Win over Longford sets up Kildare for clash with All-Ireland champions Dublin

[team1]Kildare[/team1][score1]1-18[/score1][team2]Longford[/team2][score2]0-10[/score2][/score]

One week after the width of the goalpost saved Kildare from Leinster championship elimination at the hands of Longford in Tullamore, the two sides returned to Bord na Móna O’Connor Park and played out a game that couldn’t have been any more of a contrast.