James Califf wreaks havoc as Louth upset Kildare

Louth 2-11 Kildare 0-8: James Califf was the star of the show as Louth recorded their first win of the O’Byrne Cup in convincing fashion in accounting for Kildare at Hawkfield.

The visitors inflicted most of the damage in the first half, punishing Kildare for their wastefulness and pouncing for two goals from Califf and Barry Flanagan to lead by 2-5 to 0-5 at half-time, despite having played into the strong wind and heavy rain.

They controlled proceedings well in the second half and it took Kildare 25 minutes to record their first score of the second half, a point from Eddie Heavey.