Louth 0-17 Kildare 2-15

KARL LACEY is expected to be the odd man out for tomorrow’s International Rules first test.

A provisional 31-man training panel for the International Rules series tour of Australia has been announced today.

CHAMPIONS Moorefield recovered from a shock defeat to Carbury last time out by beating Round Towers in the third round of the Kildare senior football championship.

DONEGAL have come out of the dark horse category and won a few new admirers on the way.

Donegal 1-12 Kildare 0-14 (aet)

THERE were approximately 10 minutes left in last Saturday’s round four qualifier between Kildare and Derry when someone in the press box turned to his colleagues and invited nominations for man of the match.

THIS game could have been a blowout.

NOW that Meath have exited the Championship, County Board chiefs need to come out quickly and back Seamus McEnaney and his management team.

WITH Kildare being such a good second-half team, yesterday’s Croke Park clash was always going to be decided after half-time.

LAOIS suffered the first defeat of their league campaign but, as defeats go, it was a good one and they can learn from it.

ALL-IRELAND football champions Cork have received just nine nominations — and none for Player of the Year — in the short list for the Opel/GPA Team of the Year.

All of the players who received GAA All-Star Football awards last Friday night have been shortlisted for OPEL-GPA Football Team of the Year accolades, following the announcement of the nominees today.

ONLY four players from the ranks of the All-Ireland champions — none of them forwards.

Cork's march to their first All-Ireland SFC title since 1990 has been recognised with 11 of the Rebels squad shortlisted for the 2010 GAA Vodafone All-Star Football awards.

CORK may have struggled through much of the summer, but the All-Ireland champions have, nevertheless, been well rewarded for their efforts in claiming the Sam Maguire with 11 of Conor Counihan’s men nominated for Vodafone All Star awards yesterday.

WHEN Kieran McGeeney was playing with the great Armagh team of the last decade, people often talked about football being a game of inches.

Down 1-16 Kildare 1-14

All-Ireland SFC Round 3 Qualifier

Kildare 1-12 Leitrim 0-6

Both Antrim and Kildare will field unchanged teams for tonight's All-Ireland SFC first round qualifier replay at Casement Park (throw-in 7pm).

Tyrone 0-16 Kildare 1-11

KILDARE selector Niall Carew is adamant the county has left the disappointment of their Leinster final defeat behind and is intent on enjoying a successful run in the All-Ireland series, beginning this weekend in the round four qualifier tie against Wicklow.

Kildare senior footballers are reporting a clean bill of health ahead of their Leinster Senior Football Championship final against Dublin at Croke Park this Sunday.

Meath 1-12 Kildare 2-9

Fermanagh 1-8 Kildare 0-16, Brewster Park

JOHN DOYLE’S goal 10 minutes from time finally broke Limerick’s stubborn resistance in a gripping round two All-Ireland qualifier at the Gaelic Grounds on Saturday night.

A dislocated elbow has ruled experienced attacker Stuart McKenzie-Smith out of Kildare's All-Ireland SFC second round qualifier on Saturday, July 2.

KILDARE forward Stuart McKenzie-Smith looks set to miss the rest of the championship after dislocating his elbow in an incident in Newbridge on Sunday night.

GPA chief executive Dessie Farrell believes that GAA has suffered a public relations nightmare over the debate to discuss Rule 42 at Congress.

Laois 2-10 Kildare 2-9