Kildare's Caragh advance in Leinster Club

Kildare intermediate football champions, Caragh, advanced to Round 2 of the AIB Leinster Intermediate Club Championship with a fully deserved five point win over their Meath counterparts, Meath Hill, at Manguard Park, Hawkfield, this afternoon.

A mist fell throughout the game which made conditions somewhat difficult and in the first half there was little between them, the home side leading by one at the break - 0-5 to 0-4.

The sides were level mid-way through before Caragh took the lead with the point of the day from Rian Burke and it was a lead Caragh never lost in fact Meath Hill failed to score for the remainder of the game. Daragh Swords was the winner's top scorer with a total of seven points, five of them frees.

Final score: Caragh 0-11 Meath Hill 0-6.

Scorers: Caragh, Darragh Swords 0-7 (5 frees), Josh Gannon 0-1, Austin Nevin 0-1, Ronan Doorey 0-1, Ryan Burke 0-1.

Meath Hill, Cormac Sheehy 0-4 (1 free), Gary Breslin 0-2 (1 free).

CARAGH: Michael Behan; Cathal McKennedy, Matthew McNally, Billy Byrne; Conor Sullivan, Ryan Burke, Paul Dockery; Kevin Connor cpt., Dan Lynam; Josh Gannon, Darragh Swords, Dan Murray; Ronan Doorey, Jake Corrigan, Kevin Campbell. Subs: Austin Nevin for Dan Lynam (13 minutes); Fergal McKennedy for Kevin Campbell (28 minutes); Liam Blake for Jake Corrigan (60 minutes).

MEATH HILL: Dominic Yorke; Damien Turley, Thomas Carolan, Andrew Monaghan; Conor Marry, Jamie Slavin, Peter Griffin; Jack Slavin, Ryan Owens; Cormac Sheehy, Jack McMahon, Gary Breslin; James Mooney cpt., Sean Owens, Shane McCabe. Subs: Ciaran Farrelly for Sean Owens (43 minutes); Jake Gillen for Shane McCabe (50 minutes).

REFEREE: Kevin Williamson, Offaly.

In the Leinster Club Junior Round 1 game, Ellistown defeated Castletown Finea Coole Whitehallf of Westmeath 0-5 to 0-4, in a game also played this afternoon in Kinnegad.