Kildare GAA

Naas are celebrating a remarkable double-double of Kildare senior titles after watching their footballers canter to glory and a 10th county title in ...

Now it was Naas who needed a score to settle themselves and they typically came up trumps, effectively deciding the game with three points in a row from Browne, Mullins and Beirne. Clane badly needed a surge of inspiration and it finally came in the form of three points in a row, the third an absolute beauty from full-back Robbie Philips. Hanafin then won a free that Mullins converted and Ciaran Doyle became the holders' seventh scorer of the day to stretch the gap out to 0-8 to 0-2. Clane brought McLoughlin out to the half-forward line for the second-half, switching him with Adam Fanning, and McLoughlin won a free that O'Sullivan converted. For Clane, who conceded the kick-outs initially, the challenge was to be far more adventurous after the break and to reel in a classy and experienced Naas side. They still possessed a 0-5 to 0-1 advantage at the interval and in a low scoring contest in wet and windy conditions, it was a significant lead.