Kildare SHC Final/ Confey 3-8 Coill Dubh 0-10: Confey won their first Kildare senior hurling crown at St Conleth's Park in Newbridge yesterday with a deserved win over Coill Dubh, who have contested 18 of the last 21 finals.
The Leixlip side had a dream start, full forward Eoin Fitzpatrick booting to the net after 20 seconds. Then an opportunist goal from Daragh Nolan on 14 minutes helped them into a 2-5 to 0-6 interval lead.
Although Coill Dubh cut the gap to three points, Confey sealed the victory when Nolan flicked home his second goal from a close-range rebound on 49 minutes.
CONFEY: R Connolly; A Fennelly, P Keegan, B Dowd; S Lawless, K Divilly (0-1, free), K Chan; M Divilly (0-1), C Mac Suibhne; M Fennelly (0-1), C Feeney, P Divilly; O Lynch (0-5, four frees), E Fitzpatrick (1-0), D Nolan (2-0). Subs: G Kennedy for Feeney (60 mins), T Comerford for M Divilly (60 mins).
COILL DUBH: D Byrne; A Cross, Colm Byrne, M O'Callaghan; Chris Byrne, A Flaherty, A Carew (0-1); D Behan, T Byrne (0-2, one free); A McAndrew (0-2), N Casey, R Hayden; J Byrne (0-1, free), Tom Carew (0-4, frees), K Hayden. Subs: C Sullivan for Cross (31 mins), A O'Sullivan for O'Callaghan (half-time), Trevor Carew for Hayden (58 mins).
Referee: P Moore.
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