

"In the bigger games over the last few years, we haven't beaten a top two or three team in the big games or in the summer.

"At the moment the heads are down, we're concentrating on Leinster. We take it one game at a time, so it's only a semi-final yet. We'll try and get over that and worry about winning silverware then." Tweet

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