Kildare's Caragh advance in Leinster Club

Caragh full back Matthew McNally drives up field to set up an attack despite the chasing Ryan Owens of Meath Hill during the AIB Leinster Club Championship game

placeholder image — Caragh full back Matthew McNally drives up field to set up an attack despite the chasing Ryan Owens of Meath Hill during the AIB Leinster Club Championship game

Ellistown also advance in Leinster Junior 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.