Kildare hit three goals but go down to Cork
Five losses on the trot adds to Kildare woes
Kildare are still without a win in this season's AFL division 2, following a defeat at the hands of Corke in SuperValu Pair Uí Chaoimh this afternoon, going down on a final score line of Cork 2-15 Kildare 3-9.
Three goals for The Lilies and while they led at the break, despite conceding a late goal to Cork (1-5 to 2-3) it was all Cork in the second half as they added 1-10 to Kildare's 1-6, the Kildare goal coming from a Kevin Feely penalty.
Overall a decent opening half but a really disappointing second half that sees Kildare on the edge of relegation to Division 3 with two games remaining, at home to both Donegal and Louth.
Scorers: Cork, Conor Corbett 1-2, Tommy Walsh 1-0, Brian O'Driscoll 0-3, Colm O'Callaghan 0-3, Chris Óg Jones 0-3, Brian Jurley 0-2, Kevin Flahive 0-1, Rory Maguire 0-1,
Kildare, Kevin feely 1-6 (penalty, 3 frees), Alex Beirne 1-0, Daniel Flynn 1-1, Niall Kelly 0-2 (1 free).
CORK: Christopher Kelly; Kevin Flahive, Daniel O'Mahony, Tommy Walsh; Brian Byrne, Rory Maguire, Matty Taylor; Ian Maguire, Colm O'Callaghan; Eoghan McSweeney Mark Cronin, Brian O'Driscoll; Chris Jones, Conor Corbett, Brian Hurley. Subs: Sean Meehan for Rory Maguire (26 minutes); Ruari Deane for Eoghan McSweeney (haf-time); Sean Powter for Mark Cronin (51 minutes); Steven Sherlock for Brian Hurley (57 minutes); David Buckley for Conor Corbett (66 minutes).
KILDARE: Mark Donnellan; Ryan Houlihan, Mick O'Grady cpt., Rian Burke; Paddy McDermott, Eoin Doyle, Jack Sargent; Aaron Masterson, Kevin O'Callaghan; Luke Killian, Alex Beirne, Shane Farrell; Kevin Feely, Daniel Flynn, Niall Kelly. Subs: Brendan Gibbons for Aaron Masterson (42 minutes); Callum Bolton for Luke Killian (44 minutes); Shea Ryan for Eoin Doyle (49 minutes); Sam McCormack for Alex Beirne (51 minutes); Brian Byrne for Jack Sargent (66 minutes).
REFEREE: David Gough, Meath.