GlenDimplex All-Ireland Intermediate Championship
Kilkenny 1-22
Kildare 0-11
by Aoife Murphy PRO Óg
On a scorcher of a day in UPMC Nowlan Park, Kilkenny took on Kildare in the Glen Dimplex All-Ireland Intermediate Championship Group Two Round one clash.
It took a few misshit shots from both teams for the match to settle down.
Kildare opened the scoring after five minutes with two consecutive points, but a Therese Donnelly point soon got Kilkenny on the scoreboard.
Captain Shauna Treacy then added to Kilkenny’s tally before four more unanswered points, two from Emma Manogue, another from Shauna Treacy and one from Aisling Curtis, helped the hosts open up a 0-6 to 0-2 lead.
Kildare gained another point in reply from their powerful full forward Leah Sutton but Kilkenny were able to match them tit-for-tat with another point from midfielder Aisling Curtis.
Kildare free taker Emer Reilly was extremely accurate with her placed balls, many from difficult angles and her striking from well out the field was phenomenal as well.
She added a point to make the score 0-7 to 0-4.
Emma Manogue scored once again for Kilkenny but Emer Reilly then slotted over another point.
Both teams scored a point just before half-time, Kilkenny’s Laura Hegarty and another from Emer Reilly left the Cats ahead 0-9 to 0-6 at the break.
On a scorcher of a day in UPMC Nowlan Park, Kilkenny took on Kildare in the Glen Dimplex All-Ireland Intermediate Championship Group Two Round one clash.
It took a few misshit shots from both teams for the match to settle down.
Kildare opened the scoring after five minutes with two consecutive points, but a Therese Donnelly point soon got Kilkenny on the scoreboard. Captain Shauna Treacy then added to Kilkenny’s tally before four more unanswered points, two from Emma Manogue, another from Shauna Treacy and one from Aisling Curtis, helped the hosts open up a 0-6 to 0-2 lead.
