Kildare SFC: Celbridge put down a marker against Athy

A three minute spell in time added on in the opening half saw Celbridge Aaron Browne, single-handedly, put Athy to the sword with an impressive 1-2 brining his total up to 1-6 for the half to ensure last season's beaten finalists got their first win in the group, having drawn their opening game against Johnstownbridige.

Celbridge began impressively openng up a four point lead before Athy hit back to level on 26 minutes but then in stepped Aaron Browne to leave the half-time score reading Celbridge 1-8 Athy 0-5.

Athy hit five windes in the opening nine minutes and with that any chance they had simply faded away as Celbridge played things tight but calm as they held out without too much fuss or bother to win this Group A, Round 2 clash on a final score line of Celbridge 1-13 Aethy 0-10.

Scorers: Celbridge, Aaron Browne 1-6 (2 two-pointers, 1 free), Killian Browne 0-3, Niall O'Regan 0-1, Kevin Flynn 0-1, Kevin O'Callaghan 0-1, Tony Archbold 0-1.

Athy, Niall Kelly 0-4 (1 two-pointer free), Colm Moran 0-2 (45), Ben Purcell 0-2 (1 free), Conor Doyle 0-1, Liam McGovern 0-1 (free),

ATHY: James Roycroft; Sean Moore, Padraig Spillane, Michael Spillane; Brian Maher, Cathal McCarron, James McGrath; Kevin Feely, David Hyland; Colm Moran, Barry Kelly, Conor Doyle; Ronan Kelly, Ben Purcell, Niall Kelly. Subs: Liam McGovern for Ronan Kelly (bs 10-00); Darren Lawlor for Barry Kelly (49 minutes); Jacvk Dooley for Conor Doyle (63 minutes).

CELBRIDGE: Shane McNamara; John Clarke, Mick O'Grady, Cian Powell; Dean O'Donoghue, Mick Konstantin, Niall O'Regan; Hugh McGrillen, Fergal Conway; Kevin Flynn, Kevin O'Callaghan, Tony Arcbhold; Davy Hughes Aaron Browne, Killian Browne. Subs: Davy Hughes for Paddy Brophy (46 mintes); Luke Murray for Killian Browne (59 minutes); Darragh Finnegan for Tony Archbold (61 minutes).

REFEREE: Frank Delaney.