Hurley leads charge as Kildare end drought

Kildare 1-12 Longford 0-12

They mightn’t have scored for the final 23 minutes of the game but they thoroughly deserved the victory after putting together an eight-point lead after the break.

Longford forwards Mark Hughes and Robbie Smyth were thorns in the Lilywhites’ side but the sum of their efforts wasn’t enough to really trouble the opposition.