A 23-POINT BEATDOWN of Kildare – an outcome that looked utterly impossible at half-time of this Leinster Senior Hurling Championship Round 4 clash. Kilkenny headed in at the break with a one-point lead and a one-man deficit after losing Cian Kenny to a red card.
That they had been playing with the wind at UPMC Nowlan Park made it much, much worse. Kildare would have felt they left a lot behind in that first half, too. Against the breeze they shot eight wides and dropped one short, struggling early with turnovers. Yet, at the interval on Saturday, it was 0-11 to 0-10.
Kilkenny had hit 13 wides and four short in the first half. Tom Phelan had a goalbound effort blocked and TJ Reid had one saved, but other than that, they hardly stirred.
With the wind changing hands, it was advantage Kildare. Instead, they collapsed in the most unceremonious of ways. A 23-point win for Kilkenny that felt a lot more like a 23-point loss for Kildare.
The margin still remained a point at the 37-minute mark, 0-13 to 0-12, before Kilkenny hit their first goal. Harry Shine set up TJ Reid, and he lashed to the net from close range.
And it was here the Lilywhites fell apart. They scored two more points for the rest of the game, once in the 44th minute and again in the 74th minute. In the half-hour between those Kildare scores, the hosts hit them for 2-10.
Following on from Reid’s first goal in the 38th minute, they struck for a second immediately after, when Darragh Corcoran and Eoin Cody worked it to Shine, who finished well to take his personal tally to 1-2.
Kildare’s hopes had already taken a significant hit, but their fate was sealed in the 50th minute when Rian Boran brought down TJ Reid for a penalty, for which Boran was sin binned.
Reid converted well to get his second goal and Kilkenny’s 2-10 run off the mark. It threatened to receive an interruption in the 63rd minute, as Muiris Curtin won a Kildare penalty, but Eoin Murphy saved Jack Sheridan’s effort well and the Cats preserved the clean sheet.
The goal would hardly have changed the outcome, but it would have helped reduce Kildare’s embarrassment. Their return to Joe McDonagh level is now effectively sealed.
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The fourth and final Cats’ goal arrived in the 66th minute, Eoin Cody allowed to coast his way through the Kildare defence to bat home and leave it 4-22 to 0-13.
It was Kildare’s own failings which allowed Kilkenny to coast to an 0-8 to 0-3 lead after 23 minutes – despite the Cats having hit nine wides at that stage – as the Lilywhites struggled to make any impact against the breeze.
But, they did briefly find life, five points in the span of four minutes drawing them level. Cathal Dowling struck two in that spell, Kildare profiting from his roaming around the middle third as they started with two men inside.
They continued to flirt with parity thereafter and received a huge boost when Kenny was dismissed in the 34th minute. At the beginning of the second half, Dowling moved to corner-forward, and the Lilywhites were poised to take their chance against the reigning Leinster champions.
Instead, once Reid struck the first goal, Kildare died off without a whimper.
Scorers for Kilkenny: TJ Reid 2-6 (1-0 pen, 0-3 f), Eoin Cody, Harry Shine 1-2 each, Mossy Keoghan 0-4, Tom Phelan 0-3, Liam Moore 0-2, David Blanchfield, Paddy Deegan, Killian Doyle, Cian Kenny, Adrian Mullen, Timmy Clifford 0-1 each.
Scorers for Kildare: Darragh Melville 0-3, Cathal Dowling, Jack Sheridan (2f), Gerry Keegan 0-2 each, Conan Boran, Dan O’Meara, Jack Travers, Muiris Curtin, James Burke 0-1 each.
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Subs: 21. Adrian Mullen (Shamrocks Ballyhale) for Moore (54); 18. Richie Reid (Shamrocks Ballyhale) for Corcoran (57); 26. Timmy Clifford (Dicksboro) for Phelan (59); 22. Stephen Donnelly (Thomastown) for Shine (64); 17. Shane Murphy (Glenmore) for Carey (65)
Subs: 22. Cian Boran (Naas) for Dolan (44); 4. Richy Hogan (Naas) for Conan Boran (53); 24. Caolan Smith (Clane) for Keegan (59); 25. Alan Goss (Celbridge) for Dowling (66); 26. James Burke (Naas) for Curtin (69)
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Kilkenny unleash second-half blitz against Kildare to win by 23 points
Kilkenny 4-25
Kildare 0-14
Jack McKay reports from Nowlan Park
A 23-POINT BEATDOWN of Kildare – an outcome that looked utterly impossible at half-time of this Leinster Senior Hurling Championship Round 4 clash. Kilkenny headed in at the break with a one-point lead and a one-man deficit after losing Cian Kenny to a red card.
That they had been playing with the wind at UPMC Nowlan Park made it much, much worse. Kildare would have felt they left a lot behind in that first half, too. Against the breeze they shot eight wides and dropped one short, struggling early with turnovers. Yet, at the interval on Saturday, it was 0-11 to 0-10.
Kilkenny had hit 13 wides and four short in the first half. Tom Phelan had a goalbound effort blocked and TJ Reid had one saved, but other than that, they hardly stirred.
With the wind changing hands, it was advantage Kildare. Instead, they collapsed in the most unceremonious of ways. A 23-point win for Kilkenny that felt a lot more like a 23-point loss for Kildare.
The margin still remained a point at the 37-minute mark, 0-13 to 0-12, before Kilkenny hit their first goal. Harry Shine set up TJ Reid, and he lashed to the net from close range.
And it was here the Lilywhites fell apart. They scored two more points for the rest of the game, once in the 44th minute and again in the 74th minute. In the half-hour between those Kildare scores, the hosts hit them for 2-10.
Following on from Reid’s first goal in the 38th minute, they struck for a second immediately after, when Darragh Corcoran and Eoin Cody worked it to Shine, who finished well to take his personal tally to 1-2.
Kildare’s hopes had already taken a significant hit, but their fate was sealed in the 50th minute when Rian Boran brought down TJ Reid for a penalty, for which Boran was sin binned.
Reid converted well to get his second goal and Kilkenny’s 2-10 run off the mark. It threatened to receive an interruption in the 63rd minute, as Muiris Curtin won a Kildare penalty, but Eoin Murphy saved Jack Sheridan’s effort well and the Cats preserved the clean sheet.
The goal would hardly have changed the outcome, but it would have helped reduce Kildare’s embarrassment. Their return to Joe McDonagh level is now effectively sealed.
The fourth and final Cats’ goal arrived in the 66th minute, Eoin Cody allowed to coast his way through the Kildare defence to bat home and leave it 4-22 to 0-13.
It was Kildare’s own failings which allowed Kilkenny to coast to an 0-8 to 0-3 lead after 23 minutes – despite the Cats having hit nine wides at that stage – as the Lilywhites struggled to make any impact against the breeze.
But, they did briefly find life, five points in the span of four minutes drawing them level. Cathal Dowling struck two in that spell, Kildare profiting from his roaming around the middle third as they started with two men inside.
They continued to flirt with parity thereafter and received a huge boost when Kenny was dismissed in the 34th minute. At the beginning of the second half, Dowling moved to corner-forward, and the Lilywhites were poised to take their chance against the reigning Leinster champions.
Instead, once Reid struck the first goal, Kildare died off without a whimper.
Scorers for Kilkenny: TJ Reid 2-6 (1-0 pen, 0-3 f), Eoin Cody, Harry Shine 1-2 each, Mossy Keoghan 0-4, Tom Phelan 0-3, Liam Moore 0-2, David Blanchfield, Paddy Deegan, Killian Doyle, Cian Kenny, Adrian Mullen, Timmy Clifford 0-1 each.
Scorers for Kildare: Darragh Melville 0-3, Cathal Dowling, Jack Sheridan (2f), Gerry Keegan 0-2 each, Conan Boran, Dan O’Meara, Jack Travers, Muiris Curtin, James Burke 0-1 each.
Kilkenny
1. Eoin Murphy (Glenmore)
2. Mikey Butler (O’Loughlin Gaels), 3. Mikey Carey (Young Irelands), 4. Ivan Bolger (Graignamanagh)
5. David Blanchfield (Bennettsbridge), 6. Darragh Corcoran (Shamrocks Ballyhale), 7. Paddy Deegan (O’Loughlin Gaels)
9. Cian Kenny (James Stephens), 8. Killian Doyle (Emeralds)
10. Liam Moore (Dicksboro), 11. Eoin Cody (Shamrocks Ballyhale), 12. Tom Phelan (Conahy Shamrocks)
13. Mossy Keoghan (Tullaroan), 14. TJ Reid (Shamrocks Ballyhale) (C), 15. Harry Shine (Dicksboro)
Subs: 21. Adrian Mullen (Shamrocks Ballyhale) for Moore (54); 18. Richie Reid (Shamrocks Ballyhale) for Corcoran (57); 26. Timmy Clifford (Dicksboro) for Phelan (59); 22. Stephen Donnelly (Thomastown) for Shine (64); 17. Shane Murphy (Glenmore) for Carey (65)
Kildare
1. Paddy McKenna (Clane)
2. Liam O’Reilly (Naas), 3. Rian Boran (Naas) (C), 7. Simon Leacy (Naas)
5. Paul Dolan (Éire Óg Corra Choill), 11. Cathal McCabe (Maynooth), 6. Conan Boran (Naas)
9. Dan O’Meara (Maynooth), 8. Daire Guerin (Naas)
15. Jack Sheridan (Naas), 12. Gerry Keegan (Celbridge), 10. Jack Travers (Leixlip)
18. Cathal Dowling (Naas), 14. Muiris Curtin (Moorefield), 13. Darragh Melville (Leixlip)
Subs: 22. Cian Boran (Naas) for Dolan (44); 4. Richy Hogan (Naas) for Conan Boran (53); 24. Caolan Smith (Clane) for Keegan (59); 25. Alan Goss (Celbridge) for Dowling (66); 26. James Burke (Naas) for Curtin (69)
Referee: Eamon Furlong (Wexford)
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