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Heading into this evening's Leinster final, few gave Kildare much hope of upsetting the odds against Dublin. It was thought that their defence could ...

While Dublin have been hugely dominant at provincial level over the last 17 years (winning all but one of the available titles), scoring five goals in the competition is a relative rarity. They thought they were going to win a shootout. They haven't been delivering and that's it. It was certainly a humbling first half for Kildare, who would have entered this game with genuine belief that they could pull off the upset. I think Kildare arrived today thinking they were going for a shootout. Cormac Costello got the third of the game with this effort.

It was a sorry spring for Dublin, resulting in Allianz League relegation, but it's quickly becoming a summer of fun for the Sky Blues who cruised to their ...

Jimmy Hyland pulled back a consolation goal for Kildare in the 50th minute which was as well worked as any of the five that Dublin scored. It was another free flowing move that had Kildare at sixes and sevens as Eoin Murchan kick-passed in to Costello who spun his man and played in the Cuala colossus. There were no more goals - for Dublin at least - but plenty of points. Kildare captain Mick O'Grady picked up O'Callaghan but was under pressure straight away, conceding a free for the first point that Dublin scored. Former U-20 star Lee Gannon, a relative greenhorn in Dublin's defence, even took the opportunity to burst forward for a couple of first-half scores, helping Dublin to hit the interval with a giant 5-07 to 0-06 lead. Kildare actually kicked the first point of the game and so enthused was Paul Cribbin with his third minute score that he punched the air in delight, perhaps in anticipation of further gains.

After 12 years of Dublin dominance in the Leinster Championship, many suggested the gap was closing off the back of springtime evidence.

Darragh Malone for Tony Archibold (60) Paddy McDermott for Paul Cribbin (50) Paddy Woodgate for Darragh Kirwan (ht) David Hyland for James Murray (ht) Kildare, meanwhile, will look to regroup in the qualifiers. Brian O'Leary for Cormac Costello (70) Ben McCormack led the line valiantly, kicking five impressive points across the contest. Jonny Cooper for Tom Lahiff (65) Kevin Flynn drew Evan Comerford before feeding Jimmy Hyland, who palmed into the net. Aaron Byrne for Dean Rock (59) Bugler played Costello in on goal. Niall Scully for Lorcan O'Dell (45)

Dublin have claimed their 16th Leinster title in the last 17 years, demolishing Kildare by a scoreline of 5-17 to 1-15 at GAA HQ.

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Dublin bagged five first-half goals to end the Leinster final as a contest by the break.

Jimmy Hyland pulled back a consolation goal for Kildare in the 50th minute which was as well worked as any of the five that Dublin scored. It was another free flowing move that had Kildare at sixes and sevens as Eoin Murchan kick-passed in to Costello who spun his man and played in the Cuala colossus. Kildare captain Mick O'Grady picked up O'Callaghan but was under pressure straight away, conceding a free for the first point that Dublin scored. There were no more goals - but plenty of points. So much for Dublin being on the slide. Kildare actually kicked the first point of the game and so enthused was Paul Cribbin with his third minute score that he punched the air in delight, perhaps in anticipation of further gains.

Former Kerry manager Éamonn Fitzmaurice was speaking on the RTE GAA podcast and predicted that Kildare will take a very different approach to the Leinster final ...

“Bearing in mind when you look back 12 months and they went into the Leinster final last year and it was kind of a containment policy. Each purpose has a description so that you know how we and our partners use your data. The cookie limits the number of times a user is shown the same advertisement. You have a choice in who uses your data and for what purposes. Some partners do not ask for your consent to process your data, instead, they rely on their legitimate business interest. The cookie limits the number of times a user is shown the same advertisement. This allows Bidswitch to optimize advertisement relevance and ensure that the visitor does not see the same ads multiple times. This allows the website to register the visitor’s behaviour and facilitate the social media sharing function provided by Addthis.com. This cookie is used to collect information on the visitor. This is used for measurement of advertisement efforts and facilitates payment of referral-fees between websites. Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. You have a choice in who uses your data and for what purposes.