The Kildare JFC winners will get a nice trip to Europe this year following Leinster Championship draw

The writing was on the wall for Rheban from early in the game that they were never going to win this one. When you managed to score just one point after the third minute of play you’re going to be in serious bother. Having stormed into a 1-1 to 0-0 lead after three minutes things couldn’t have looked better for the blues, but their propensity to give the ball away and their naivety to carry a wet leather into tackles cost them dearly as the game unfolded.

placeholder image — The writing was on the wall for Rheban from early in the game that they were never going to win this one. When you managed to score just one point after the third minute of play you’re going to be in serious bother. Having stormed into a 1-1 to 0-0 lead after three minutes things couldn’t have looked better for the blues, but their propensity to give the ball away and their naivety to carry a wet leather into tackles cost them dearly as the game unfolded.

There is always plenty of incentives to win a championship title, whether it be senior, intermediate or junior level a player is plying their trade at. This year there is an added incentive to winning the Kildare Junior Football Championship as the eventual winners will face an Amsterdam club in the first round of the Leinster JFC.

Last year's Kildare JFC winners Castlemitchell faced the less exotic challenge of hosting Milltown from Westmeath in their home venue, so there is quite a change following last night's Leinster Championship draws. The Amsterdam club lost out to Kilashee of Longford in the first round of the Leinster Championship last year.