Kildare 1-8 
Dublin 0-8

by Seamus Dillon

Kildare caused a major upset when they enjoyed a well-deserved three point win over Dublin in a hugely entertaining Lidl NFL Division One encounter at Manguard Park.

On a afternoon where Dublin would have been fancied to make it back to back wins it was a superb Kildare showing that secured the points with Alannah Prizeman's 10th minute goal proving the difference.

Kildare opened the brightest but both sides stuggled for scores in the early stages.

Kildare opened the scoring after nine minutes when Gillian Wheeler played a quick free to Nessa Dooley who tapped over. Sixty seconds later Dooley forced a 45 and when her effort dropped short, Prizeman was on hand to raise a green flag for the home side.

Wheeler and a Roisin Byrne free had Kildare six points up after 20 minutes.

Niamh Hetherton and Jodi Egan, inside a minute, landed Dublin's opening scores but Kildare finished the half with Dooley and Wheeler scores to lead 1-5 to 0-2 at the break.

The introduction of Kate Sullivan and Carla Rowe at half-time quickly paid dividends for Dublin as both pointed inside three minutes. Kildare lost Lauren Murtagh to a yellow and from the resultant free Rowe added her second.

Byrne settled Kildare with a 41st minute free to open a four-point buffer again but Rowe quickly pointed two more frees and with 15 minutes left Dublin were back within two. Egan reduced it to the minimum with 11 minutes remaining.

But Kildare finished the stronger and a third Byrne free on 59 and a late Leah Doran effort put three between and Kildare held on for a deserved victory.

Scorers – Kildare: A Prizeman 1-0, R Byrne 0-3f, N Dooley and G Wheeler 0-2 each, L Doran 0-1

Dublin: C Rowe 0-4 (3f), J Egan 0-2, N Hetherton and K Sullivan 0-1 each.

KILDARE: M Hulgraine; R Sargent, L Dunlea, M Doherty; L Murtagh, L Lenehan, M Aspell; C Sullivan, L Curran; E Wheeler, C Moran, G Wheeler; N Dooley, A Prizeman, R Byrne. Subs: A Rattigan for Prizeman (50), L Shaw for Wheeler (55), S Galvin for Curran (55), A Mahon for Murtagh (63).

DUBLIN: K Moran Tighe; J Tobin, M Byrne, A Nyhan; N Donlon, L Caffrey, A Curran; G Kós, H McGinnis; R McDonnell, C Darby, S McIntyre; A Timothy, N Hetherton, J Egan. Subs: K Sullivan for McIntyre (half-time), C Rowe for Nyhan (half-time), O Martin for Timothy (45), K Murphy for Egan (50), C Fox for McDonnell (55).

Referee: Shane Curley (Galway).

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