Kildare SFC: Johnstownbridge set up date with Sarsfields
Disappointing game as The Bridge have four to spare over Eadestown
Johnstownbridge had their expected win over Eadestown to advance to the quarter-final of the SFC but it was a far from impressive display from the winners who led at the break 1-7 to 0-3, the goal coming from Daniel Flynn on nine minutes.
In fairness Eadestown did show a fair bit of improvement, a couple of two-pointers cut the lead back to three but that was as good as it got, despite Johnstownbridge scoring a mere two points in the seocnd half, and at that they were two frees from the boot of Paul Cribbin.
Final score: Johnstownbridge 1-9 Eadestown 0-8.
Scorers: Johnstownbridge, Daniel Flynn 1-1, Paul Cribbin 0-3 (2 frees), SJosh O'Donoghue 0-2 (1 free), Aaron McNally 0-2, Sam Doran 0-1.
Eadestown, Rian Boran 0-4 (two-pointer free, two-pointer), Niall Cummins 0-2 (two-pointer free), Sean Hynes 0-1, Eoin Cunneff 0-1.
JOHNSTOWNBRIDGE: Eoin Sheehan; Ian McKeon, Tomas Von Englebrechten, Sean McKeon; Shane Flynn, Keith Cribbin, Aaron McNally; Joey Higgins, Paul Cribbin; Daragh Sloane, Sam Doran, Cathal McNally; Josh O'Donoghue, Daniel Flynn, Dean Kelly. Subs: Conor Flynn for Sam Doran (15 minutes); Ronan Scanlon for Cathal McNally (half-time); Ryan Rainey for Shane Flynn (46 minutes); Luke Ennis for Josh O'Donoghue (61 minutes).
EADESTOWN: Shane Sargent; Daire Dillon, John Lawlor, Paul O'Dwyer; Rian Monaghan, Cian Boran, Tom Mernagh; Niall Cummins, Rian Boran; Callum Murphy, Pauric Tuohy, Sean Hynes; Eoin Conneff, Dara McGettrick, Conor McCarthy. Subs: Cian Bolton for Calum Murphy (half-time); Eoin Woods for Rian Monaghan (half-time); Darragh Jamieson for Tom Mernagh (half-time); Ben Fitzsimons for Dara McGettrick (45 minutes); Charlie Carroll for Conor McCarthy (45 minutes);
REFEREE: Frank Delaney.
SFL quater-finals fixtures:
Naas v Clane; Sarsfields v Johnstownbridge; Athy v Caragh; Celbridge v Moorefield.