Galway lead Kildare at the break in Lilywhites' last league game of the year

Kildare     0-5

Galway     0-8

Allianz NFL Division 1

Galway lead Kildare by three points at the break in the Lilywhites' final game in Division 1. With the home side already relegated, there is a rather subdued atmosphere in St Conleth's Park, and the sometimes sterile play of Galway has only added to that.

Galway opened the scoring with a couple of points from the lively Patrick Sweeney, but Kildare responded well through scores from Eanna O'Connor, who is making his first start for the county in the league, and Tommy Moolick.

It was mostly Galway for the remainder of the half, with the Tribesmen breaking through on numerous occasions and clipping over tidy scores, with Sean Kelly hitting two impressive points, but he also missed a gilt edged chance on goal midway through the half.

Kildare hit back before the break with two fine points in a row as O'Connor nailed one from play and Johnny Byrne curled over an effort from distance, but they will need to be much better in the second half if they are to get anything from this game.