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Niall Kelly of Kildare in action against Eoghan McCabe of Antrim during the AFL Division 3 at Cedral St. Conleth's Park. Photo: Sportsfile
Kildare defeated Antrim this afternoon to top Division 3 of the AFL, gain promotion, top the table and now take on Offaly next Saturday in the divisional final.
Eleven points the difference and when you consider Kildare trailed by five at half-time, no less than six two-pointers giving the visitors to Newbridge a lot of hope.
However once The Lilies got the strong wind on their backs they took control hitting an impressive 1-17 while keeping Antrim to 1-1.
Niall Kelly with 1-4 was outstanding for Kildare while Alex Beirne hit six; Darragh Kirwan came off the bench in the second half to score five points.
For Antrim Dominic McEnhill was the first half hero hitting no less than four two-pointers (3 frees) while Fionn Nagle got a late goal for Antrim.
Overall it is job well done for Kildare, mission accomplished, promotion gained and off to Croker next Saturday.
Scorers: Kildare, Niall Kelly 1-4, Darragh Kirwan 0-5 (1 two-pointer), Alex Beirne 0-6 (1 two-pointer free, 1 free), Callum Bolton 0-2, Colm Dalton 0-2, Ben McCormack 0-2, Ryan Sinkey 0-1, Kevin Feely 0-1 (free), Brian McLoughlin 0-1, Paddy McDermott 0-1, Tony Archbold 0-1.
Antrim, Dominic McEnhill 0-8 (1 two-pointer, 3 two-pointer free); Conor Stewart 0-3 (one two-pointer); Patrick McBride 0-2 (two-pointer); Fionn Nagle 1-0, Ryan McQuillan 0-2 (1 free).
KILDARE: Cian Burke; Harry O'Neill, Mick O'Grady, Brian Byrne; Ryan Houlihan, James McGrath, David Hyland; Callum Bolton, Aaron Masterson; Cathal Hagney, Alex Beirne, Colm Dalton; Ryan Sinkey, Kevin Feely, Niall Kelly. Subs: Ben McCormack for Cathal Hagney (half-time); Paddy McDermott for Aaron Masterson (44 minutes); Darragh Kirwan for Ryan Sinkey (50 minutes); Brian McLoughlin for Ben McCormack (63 minutes (63 minutes).; Tony Archbold for Alex Beirne 970 minutes).
ANTRIM: Luke Mulholland; Eoghan McCabe, Eunan Walsh, Kavan Keegan; James McAuley, Jack Lenehan, Dermot McAleese; Conor Stewart, Patrick Finnegan; Patrick McBride, Niall Burns, Ruairi McCann; Conor Hand, Dominic McEnhill, Ryan McQuillan. Subs: Eunan Quinn for Conor Hand (41 minutes); Fiionn Nagle for Patrick Finnegan (50 minutes); Ronan Boyle for Kavan Keenan (60 minutes); Calum Higgins for Niall Burns (65 minutes); James McDonnell for Eunan Walsh (68 minutes).
REFEREE: Brendan Griffin, Kerry.
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