‘We just had to dig deeper,’ says Kildare captain Doyle

KILDARE captain John Doyle has applauded the character shown by his team when dethroning Leinster SFC champions Westmeath.

The effort was all the more remarkable, as the Lilywhites played 50 minutes with 14 men.

But overturning such odds is nothing new. Eight years ago, the county defeated Laois in a Leinster quarter-final with only 13 players and they almost repeated the trick against the same opponents two years ago in the provincial final.