Wicklow's new manager John O'Leary, the former Dublin goalkeeper, has a lot of work to do to prepare his team for next year's championship after they crashed to a six-point defeat against Kildare at Aughrim yesterday.

KILDARE: E Murphy; B Lacey, P Mullarkey, K Doyle; C Davey, A Rainbow, D Grufferty; K Brennan, M Wright; C O'Reilly, J O'Donoghue (0-1), J Doyle (1-1); T Fennin (0-7), L Donlan, D Jordan (0-1). Sub: D McCormac for O'Donoghue.

WICKLOW: R Hollingsworth; S Cushe, B Daly, C Toomey; A Foley, B Whelan (0-1), K Manning; B O'Donovan (0-1), D Dillon; G Doran, P Dalton (0-1), G Doyle; T Burke, B O'Hannaidh (0-1), Alan Nolan (0-1). Subs: D O'Hannaidh for Foley, J Behan for Doran, Anthony Nolan (0-2) for Doyle, B Rossiter for Alan Nolan, C O'Sullivan for Dillon; blood substitutions - C Davis for Cushe, Cushe for Davis.

Referee: S Doyle (Wexford).