While the teams went in level at half-time, the signs had been there at the latter end of the opening period that the Dubs were beginning to wrest control.
A Neil Flynn goal, allied with two outstanding saves by Colin Heaney kept Kildare in touch, with dual star Cormac Costello bagging four points for Dublin.
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