Kildare manager John Crofton has been forced to ring the changes for tomorrow evening's All-Ireland SFC first round qualifier against Cavan (Newbridge, throw-in 7pm).

BRAZILIAN BRIDE stamped her class on the Group 3 Swordallstown Stud Sprint Stakes at Naas yesterday.

Kildare 0-15 Offaly 3-9

PAUL CARLEY is recalled to the Wexford team for Sunday’s Guinness Leinster SHC final against Kilkenny at Croke Park.

Veteran Kildare defender Glenn Ryan is facing a two month lay-off from inter county football after undergoing surgery on his broken jaw.

Kildare 0-9 Laois 0-21

BANK OF IRELAND LEINSTER SFC QUARTER-FINAL:

Kildare 2-14 Sligo 1-07

Galway, Laois, Down and Wexford all enjoyed wins in Division 1B of the Allianz NFL today.

Kildare have made several changes for Sunday's O'Byrne Cup semi-final against Laois in Portlaoise.

ALL-IRELAND champions Kerry will require the full breadth of their extended panel on Sunday for their first competitive fixture since September’s decider against Mayo.

Mayo 1-13 Kildare 1-7

Kildare go into today's All-Ireland U21 football semi-final against Connacht champions Mayo at Pearse Stadium, having not played competitively for 18 weeks.

A three-week respite for Offaly proved crucial in Newbridge this afternoon, as a stunning first half performance including two late goals from Pascal Kelleghan and Niall McNamee saw them 2-17 to 1-16 winners against a tired and vanquished Kildare.

Kildare defender Brian Lacey faces a race against time to be fit for Saturday’s All Ireland Senior football qualifier against Offaly in Newbridge.

Leinster U21 FC final replay result:

This afternoon's Leinster U21 FC final at Navan's Pairc Tailteann between Dublin and Kildare has ended in a draw.

Kildare have left three vacancies - one defence and two in attack - for Sunday’s Allianz NFL Division 2B clash with Louth in Newbridge.

Corner forward Paddy Bradley was the toast of Derry this evening as he hit 3-9 in his side’s 5-17 to 0-4 defeat of luckless Waterford in Ballinascreen.

PAUL GALVIN is recalled to the Kerry team for Sunday's Allianz National Football League game with Fermanagh in Fitzgerald Stadium. His selection, at right half-forward in place of Liam Hassett, is the only change from the side which defeated Dublin at Parnell Park.

Kildare boss Padraig Nolan has opted to draft in Derek McCormack to his first team in the hope of plundering two precious 1B points in Antrim this Sunday.

Kildare keep faith with the same defence for Sunday’s trip to Casement Park take on Antrim in the second round of Division 2B of the Allianz NFL.

YOU WANT to understand the change in Kildare football. You want to know how they are coping in their brave new world, how much they miss — or don’t miss — Micko. You need to discover how an age of uncertainty transformed swiftly into an age of unexpected success.

Kildare 1-14, Longford 2-6

First-half goals by Niall Sheridan and Trevor Smullen put Longford in control by the slenderest of margins at half-time in the Leinster SFC at O'Moore Park.

Kildare make changes in attack for Sunday's vital NFL Division 1B game against Laois in Portlaoise on Sunday.

EXCITING teenage prospect Donncha Walsh from Cromane will make his senior intercounty debut when Kerry take on Dublin in the Allianz NFL at Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney, on Sunday.

Kildare have made changes in all area of the field in the wake of last Sunday's defeat by Cavan, as the Lillywhites face a difficult trip to Markeveicz Park to face Sligo on Sunday.

Cavan 3-9 Kildare 2-10