St. Brigid’s completed a famous three in-a-row of AIB Connacht Club SFC titles as they got the better of Ballaghaderreen in today’s final in Castlebar.

Sarsfields (Kildare)1-12 St Patrick’s (Louth) 2-6

Carbury 0-11 Sarsfields 2-11

The left peg remains cultured. Pádraig Brennan may be pushing 34 but 15 years’ service to defence forces has helped to keep him in decent nick.

County Carlow boss Jason Jones has lost veteran loose-head Padraig Brennan, to be replaced by Larry McGrath, for their AIL Division Three encounter with Queen’s University at Oak Park tomorrow.

LIKE most clichés, the one about Kildare’s dearth of scoring ability has had more than a hint of truth about it. As this decade progressed, it became more and more appropriate.

Cormac Bane and Nicky Joyce shot 1-5 between them as Galway won their second successive match in NFL Division 1B, holding off a late rally from Kildare at Pearse Stadium.

Armagh 0-10 Kildare 0-12

KERRY open their Allianz NFL campaign against Mayo at Austin Stacks Park, Tralee tomorrow night with a new goalkeeper.

County Carlow 22 UCD 29

UCD did just enough to take the spoils from a competitive AIB League encounter against Galwegians at Crowley Park yesterday on a 13-19 scoreline.

County Carlow 26 Dungannon 14

Lansdowne 10 County Carlow 24

Kildare footballers will have to plan without the services of Brian Lacey after the defender decided to opt out of the panel for next year.

Offaly 1-16 Kildare 1-08

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.

Kildare remain at the summit of the NFL Division 2B table as Tipperary had defender Sean Collum sent off in their 0-08 to 0-13 loss to the Lilywhites at Newbridge this afternoon.

Division Two round-up

Six points kicked by Frankie Dolan in extra-time saw Roscommon edge past the Leinster finalists by two points in a dramatic football qualifier at sunny O'Moore Park, Portlaoise this evening.

A last minute point from forward Frankie Dolan has given Roscommon an extra-time life line at O'Moore Park.

Tommy Carr's Roscommon lead the vanquished Leinster finalists by a point at the break in O'Moore Park, Portlaoise.

LIMERICK are taking no chances ahead of their Bank of Ireland, Munster SFC semi-final clash with next-door neighbours Clare at Cusack Park, Ennis on Sunday next.

Kildare will definitely be without AllStar midfielder Dermot Earley for Sunday's Leinster SFC opener with Longford in Mullingar.

NINE candidates are in the running for the two prestigious positions of GAA trustees at this weekend’s Congress.

THE GAA is not in a financial position to complete the redevelopment of Croke Park in the short term, even in the event of receiving planning permission to retain the Hill 16 end as a terrace.

Kildare boss Padraig Nolan has axed several players ahead of Sunday's NFL tie with Sligo at Markievicz Park.

Cavan 3-9 Kildare 2-10

Kildare have made several changes to their team for Sunday's National Football League opener against Cavan in Newbridge.

Kildare boss Padraig Nolan makes just two changes - both in attack - for the O’Byrne Cup semi final against Dublin on Sunday in Portmarnock.

Munster Coach Alan Gaffney has brought in several fresh faces for his first Munster selection tonight.

Jim O'Sullivan

Cork have named an unchanged side for their Munster football semi-final replay against Kerry on Sunday.

Louth kicked themselves out of the Leinster SFC race in tallying 19 wide in this closely-fought quarter final at Pairc Tailteann in Navan.

Mick O'Dwyer and his selectors will delay naming their team to face Louth in the Leinster SFC semi final in Navan on Sunday, until tomorrow night.

Carlow secured their Div One status for the 2202 / 2003 season with a last-minute victory in Oak Park.

Kildare overcame the double shock of a 42nd minute Willie Quinlan goal and the red carding of Willie McCreery three minutes later to hold off a determined Carlow challenge in their Leinster SFC quarter-final at Croke Park.