Kildare 3-18
Laois 1-11
KILDARE BLITZED LAOIS in stunning fashion after half-time last night to canter into a Leinster semi-final against Dublin.
The Lilywhites trailed by a point at the break in this replay but scored two goals and three points in just over three minutes after the restart to leave Laois reeling.
Inspirational captain Eamonn Callaghan got the first when Graham Brody’s short kick-out after Cathal McNally’s point was intercepted by Alan Smith. Callaghan followed up with a point before Smith’s shot was palmed to the net by McNally.
Kildare added a couple of points and though Donie Kingston offered brief hope with a 47th-minute goal, Eoghan O’Flaherty’s resounding finish at the other end five minutes later removed any doubt.
It was a cruise from there to the end as there was no way back for Laois. Kildare enjoyed themselves in the final quarter as they kept the scoreboard ticking over, finishing up with 10 individual scorers.
Laois would have been happy at half-time as they looked the better side, even though it was tit-for-tat for most of the initial period. Niall Donoher and Evan O’Carroll shared six points from play, with O’Carroll in particular outstanding, adding ball-winning to his scoring threat. He also slotted a free from outside the 45m line just before half-time to give Laois a 0-9 to 0-8 interval lead.
Unlike the drawn game, Kingston spent the majority of his time at the edge of the square. He was fouled by Gary White for a penalty in the 10th minute but Mark Donnellan saved Ross Munnelly’s kick.
Laois wasted another goal chance when Brendan Quigley blazed wide, while at the other end, Alan Smith had a shot saved by Brody. Kildare hit the front for the first time with points from Kevin Murnaghan and an O’Flaherty free but Laois kicked four of the next five points from Kingston (free), Tom Shiel, O’Carroll and Donoher.
White launched a wonderful score from 40 metres and O’Flaherty curled his third before O’Carroll’s free gave Tomás Ó Flatharta’s crew the edge at half-time, but it was an edge they were to lose very quickly.
Scorers for Kildare: Eoghan O’Flaherty 1-4 (0-2f), Cathal McNally 1-2, Eamonn Callaghan 1-1, Padraig Fogarty 0-4, Paul Cribbin 0-2, Kevin Murnaghan, Gary White, Ollie Lyons, Padraig O’Neill, Niall Kelly 0-1 each.
Scorers for Laois: Donie Kingston 1-2 (0-2f), Evan O Carroll 0-5 (0-1f, 0-1 ’45), Niall Donoher 0-3, Tom Shiel 0-1.
Kildare
1. Mark Donnellan
2. Ciarán Fitzpatrick
3. Mick O’Grady
4. Ollie Lyons
5. Kevin Murnaghan
6. Fergal Conway
7. Emmet Bolton
8. Gary White
9. Paul Cribbin
10. Padraig O’Neill
11. Eoghan O’Flaherty
12. Cathal McNally
13. Eamonn Callaghan
14. Padraig Fogarty
15. Alan Smith
Subs
18. Eoin Doyle for Conway (blood, 21-29)
18. Eoin Doyle for Conway (HT)
22. Tommy Moolick for McNally (52)
17. David Hyland for Bolton (57)
26. Niall Kelly for Smith (59)
21. Hugh Lynch for White (64)
23. Mikey Conway for Callaghan (67)
Laois
1. Graham Brody
4. Stephen Attride
3. Mark Timmons
6. Robbie Kehoe
5. Darren Strong
7. Colm Begley
4. Damien O’Connor
8. Brendan Quigley
9. John O’Loughlin
10. Niall Donoher
11. Colm Boyle
12. Evan O’Carroll
13. Ross Munnelly
14. Donie Kingston
15. Tom Shiel
Subs
16. Eoin Culliton for Brody (blood, 8-14)
24. Paul Kingston for Munnelly (43)
20. James Finn for Shiel (51)
17. Gearóid Hanrahan for O’Connor (60)
19. Gareth Dillon for Strong (65)
22. Billy Sheehan for Donoher (65)
23. Eoin Lowry for Boyle (65)
Referee: A Nolan (Wicklow)
Push him off Trap!
Why j.ie allow comments like this ? Disgraceful
Go tell your mommy someone put a bold gag on the discussion board.
Problem is Aidan you are not funny.. Its this kind of bull that underlines just how irrelevant j.ie is..
Both have a bigger hill than croagh Patrick to climb
I’m not religious in the slightest, but Spain, Italy and Croatia? The sooner he gets up that hill the better.
Enda: don’t come down until you have the solution.
Two insufferable gobshites on one mountain, theres a book or movie or something to be made out of this.
Broke back mountain
Broke Bank Mountain
Seems to be an echo in here :-)
If it was a race it’d be a long one as Trap is conservative and wont get off the mark quickly while Enda wont want to overstep someone from mainland Europe.
Very true but at least traps has the chance of being some what enjoyable.
Good lord “miraculous intervention” for the love a god lads have a bit of faith in yourselves…as for the fitness side of things my dear old 89yr old gran climbs it daily!
An italian and an irishman went up a hill and came down a mountain
Well done Enda & Trap. The charities will be thankful for the funds raised.
Yes but trap will at least have chance of enjoying his.
Doomed…