What was expected to be a fiercely contested clash between two clubs that have been regular participants in the Leinster club championship surprisingly proved a one-sided encounter as Rhode overwhelmed Moorefield.

Moorefield (Kildare) 0-17 Rathnew (Wicklow) 2-7

Moorefield 1-15 Sarsfields 1-06 Moorefield cruised to victory and retained their Kildare SFC crown after a dominant display in a largely one-sided replay at St Conleth’s Park.

Sarsfields 1-13 Moorefield 0-16

CHAMPIONS Portlaoise withstood a spirited second half Moorefield rally to emerge victorious from a pulsating AIB Leinster club SFC tie at O’Moore Park yesterday.

MOOREFIELD came alive in the final quarter to stun their Newbridge neighbours Sarsfields, scoring the last seven points of this final to claim their sixth Kildare SFC title at St Conleth’s Park.

THE three-week sabbatical had startlingly different effects on these two sides, with Kildare looking much like their old selves and Donegal but a pale shadow of the team that steamrolled Laois last time out.

Kildare 1-17 Donegal 1-9

AS Kerry last night named their side for tomorrow’s vital Allianz NFL Division 1 clash with Derry at Fitzgerald Stadium (2.30pm), the Kerry County Board confirmed the news that former Kingdom great John Egan is being treated at Cork University Hospital following a recent accident at his home in Cork.

KILDARE overcame the 36th-minute dismissal of All Star midfielder Dermot Earley to edge past UCD in the opening round of the O’Byrne Cup at Newbridge yesterday.

Tyrone 0-16 Kildare 1-11

Dublin 2-15 Kildare 0-18

Kildare manager Kieran McGeeney has resisted the temptation to tinker with the team that beat Laois by 15 points, selecting an unchanged side for Sunday's Leinster SFC final against Dublin (Croke Park, throw-in in 2pm).

Kildare 2-18 Laois 0-09

Kildare 2-12 Wexford 0-11

Kildare 1-16 Offaly 1-10

DARRAGH Ó SÉ is included in the Kerry squad for the first time this season for tomorrow’s National Football League game against Galway (Austin Stack Park, Tralee, 2.30pm).

Allenwood ace John Doyle has recovered from a rib injury to be named in the Kildare team for tomorrow's Leinster SFC first round encounter with Wicklow at Croke Park (throw-in 2pm).

THE advantage of a seeded draw in the Munster SFC is it ensures the final is ‘generally’ contested by the two best teams, states departing Council Secretary Simon Moroney in his report to next weekend’s annual convention in Ennis.

AN EXPERIMENTAL Cork side carried too much firepower for Kildare in an entertaining senior football challenge at Sarsfields Park, Newbridge on Saturday.

Former Galway defender John Divilly will make his competitive debut for his adopted county of Kildare in Sunday's O'Byrne Cup quarter-final against Laois.

DUBLIN defender Stephen Hiney is bidding to overcome a serious eye injury and return to hurling.

Dublin 0-13 Kildare 0-11

Dublin 1-11 Kildare 1-11

WATERFORD hurling manager Justin McCarthy has made three changes from the team that failed to Galway last Sunday for tomorrow’s NHL tie with Clare in Dungarvan.

KERRY have left a vacancy at centre-forward on their team to meet Galway in Sunday's Allianz NFL final at Croke Park pending a late fitness test on Declan O'Sullivan.

KERRY have left a vacancy at centre-forward on their team to meet Galway in Sunday's Allianz NFL final at Croke Park pending a late fitness test on Declan O'Sullivan.