3-20 0-10

FOLLOWING on from earlier round defeats at the hands of Westmeath and Antrim, Wicklow travelled to Newbridge to take on the hurlers of Kildare for the third round of the Bord na Mona Kehoe Cup on Sunday last.

This had the potential to be a very difficult game for Wicklow as they were taking on last year’s Christy Ring Cup winners lining out with up to eight relatively new players.

Right from the start Wicklow really got stuck into the game and it was very heartening to see the excellent organisation that was on display throughout the full and half-back lines.

John Henderson, Peter Keane and Warren Kavanagh mopped up much of the early pressure.

The return of Danny Staunton to the midfield was proving very beneficial and he was responsible for some excellent distribution to the forwards which resulted in points fro Gary Hughes and Seanie Germaine, the latter score coming from a free after Eoin McCormack was fouled on the 21.

Kildare finally got off the mark in the fifth minute with a fine effort from Conor Dowling and this was soon followed by a pointed free from Brian Byrne which levelled the game.

Wicklow should have increased their lead but a total of six first half