Kildare pick up third league win against Meath to strengthen Sam Maguire chances

A BIG WIN for Kildare amounted to a fitting farewell to Newbridge’s St Conleth’s Park as Glenn Ryan’s men signed off on their Allianz League Division 2 campaign with a confidence-injecting victory.

The win means Kildare leapfrog Meath into fifth position in the table though the threat of Tailteann Cup football still looms. Relegation may not have been an issue beforehand with both teams safe from the drop though they badly wanted to finish the campaign with a morale boosting win. Boss O’Rourke changed a third of his team and drafted in Eoin Harkin, Daithi McGowan, Ross Ryan, Aaron Lynch and Cillian O’Sullivan.

Darragh Kirwan, stationed at full-forward and picked up by Michael Flood, filled his boots with 0-3 in the opening half and he also won a free that Jack Robinson converted. Flood was replaced at half-time.David Hyland and Paddy Woodgate launched over scores as well as Kildare hit the interval with a commanding 0-8 to 0-3 lead.

Meath did improve in the final quarter and got the margin down to four points at one stage with a series of scores rom frees but they never looked like robbing the win.

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