David Qualter points the way as Kildare hurlers looking up

It'll be Division 1B for the Lilywhites next term. 

BREAKTHROUGH: David Qualter of Kildare. Pic: Ray McManus/Sportsfile

Kildare will have glamour fixtures against Dublin, Antrim, Clare and Wexford in Division 1B of the Allianz Hurling League next year after David Qualter’s 0-13 powered them to a 1-24 to 1-14 win over Meath in Trim in what was effectively a league semi-final.

Jack Regan’s fifth point of the game in the 20th minute left it finely poised at 0-8 to 0-6 in Kildare’s favour, but his freetaking counterpart David Qualter shot five before half-time and three more immediately afterwards, by which time there was a nine-point margin.