Kildare stand out as Micko’s troops fail to fire

NO goals in Portlaoise yesterday and four teams only scored 36 points.

Typical early days fare.

After defeating Mayo in last year’s qualifiers and running Down to four points in Newry, Longford missed a great opportunity. Their 16 wides tells a tale but a good run in the league was based around a big contribution from forwards Paul Barden, Brian Kavanagh and Sean McCormack.