Billings backs Kildare to push for glory

DAVE BILLINGS, has predicted Kildare will be major contenders for Leinster championship honours.

The former Dublin selector manned the line for UCD on Sunday as the students battled hard before going down by two points to Kieran McGeeney’s side in Newbridge in the O’Byrne Cup.

UCD included Ciarán Lyng (Wexford), John O’Loughlin (Laois) and Francis McGee (Longford), as well as four members of Kilmacud Crokes’ All-Ireland winning team – the O’Carroll brothers, Ross and Rory, Cian O’Sullivan and Niall Corkery.